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Also, they got married in 1949, and Michael was born in 1958 and was their EIGHTH child - in NINE years?! Wow.
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Whenever my dad hears about big families, he says "Who can afford that many kids? Even Onassis only had two children!"
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Their marriage is in name only, for family functions, and scoring a quarter mil for "Inside Hayvenhurst" specials every ten years ago. yawn.
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I recently befriended a couple, married 10 years that also live in different states because of work/school -- however they don't have any intentions of coming together in the end... it works for them.
Thoughts!? For me, I don't think I could be so far away from my partner, but maybe space helps keep people close...
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I'm currently living 5 hrs away from the bf due to job transfer, and there are some upsides to it: less taking each other for granted, cherishing the time we do spend together, realizing exactly how strong our relationship is, having some very honest and open communication ...
Downsides: horniness, lack of cuddling, missing special occasions, nobody else ever loads the damn dishwasher. We think the separation will last about a year, and then we hope to live in the same town again so I can't speak for people who deal with/choose this kind of situation permanently.
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It's been a dangerous, grateful inspiration to me, since I like my space.
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it's funny though because as someone who's lived with the same person for 10 years now... and i absolute cherish all the memories we have because of living together for all this time, all the life we've shared... lately i find myself reminiscing about when we didn't live together, when there was that anticipation to reunions, the horniness that you mention (heh) all that living excitedly to see the other person again.
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Personally, I kind of like my space too. I've always said that I wouldn't move in with a guy before I got engaged (if he wants to leave clothes and toiletries at my place, fine) and that even after I got married, I would need a room in the house (i.e., a study or, if I'm really lucky, a carriage house) that would be all mine and to which I could retreat when I wanted to be alone. But I don't know if I could survive an indefinite long-distance relationship--there's something nice about being able to rely on seeing someone after an unexpectedly shitty day or just being spontaneously able to call him and say, "It's a beautiful day, let's go for a drive or a picnic" (or," it's a rainy day, call in sick and get your ass over here").
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Also, as mentioned, almost all academic couples do this. If they married another academic, most of my professors and grad students (who did not get divorced) or doing long distance. It is hard but getting an academic job is f-ing 100000x harder so...
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Interesting! Being a head shrinker -- the motivations for being apart or being close are beyond fascinating to me.
Thanks for everybody's input... more to think about.
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Didn't Michael leave his dad out of the will? Because I'm pretty sure he wouldn't be thrilled at the thought of his mom raising the kids with Joe in any way.....
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It's not to say that Joe should be given a carte blanche, but it's important to take Michael's own feelings into this affair.
(And the will, well it speaks for itself.)
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I'm going to assume that it really just has to do with her faith... she's quite a strong Jehovah Witness if I'm not mistaken.
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I agree, I highly doubt God would smite her for wanting to divorce a jackass like Joe. In fact, I'm sure he'd award her some sort of medal for sheer endurance.
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I hope she's not in much of a relationship with Joe. With that history, I don't want him having any significant impact on Michael's kids.
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Could the differences just be different sects? Individual families or churches just making their own decrees and telling the congregation to obey?
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From what I've read though, the Jacksons, particularly Katherine, was very devout and traditional.
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So she would have been granted a full and recognized divorce both within the legal system and the Witnesses. According to her, she stayed with him because she loves him. And one of those divorce proceedings came very close to completion, so she certainly thought hard about it.
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Kind of the way my first college girlfriend and I are "still together" after all these years.
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So while people are sympathetic to women in abused relationships, I think we should recognize the women that are codependent on some one and are failing themselves by being wrapped up in someone else's dysfunction-
Katherine probably tried to "help" with Joe's anger/whatever else is wrong with him and ended up being sucked in.