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Celebrity Rant Alert!!!!

OK, I just read this article:

Pitt seeking to adopt Jolie's children.

Can I scream now? Seriously, can I scream? Because THIS is asinine. Ridiculous. Are y'all serious? Please? (I said this was a rant!)

First of all, Brad and Angelina, last time I checked, you weren't married. Maybe I'm the most old-fashioned person in all of America, but I think that married people should have babies. OK, maybe you'd like to have a longer courtship before you get married, and that's been hard because, you know, Brad was married most of the time you've been dating. (Separated is still married, folks.) OK, you fell in love and Brad got a divorce and now you're doing the right thing. That's fine. We all make mistakes.

But when it comes to marriage and kids, celebrities seem to make more mistakes than most. Or maybe we just notice because you're all in the papers all the time. Because unlike when my friend was adopted by the man who raised her, it makes the news when y'all decide to do that. I'm just thinking about Kenny and Renee, Nick and Jessica and the countless couples who've come before then. Oh heck, I almost forgot Brad and Jen, who I believe were just officially divorced a few months ago.

Brad, raise Angelina's kids like they were you're own. But when you adopt them, it's a lot harder to undo. And, for some unknown reason, I just see undoing in your future. And it really has nothing to do with Angelina's track record of meeting guys who are engaged/married to someone else and pursuing them until she has them and then leaving them when another good thing comes along. Really, it doesn't.

Maybe I'm a cynic. I know it's not really my place to have an opinion, but you do put yourself in the public eye. You like it when you get $10 million to spend a few months when you make a movie. I really do want to believe they have what it takes to make it. I wish them all the best. Good luck and God speed.

posted by Laura at 10:11 AM