“Your girl, Angelina, is a dumb bitch. Still think she’s a Spartan now that she’s getting divorced,” was the taunting phone call I got from a girl I used to know. I responded, “What about this situation makes her dumb and how does filing for a divorce and leaving an unhealthy situation as opposed to suffering in it, lessens her strength of character?” She paused for a long ass time, and like most people who don’t really have a case, just raw emotions, she deflected with, “She got what she deserved for stealing him from Jennifer.” …and this is what I deserve for not changing my number. My friend is normally a nice girl, but she’s extremely bitter in terms of relationships. She’s a single mother that has the same baby daddy as her former bestfriend. She knows all about backstabbing, hurt, and regret. The mistakes of her early 20s still haunt her and nothing I seem to tell her sticks because she’s still ruled by negativity. This girl doesn’t give a fuck about Jennifer Aniston, all she knows is that Brad Pitt left for Angelina, and now they’re breaking up which proves her point of… well, I’m not sure what her point is. “If you got him cheating, he’s going to eventually cheat on you,” maybe that’s her case, or maybe it’s the self-projected animosity of, “All men are dogs.” I would rather that woman go for what she wanted in Brad Pitt, achieve it for nearly 12 years, and then bow out once she realized it’s not benefiting her anymore, then to have missed out on what's still probably the most rewarding part of her life thus far. Tina Typical, on the other hand, told me that Angelina Jolie wasted her time and now looks foolish. I disagree. To marry someone, create a family, partner up for a nearly billion-dollar production business, and undoubtedly share positive memories that will always remain special, does not get wiped out by that divorce.
We live in a culture where if a relationship doesn’t end in forever, it was a mistake. There are a lot of you reading this who par...
