Christie Brinkley is off the hook today, but two million dollars lighter and 18 houses richer. This sounds like a typical game of Monopoly but, such is not the case. No matter who deserves the blame, Christie has proven for the 4th time that "good times" only happen in movies and fate often takes a turn off course. It seemed all of Christies relationship problems were over when she married "Piano Man" Billy Joel however, that was marriage number two and it went up in smoke as quick as it started. Christie's third marriage was the result of a rebound from the failed relationship with Billy Joel. Her lifetime "Soul Mate" turned out to have a shelf life of less than a year. The most recent marriage ended in court today after a few weeks of bickering back and forth. In the end, Christie's husband of ten years was caught with an 18 year old babysitter. While the blame continues to get bounced around with finger pointing, the couples two kids are caught in the middle of it all and nobody cares. This guy had a lot of skeletons in his closet during the time they were married and a lot of them didn't make a difference to her, or slipped through the cracks. In court, Christie said she couldn't believe that everything had to end this way adrwe she supposedly knew someone inside and out for a decade. While dodging reporters on her way out of court today, Christie said she's through with men and will now concentrate on her kids, whom she won custody of. This guy was no good for her and the result is yet another notch in her bedpost and another name associated with the letter "X". Let me tell you guys, at the end of this month, a similar situation is going to happen however, this time it's all to real and close to home.
A dear friend telephoned me to discuss his current state of affairs Now, I'll refer to them as "Jack and Jill" for their privacy. These two were married for eight years and had their share of ups and downs like anyone might experience. Oh, this wasn't that big of a thing... this bickering happened quite a bit and always ended up swept under the rug by day's end. Going into the marriage, Jack had a full plate od problems that would gradually go away with Jill's help. I guess if you were on the outside looking in, everything seemed "normal". Time went on and in recent years, my pal's health declined a bit and with that, his self esteem dropped, his physical abilities diminished and was forced to stay home while his wife worked. Now, I remember him often telling me that her parents didn't like him, but only tolerated him because they had to. The result was mostly bad holidays and birthdays. He decided it wasn't worth the hassle to keep answering to everybody so he just stayed home. Jack didn't want to stay out of the way but couldn't take anymore from that side of the family who did a lot of backstabbing and taunting along the way. This guy had a near death experience and spent time in the hospital. Nobody came to visit and nobody took it seriously from her family. Matter of fact, they wished he'd die right there. He pulled out of it after awhile. Within a few days of being home, the family suggested the whole thing was a farce and he was lazy, a freeloader, and looking for sympathy even though Doctors said otherwise. Although she didn't say it, Jack suspected Jill of thinking the same thing. Even though employment had been moved to the backburner, Jack was constantly questioned about his "being lazy". I spoke to him a few months ago and Jack was going through the same thing all over again! While in the hospital, instead of helping Jack get better, Jill shocked the hell out of him and demanded a divorce right there.. When he asked her why, she said she couldn't take all the sickness anymore and walked away with their young daughter. Ironically, Jill works in healthcare and just gave up all hope with the guy. So quick was she to get rid of all the mess, that she began moving his stuff out before he was even discharged! Meanwhile, God only knows what kinf of things are being put into the daughter's head about her dad! In another strange twist, Jack told me that despite all of this, he still loves Jill and even this late in the game would like both he and Jill to get help. Jill isn't even willing to consider her decision twice. It's not worth it to her. Eight years and a child later he woke up and got kicked out. Now, she's a little bit funny this way you see. Something happened overnight that made her realize she never did love the guy in the first place. What really broke my friend's heart was the fact that all these memories that they had are being deleted like a pc's hard drive. Photos and other reminders of the marriage have been thrown in the garbage by her. The wedding photo was taken down and all he got was the picture frame (which was broken) kind of symbollic of the whole situation. All of this was gone with one keystroke, and now he's in worse shape than ever while she moved on almost immediately. He never abused her physically or verbally, never cheated on her...nothing! Sadly she doesn't want to talk about any of this. It's over and done and he's dead and buried to her and her family and thank all that is holy that Jack is finally gone. At the end of the month, Jack told me he won't be going to court and I don't blame him. Unless the cops come and zap him with a tazer, he's not going. She still goes around using his name though. I told him to be like Billy Joel and get a trafemark on his whole name from the Library of Congress. After all, if the wounds run so deep, she should be ashamed to walk around using his last name. I say, you should always love your family however, if you get married and still love your family more than your husband, take back the name they gave you...If it was good your whole life, it can be used again. I told him if there's any wiggle room left that it should be able to get worked out in therapy and if it's done, time to end it all with a big EXCLAIMATION POINT because the whole thing was obviously a big sham in the first pkace.
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