Do you think your marriage could survive Hollywood?

I agree that famous people seem to take marriage less seriously than the average person and are much quicker to quit...BUT famous couples also have to deal with a lot of crap that we don't.

If I fight with DH, I can vent to a friend and not worry about it showing up on the front page of Star magazine.

If we need private time, we can go out to dinner without bulbs flashing in my face.

I don't have to worry about DH or myself being photoshopped into a pic that would make it look like one of us was cheating.

No one would stalk our children at the playground.

Sometimes I think that even the most stable relationships couldn't withstand the stuff that Hollywood throws at them, kwim?

Re: Do you think your marriage could survive Hollywood?

You bring up some very valid points. Someone once said "Hollywood is like high school but with LOTS of money". So true.

I think its the climate of Hollywood (all of the points you mentioned) that can really eat away at relationships. This I why I think the most successful Hollywood couples don't live in LA... they live in the midwest, NYC (which is a bit better) or another off the beaten path state. Doesn't Julia Roberts live in Arizona or New Mexico?

Re: Do you think your marriage could survive Hollywood?

Celebs have so much money that they can retreat to all kinds of secluded places for alone time. Plus, it's been shown that the overwhelming majority of marital fights and problems is caused by money problems, a problem that celebs just don't have.

The only thing I could see as being a challenge to our marriage is the working closely with another celeb on say a movie where your DH is the romantic lead with a hot celeb as their love interest. That would bug me. But if both are celebs and they both do the same thing, it should be a little easier to deal with.

The other thing that would cause problems is distance. Traveling alot and having to spend a lot of time apart can take a toll on any marriage.

But overall, I still think celebs give up way too easily and jump into marriages way too quickly. Yes, it's hard, but ALL marriages take work. They don't have money problems but they have the distance problem - it kinda balances out in my opinion. They just don't work hard enough at their marriages.

Re: Do you think your marriage could survive Hollywood?

I think our marriage could survive, if we had met each other prior to being rich & famous. But I do think hollywood couples end it way too fast, since they have money & other resources to make thmselves feel better about their problems, they rely on those things rather than trying to work things out.