This floors me....

[vanillafluffy]

Blurb under a Yahoo "news" story: Jesse James reportedly is seeking professional help to deal with "personal issues" after a cheating scandal that has put his nearly five-year marriage to Sandra Bullock on the line.

Nearly five years? What have we become as a society that five years is considered a LONG time for a marriage to last?! My parents were of the "til death to us part" generation---but then, my dad also worked for the same company for 30+ years, and I will admit, I've never made it past five with any of my jobs, though not for lack of trying.

There's a clue there; he's "seeking professional help". While there can be good reasons for that, too often I believe it's used as an excuse. (Personal issues, my ass.) Oh poor me, I have ISSUES, I don't have to take personal responsibility because it's all outside my control. Dude, save your money. I don't care if your jewels turn blue and explode, if you really respect the woman you're married to, you'll rein in those horn-dog impulses of yours. Suck it up and keep it in your pants, it's that goddamn simple.
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[hippediva.livejournal.com]

Word from the snakepit: Jesse James has been hanging around the LA porn scene (is there one elsewhere in the US? I don't think so--not one that turns out 300+ movies a month) since the late 90's. The crap he pulled on Janine is WELL-KNOWN (he dumped her for Sandra---when she was 8 mos. preggers--what a guy!) He's nothing more than a biker who got himself a porn star and traded up for a movie star.

So it shouldn't surprise anyone that he's behaving like a media-whore. He is one and most of what he's learned in 5 years about the biz, he's learned from Bullock. I have no sympathy for either of them.

[vanillafluffy.livejournal.com]

*shrug* I vaguely knew he was the guy from the motorcycle show, but like I'm more of a dog person than a cat person, I'm more of a car person than a bike person. So I didn't know anything about JJ and his backstory. And I don't care---I still think his current actions are reprehensible.

Speaking as a woman who's been in the position of having been humiliated by a horndog bastard, I *do* feel sorry for Sandra. YMMV.

[hippediva.livejournal.com]

It is sad....saddest of all for that poor kid of his! He's stuck her in the middle and egged his wife on to fight his custody battle. The whole thing is really revolting. Unfortunately, it's not unusual around the fringes--it's pretty common.

And I DO think it was really filthy of him to ruin her Oscar year like this. That blows and it's SO typical of that kind of male. *nods* Yeah. For that, I do have some sympathy.