DIVORCE...CELEBRITY STYLE...

What is it about these celebrity divorces that gets so so riled up about them? Clearly it isn’t a moral compasses and the circumstances by which the marriages fell apart that holds our rapt attention since we tune in to hour upon hour of reality tv dribble and call ourselves entertained. Celeb divorces have a way of inadvertently dividing us up by our genders. Men find themselves in outrages about the exorbitant amounts awarded in alimony as if the coins are being pulled from their own pockets, while the ladies have a tendency to lament that certain "paltry" amounts are not enough to justify the wrongs that the wife in question endured. Nowadays even the mistresses can get a pricetag slapped on the fun they’ve had with a man who belongs to another.

A crime that can be remedied with a fine is not a crime at all but rather an unpleasant experience paid for and soon forgotten about.

"Therein lies the defect of revenge: it's all in the anticipation; the thing itself is a pain, not a pleasure; at least the pain is the biggest end of it."- Mark Twain

In our society, high celebrity alimonies have become a fine paid for marital wrong doing instead of being the financial element of the promise made when both parties stood before the altar and all those they love. What people overlook in discussion about marriage is that marital infidelity is not just a crime of the heart, but rather it is a crime in the courts as well. Thing is, most people don't know or nowadays just don't care about what repurcussions there are when they get bored or disinterested in their marriage.

Proving infidelity is really difficult to do legally because it involves the culprit and his/her paramour standing in a court of law and under oath testifying that they knowingly violated their marital vows. Or at least that's how it was described to me. Sometimes the judge should just recognize what EVERYONE ELSE IN THE WORLD knows (*cough*cough Tiger Woods *cough * cough*) and cast their informed decision based on that.

Kelis and Elin Woods have quite a few fellas with their boxers in a knot for the amounts they’re requesting/settled upon in their divorce/alimony. (sidebar: anyone have any idea what Tameka walked away with in their SUPER quick divorce? If everyone knows the marriage is doomed from the start, I guess no one is interested in what happens at the end hunh?) Crazy thing is, these same folks that are all in an uproar about what the wealthier spouse should or should not pay have nothing of merit to say about what their involvement and obligation with their children should be. Just because one spouse was the wronged one doesn't automatically make them the better parent.

I see everything as a teachable moment. Blame the educator in me. In cases like Tiger Woods, there should be some sort of community service penalty affiliated with the divorce settlement. Not any fluff PR type of community service like PSAs or speaking on panels in front of youth groups. Something just a wee bit more hardcore than when Boy George had to pick up litter sans makeup & wigs. The injuring party should be forced to do something that ordinarily their accountants, managers, bankers, and agents would say is beneath them. The assignments should be comparable with the length of time, publicity, and emotional injury done to the non-philandering spouse.

This, and my Hammurabish code of ethics is why I probably won't ever get a seat on anyone's Supreme Court...well that and the lack of a law degree...but ummm... Thoughts?

From:http://www.itsthelaurenshow.com/