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First of all i do agree, she should of known better.We all go thru our time of bad boy syndrome but why marry one.As far as the comment about tattoos i think some are reading one of the comments in the wrong way,i think that person just means why the hell would you tatoo your entire body lets be in the real world people something is wrong with that.one or two maybe even a few but dame almost your entire body is madness.I agree also with jellybean come on people he was married to a porn star,she knew he was a bad boy,somehow we all as women sometimes feel we can change a man.Too much betrayal going on,why does it seem that men leave the decent ones for the trashy or loose women, this is so crazy to me, but this is reality,something is wrong with the male species i am sorry somethings definetely not right.. ... See all content Hide content

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Sandra Bullock’s marriage woes: The end of the fairy tale?

by Jennifer Armstrong

Categories: Celebrity Couples , Movies, ShePop

First, Sandra Bullock revived the female-centric romantic comedy last summer with the blockbuster performance of The Proposal. Then The Blind Side became the first female-lead movie to cross the $200 million mark. And then she won the darn Oscar out from under Meryl Streep for her performance in the latter. Read the full post.

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AtlantaLady Thu 03/18/10 11:08 PMThanks for saying what I could not put into words myself. You got it exactly right.

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Susan Thu 03/18/10 11:09 PMSad to hear…if anyone deserved the “happily ever after” fairy tale it’s Sandra Bullock.Jessie James was just to insecure to handle her success.

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The Red Queen Thu 03/18/10 11:13 PMOff with his head!

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TinaD Thu 03/18/10 11:32 PMSandra my prayers are with you only you have to live with the decision you make so take your time and make the right one for you.

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otis Fri 03/19/10 12:00 AMIt proves that women haven’t found a replacement for us men yet…whew. It was getting close there.

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otis Fri 03/19/10 12:05 AMAnd yes, one of you pathetic women will want to date Jesse because that is as good as it will get for you!

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holmes Fri 03/19/10 12:33 AMi think if there is a curse it is in the speech not the award. all the examples given (Halley berry, reece witherspoon, kate winslet, etc) all thanked their husbands in their speech. helen Mirren did not thank her husband when she won and they are still together. Hillary swank famously forgot to thank her husband the first time and nothing happened. it wasn’t until she won again and did thank him the second time that they broke up. adversly, when the best actor winner neglects to thank his wife when winning is when that couple breaks up. most always remember their wives, but sean penn thanked his wife the first time he won and nothing happened, but the second time he forgot and they broke up. coincedence or telling sign of marriage problems?

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Sherri Fri 03/19/10 12:33 AMIf she’s moved out, then she’s got solid proof. She wouldn’t move out on ‘rumors and conjecture’ alone. It’s true….bet on it.

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Nancy Fri 03/19/10 2:07 AMOk Jessika, I guess you left yourself wide open for these sound bites. Where did you dig up your famous quotes from?? The Bible??

I HOPE NOT. IT READS AND SOUNDS LIKE A BIGOT. YES YOU JESSIKA. A BIGOT. What has tatoos to do with the humanity of the person. I have quite a few and would head for the hills if I EVER rus accros such a narrow minded person such as you. And an Oscar is won on purly on the merit of the actress’ performance and not on her private life. When we as humans stop sticking our nose into everyone business. Guess never because it then makes our humdrum like seem so muck better. I THOUGHT AS HUMANS WE WERE BETTER THAN THAT.

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Jennifer Armstrong is CLUELESS Fri 03/19/10 2:13 AMJennifer Armstrong, the person who wrote this article, obviously never watched the Oscars. Sandra Bullock NEVER thanked her husband nor even mentioned his name in her acceptance speech. Jennifer – GET. A. CLUE.

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Nancy Fri 03/19/10 2:26 AMdid you not listen or see her body language in her acceptance speech. Maybe you need to see and hear it a couple of more times before it catch up to your brain and then know that she looked straight at him when she said the words I thank you for this (the oscar in her hand) and him(she pointed straight to her husband) for thinking that I merit both. NOW WHO IS CLUELESS!! I GUESS NOT JENNIFER

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Nancy Fri 03/19/10 2:17 AMI believe she will rise above it all. she is a respectable lady after all. it is evident by all the good comments about her that have been posted. we still all do want that happily ever after, at least I think we do. DON’t WE!!!!

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J Fri 03/19/10 2:49 AMThis was an insightful, well-written article. It sums up exactly what I was feeling. If course I have no stake in Sandra Bullock’s life; but she’s “America’s (Canadian) Sweetheart,” and you’re right–we want to believe she can have it all.

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J Fri 03/19/10 2:50 AMOh, and men are dogs.

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Shara Fri 03/19/10 2:51 AMFirst of all i do agree, she should of known better.We all go thru our time of bad boy syndrome but why marry one.As far as the comment about tattoos i think some are reading one of the comments in the wrong way,i think that person just means why the hell would you tatoo your entire body lets be in the real world people something is wrong with that.one or two maybe even a few but dame almost your entire body is madness.I agree also with jellybean come on people he was married to a porn star,she knew he was a bad boy,somehow we all as women sometimes feel we can change a man.Too much betrayal going on,why does it seem that men leave the decent ones for the trashy or loose women, this is so crazy to me, but this is reality,something is wrong with the male species i am sorry somethings definetely not right ... See all content Hide content

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First of all i do agree, she should of known better.We all go thru our time of bad boy syndrome but why marry one.As far as the comment about tattoos i think some are reading one of the comments in the wrong way,i think that person just means why the hell would you tatoo your entire body lets be in the real world people something is wrong with that.one or two maybe even a few but dame almost your entire body is madness.I agree also with jellybean come on people he was married to a porn star,she knew he was a bad boy,somehow we all as women sometimes feel we can change a man.Too much betrayal going on,why does it seem that men leave the decent ones for the trashy or loose women, this is so crazy to me, but this is reality,something is wrong with the male species i am sorry somethings definetely not right.. ... See all content Hide content

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I would never celebrate nor justify infidelity or cheating but we just cant change a guy that does not love their woman enough to not cheat and especially with the type of women these men are cheating with sleeping with prostitutes strippers and god knows exposing them to probably many a diseases out there Tiger now wants to go back and find his religion give me a break…Yep, something is definetely wrong and trust me its not just hollywood its the entire male species the difference is their lives are under a microscope for all to see.There might be some men that are faithful but it seems so dam rare these days. ... See all content Hide content

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I would never celebrate nor justify infidelity or cheating but we just cant change a guy that does not love their woman enough to not cheat and especially with the type of women these men are cheating with sleeping with prostitutes strippers and god knows exposing them to probably many a diseases out there Tiger now wants to go back and find his religion give me a break…Yep, something is definetely wrong and trust me its not just hollywood its the entire male species the difference is their lives are under a microscope for all to see.There might be some men that are faithful but it seems so dam rare these days. ... See all content Hide content

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I have always FELT like a spender even though I’m a saver. I managed to outsmart myself about two years ago by budgeting more specifically. I don’t feel guilty buying clothes when the money has ‘clothing’ written above it. I don’t worry about having to buy a new computer when I know there’s $900 to cover my car insurance that’s coming due next month.

DH and I make good money and I cringe sometimes when I hear myself say, “We can’t afford it.” because we can. It’s just not in the spending plan. But then when I find the money for it I panic because that is $X that could have gone to pay down our mortgage or something.

@ Chipmunk - If your assessment of your situation is true then you’re right: you need help. That isn’t a problem with money, it’s a mental problem and the way you spend money is likely a manifestation, much like anorexia isn’t a problem with food, it’s all in the head. Find a counselor (NOT on the cheap). Start with a primary care doctor who will likely be willing to prescribe low dose antidepressants and/or anti-anxiety. But GO TO A COUNSELOR. And regarding your teeth, have you considered how expensive it is going to get by putting off the dental work? It’s like a roof leak on a house. It’s $50 and an hour to fix it now. It will be $5000 and a week in a year or two. ... See all content Hide content

2 days, 21 hours ago onWordpress in www.getrichslowly.org

Hm, I definitely have strong opinions, but I doubt I’ll effect anyone’s opinion one way or the other, so I’ll try to just say things that haven’t yet been said. Though I think the point of ‘bad credit hasn’t ruined my life’ has been lost in the discussion. There are two issues here: living with bad credit, and Tyler’s specific story.

Regarding Tyler’s story, what struck me the most was how he was playing hide and seek with his creditors. If they were tenacious enough to find him he’d settle, if not he was happy to let the statute of limitations run out. It doesn’t appear that he felt any sort of obligation to pay, but he dealt with the hassle when it popped up. That’s an attitude I can’t sympathize with.

Regarding the ‘credit cards are huge, so one little debtor doesn’t matter’, I’m not sure what the point is of saying creditors plan on some defaulters. If Tyler hadn’t defaulted someone else would have won the lottery and been allowed to default to fill the statistic? The sum of defaulters are supported by the sum of payers. Yeah, credit card companies make money, but they are competing and seeking a margin of profit. If expenses were lower due to fewer defaulters competition would drive the expense to consumer down.

And for those saying ‘the creditors can afford it’, I don’t get that either. Five years ago I loaned a friend $500 because her furnace went out in the middle of winter. She was a secretary and she and her husband were bringing in ~$40k with two kids while my husband and I had no kids and were making ~$120k. She re-paid me $200 then defaulted. Is that okay because $300 is small money to me? Is it okay because it’s a lot of money to her? How about if I made a million dollars? What if I loaned her $5000? Why should the numbers ever matter?

As Tyler said it’s far enough in the past, and I prefer settling debt to full out bankruptcy. If any of the people who owe me money would offer to pay me half of what they owe I would be stoked. But I get a chill at the blase attitude people have toward debt. As another poster pointed out, it’s a slippery slope. If you don’t honor a debt to a corporation will you honor a debt to a small business? A sole proprietor? A stranger? A neighbor? A friend? Family? Where is the line drawn on who it is ‘okay’ to not pay what you have agreed and who should be paid?

I believe we all want to do the right thing, and we have an endless ability to justify exactly what that is, and miraculously it’s usually what is is their best interest! I have told the story before but I had a tenant during eviction get really mad and indignant and tell me she wasn’t going to pay the water bill because she was so embarrassed by having the sheriff escort her out. This was very strange to me as they hadn’t paid rent in five months so the water bill was small potatoes. According to her it was her HUSBAND that owed us money, even though she was living in the house (and he wasn’t at the time). She had wound her brain around and around so she wouldn’t have to feel bad about anything. The mental gymnastics were preferable to facing the reality of herself as a deadbeat who didn’t pay her bills.

I see the same mentality in lame justifications like “They know people will default”, “They prey on college students”, “they make a lot of money, they don’t need mine”, and my personal favorite due to the circular logic “They should have known better than to loan money to me”. ... See all content Hide content

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Thank you Alyssa! Oddly enough I am just getting into socks. I have known how to do all the elements for years, just never had a desire to do so but those tights required a sock foot and it was kind of fun making them. I can’t believe you did sock wars – how fun! I have a sweater that I should technically finish but I kind of also want to dream up another project. What that is, who knows…

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Zomg this is great

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