Why are celebrity marriages not lasting?

Well well, looks like everyone has the case of the "splitting up blues". What the heck? Whats going on?

        Patti Stanger from "Millionaire Matchmaker" states that the reason for the celebrity couples are splitting is due to "mars retrograde", which quite frankly I did not understand what this meant, however thanks to GOOGLE I now know. So thank you Google. For those of you who don't know. the simplest I can put it in layman's terms A planet is described as retrograde when it appears to be moving backwards through the zodiac. "Mars fires your emotions and energizes your passions, but also powers your mental endeavours and communicative skills". It basically means that this is that becaus of this "mars retrograde" there will be a lot of disagreements, arguments, infidelity and unnormal activity with relationships and life issues. It doesnt mean, however, that these issues can't be worked out. I'm not a big astrology person, however I am a follwer of Patti Stanger and was curious on what the statement meant.       Moving on, I feel like maybe, JUST MAYBE, couples give up and if an issue arrises, instead of working on the issue, they instead bail. I find this so so sad. I mean, what happened to woking things out, "til death do us part" and all that mumbo jumbo.
      I feel very blessed to be part of a family where most of my relatives marriages have lasted more than 2, 3 , 10, hell even 25 and 50 years! And you know what? These were not perfect marriges, but you know what? They stuck it out and worked on it. Now again, I'm not talkin infidelity nor abuse. But I do have to say that there were infidelty issues with my grandparents, that my grandmother has discussed with us a few times and although sad, they stayed together until my grandfathers death which was over 50 yrs. My mom and my dad (who technically is my step father, but raised me since  was 2, so deservingly has the title "dad".) have been together going strong fo 26 years. Again, not perfect, but there has not been infidelity. Of course again, not perfect, when i was younger, I remember many arguments for different reasons. My parents were young, in their 20's . Still working on issues. I wont go into much into their personal issues. However, I do remember them ALWAYS working through it and because of their communication and respect for one another through the years, their relationship has matured and so have they. I remind my dad from time to time and he puts his head down and tells me, "what got us through everything is that your mom put up with my sh*t and I put up with hers". (his words, not mine) So why do people especially celebrties give up?

           In my personal opinion, its even harder when the media puts all your personal life out there especially relationship issues one is having with his or her partner and especially marriage isssues which should be private, but ofcourse that is what sells. So not only does the celebrity couple have to deal with the spouse they also have to deal with the media and their perception. There is so much pressure to be the "perfect celebrity couple" that this could cause stress sometimes and maybe they focus to much on portraying that image instead of working on the marriage.
            Ways to work on the marriage could be counseling, marriage retreats or talking to their pastor, priest. Do somthing, but dont just give up. Marriage takes a lot of WORK! 24/7 kind of stuff.
              My advice is to dont care what others think and put your marriage and Partner first, because that is the commitment that you made to each other. And if you are a religious person, like myself, please don't forget God!  At least Try!!!!

       

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