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Arnold Schwarzenegger, Maria Shriver announce separation
The former California first lady has moved out after 25 years of marriage. Maria Shriver helped bolster Arnold Schwarzenegger's campaign against charges that he groped women during his movie career . . .
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-mew-arnold-maria-separate-20010510,0,961258.story
25 years is a good run. I don't see this as "failure." Sometimes relationships just run their course.
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he said "hasta la vista, baby"
he erased her
she got terminated
ok, that's all i got right now
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He said, "I'll be back"
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The unraveling of the Schwarzenegger-Shriver marriage
Some close to Arnold Schwarzenegger speak of a loving marriage that slowly foundered. Friends of Maria Shriver see her as trapped for years in an unhappy relationship that hit a breaking point after her parents' deaths.
By Robin Abcarian and Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times
The partnership of Maria Shriver and Arnold Schwarzenegger was a collision of two worlds, an unlikely but watchable match.
Twenty five years ago, when they married, Shriver was a child of American Democratic political royalty — pedigreed, pampered and with a professional ambition unusual for the women of her clan. Schwarzenegger was a fading strongman and minor movie actor with immigrant dreams as outlandishly big as his biceps.
Schwarzenegger, 63, would go on to world domination — of the cinematic sort, as a top international box office star — and then the California governor's office. Shriver, 55, who became a top talent in NBC's news division, dialed back her career to care for their four children, then relinquished her job altogether when her husband became governor in 2003. It was a bond that survived its share of tests.
Schwarzenegger and Shriver announced their separation Monday, a split that marks the foundering of one of America's most famous marriages, and signals that each will face a future absent the partnership that had so defined them.
While many friends said they were surprised by the announcement, two distinctly different narratives were emerging Tuesday about the breakup.
Some close to Schwarzenegger spoke of a loving marriage that slowly broke apart over time. Friends of Shriver portrayed her as trapped for years in an unhappy relationship that reached a breaking point after the deaths of her parents and a difficult transition back to private life.
"Everyone who's shocked by this is reacting to the fairy-tale picture that was promoted," said a friend who has been a frequent visitor to the couple's Brentwood mansion and did not want to be identified as breaching the couple's confidence. The death in August 2009 of Shriver's mother, Eunice Kennedy Shriver, said this friend, marked a turning point. Her father, Sargent Shriver, the Peace Corps founder, died in January.
"There was such a void," said the friend, "and when she looked around, she realized her husband could never even think of filling it."
When asked why Shriver stayed in the marriage for so long if she was so unhappy, the friend responded: "Part of it is family legacy, part of it is Catholicism. But the most important thing was their four kids."
It is not clear when Shriver moved out, but a former Schwarzenegger administration official said he had heard about the couple's split in January. He said that although the pair had a complicated relationship, they were affectionate and showed "a genuine, deep love."
Family was Schwarzenegger's top priority, said the former official. "When she called, everything would stop. If the kids called, everything would stop," this person said. "They were very focused on raising the kids."
Several who worked for the governor said that during Schwarzenegger's first term, he spent about three nights a week in Sacramento, but that once he was reelected in 2006, he spent less time in the capital. At his wife's request, said one, Schwarzenegger would usually fly from Brentwood to Sacramento in the morning and be home by evening.
The oldest children, Katherine, 21, and Christina, 19, are at college. Patrick, 17, is a high school senior. Christopher is 13.
On Tuesday, Patrick tweeted about his family drama: "Appreciate all your messages. Small speed bump I'n life, luckily we own hummers, we will cruise right over it. All will be okay. #peace."
Shriver has been living at a Beverly Hills hotel for the last several weeks. The couple's joint statement said they were living apart "while we work on the future of our relationship."
Recently, the pair has been spotted around town together. In mid-February, during NBA All-Star weekend, they were together at a benefit party at the downtown Los Angeles restaurant Katsuya. On April 23, they visited an ice cream shop at Brentwood Country Mart. On Saturday, they attended the graduation of a nephew from Loyola Marymount University.
On Sunday, Mother's Day, the family gathered at Santa Monica's Ivy at the Shore. But Shriver and Schwarzenegger left in separate cars.
Like many famous couples, they have had an ambivalent attitude about media coverage of their marriage and family. While Schwarzenegger has generally tried to control it, Shriver was uncomfortable unless the subject was one of her causes, such as the annual Women's Conference she organized as first lady. But the profound differences in their backgrounds, as well as the bipartisan dynamic of their relationship, ensured a continuing fascination by the public.
In a 2005 Vanity Fair profile of the couple, Shriver said she surprised her friends and family by falling in love with Schwarzenegger rather than some American blue blood.
"You married the other side of the tracks," was how she described her friends' reaction. "They have trouble with the class thing," she said.
Schwarzenegger, a Republican whose moderation alienated his party once he was in office, often made light of having married into the Kennedy clan.
But despite their divergent politics, she put aside partisan leanings to be at his side during both his gubernatorial campaigns. When Schwarzenegger made a well received speech at the Republican presidential convention in 2004, however, Shriver made a point of saying she attended only to support her spouse.
In 2008, while he campaigned for Republican John McCain for president, she made a much publicized last-minute decision to appear onstage at UCLA's Pauley Pavilion at a Barack Obama rally with Michelle Obama, Shriver's cousin Caroline Kennedy and Oprah Winfrey, one of her best friends.
There were always hints that life with Schwarzenegger was challenging — and not just in the normal domestic ways.
In the midst of his first political campaign in 2003, at least 15 women came forward to accuse Schwarzenegger of sexual misconduct over a three-decade period. He first denied the allegations, then apologized, conceding, "Where there's smoke, there's fire."
Shriver took an active role in pushing back. "I know I would not be where I am today without his support," she told a rally of supporters.
"You cross Arnold, and Maria will cut your head off," her brother Bobby Shriver, now a Santa Monica city councilman, told a Times reporter in 2003.
Despite the times, and his professions of support for women's rights, Schwarzenegger expressed some old-fashioned notions about the sexes.
For instance, he told Playboy magazine in 1988 that he did not like women to wear pants. His father, he said, did not allow his mother to wear pants, and he did not allow Shriver to wear pants when they went out. "Maria would never wear pants," he said at the time. "Believe me."
Shriver, who has often been photographed wearing slacks, seemed to take her outlandish husband in stride.
"I would have had to have been deaf, blind and incredibly stupid not to see that he was more than a handful," Shriver wrote in the introduction to her 2000 book, "10 Things I Wish I'd Known Before I Went Out Into the Real World."
In a recent interview with Newsweek, Schwarzenegger acknowledged that life in the public glare had taken a toll on his wife. "My life is not the cleanest in town, so there were places where people could attack," he said.
Since leaving office early this year, Schwarzenegger has plunged ahead with typical brio, while Shriver seemed to be somewhat at sea.
Last month, he announced he would star in an animated children's series, "The Governator," about a superhero with an everyday family life. He told The Times he was ready to reclaim his former Hollywood glory and to make sequels of his greatest hits, including "Terminator," "True Lies" and "Kindergarten Cop."
Shriver, for her part, has seemed less certain of what awaited her.
"It is so stressful to not know what you're doing next," Shriver said in a YouTube video she posted March 28. "I'd like to hear from other people in transition.... How did you get through it? What were three things that enabled you to get through your transition?"
This year, she has worked on her women's empowerment website, guest edited an issue of O, Winfrey's magazine, and promoted causes near to her heart, such as Alzheimer's research. (Her father died after a long bout with the ailment.)
On April 14, she tweeted an upbeat message: "Loved lunching with my bro @lancearmstrong. He gave me lots of good advice. Says he will help guide me in my life. Stay tuned."
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The real reason why Maria bailed! :'(
Schwarzenegger fathered a child with longtime member of household staff
His wife, Maria Shriver, moved out of their Brentwood mansion earlier this year after the former governor acknowledged the child was his. The staff member worked for the family for 20 years, retiring in January.
By Mark Z. Barabak and Victoria Kim, Los Angeles Times
Former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and his wife, Maria Shriver, separated after she learned he had fathered a child more than a decade ago — before his first run for office — with a longtime member of their household staff.
Shriver moved out of the family's Brentwood mansion earlier this year, after Schwarzenegger acknowledged the paternity. The staff member worked for the family for 20 years, retiring in January.
"After leaving the governor's office I told my wife about this event, which occurred over a decade ago," Schwarzenegger said Monday night in a statement issued to The Times in response to questions. "I understand and deserve the feelings of anger and disappointment among my friends and family. There are no excuses and I take full responsibility for the hurt I have caused. I have apologized to Maria, my children and my family. I am truly sorry.
"I ask that the media respect my wife and children through this extremely difficult time," the statement concluded. "While I deserve your attention and criticism, my family does not. "
A spokesman for the former first lady said she had no comment.
Since leaving office, Schwarzenegger has maintained a high public profile, meeting with world dignitaries, attending a White House summit on immigration and working to revive his movie career.
To protect their privacy, The Times is not publishing the former staffer's name nor that of her child. In an interview Monday before Schwarzenegger issued his statement, the former staffer said another man — her then-husband — was the child's father.
She said she voluntarily left her position with the couple earlier this year after reaching a longstanding goal of working for them for two decades. "I wanted to achieve my 20 years, then I asked to retire," she said, adding she received a severance payment and "left on good terms with them."
Later Monday, The Times informed the woman of the governor's statement and she declined to comment further.
Schwarzenegger took financial responsibility for the child from the start and continued to provide support, according to a source who declined to be identified because of the former governor's request for privacy.
The former first couple of California announced their separation in a joint statement issued last week. The two have been married 25 years. There was no mention of a cause for the separation.
In keeping with their very public — and political — lives, two distinctly different portraits of the marriage and its status have emerged in the days since the breakup became public.
Schwarzenegger, 63, suggested that the split was temporary and the couple were working toward reconciliation. "We both love each other very much," the former governor said at an appearance last week at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles. "We are very fortunate that we have four extraordinary children and we're taking one day at a time."
Friends of Shriver, 55, offered a grimmer assessment, saying she had been unhappy for years but made no move until after her parents died and Schwarzenegger finished his term as governor. Her father, Sargent Shriver, died Jan. 18, nearly a year and a half after the death of her mother, Eunice Kennedy Shriver.
The marriage between Shriver and Schwarzenegger — pairing one of Hollywood's top box office draws and a member of one of America's most storied Democratic political clans — has long been a subject of public interest.
As an actor, Schwarzenegger reveled in his macho image. But his behavior became an issue during his first campaign for governor, in the 2003 recall election, when more than a dozen women said he had groped them over a period of many years.
Schwarzenegger at first denied the allegations, then apologized. Shriver offered a timely and politically crucial defense of her husband, vouching for his personal integrity.
After his landslide election, she emerged as one of the most visible first ladies in California history, maintaining a high profile as she promoted volunteerism and directed a wildly popular annual conference on women.
Although friends of the couple speak of difficulties in their marriage throughout Schwarzenegger's governorship, any tensions were kept out of public view. The couple's four children range in age from 13 to 21.
Once Schwarzenegger left office in January, the two effectively began leading separate lives. Schwarzenegger has been jetting around the world, heading to Brazil's Xingu River with director James Cameron, to London for Mikhail Gorbachev's 80th birthday party, to Val d'Isere in France for skiing.
Schwarzenegger, who had to put aside acting and his business interests while serving in Sacramento, quickly plunged back into those pursuits.
Last week, a bidding war took place at Cannes to make two more installments of the "Terminator" franchise starring Schwarzenegger, and the former governor also signed to star in a third movie. He is working on an animated children's series based on his life and also exploring real estate and other business investments.
He has traveled the globe — apart from Shriver — delivering high-priced speeches and also participated in a White House summit on immigration reform. He is expected to pen his memoirs soon.
Shriver, a longtime television journalist who gave up her job at NBC when Schwarzenegger took office, has worked on her women's empowerment website, guest-edited an issue of Oprah Winfrey's magazine and promoted causes such as Alzheimer's research (her father suffered from the disease). She also took her son Patrick and some of his friends on an East Coast college tour in April.
Last Friday, after the couple's separation was made public, Shriver sent a Twitter message to her followers, which number more than 750,000: "Thank you all for the kindness, support and compassion. I am humbled by the love. Thank you."
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Thanks Arnold. Not only did you veto same-sex marriages, and allow the private lives of your gay citizens to be put up to a very public vote about what they can and can't do in their lives, but then you also break your own vows and father a bastard child. Total and complete hypocrite.
nyexpat
I think everybody is missing the real story...............Mari a Shriver knew that Arnold had a dalliance with the maid for a while, not just recently learned ............to cause separation. That's where the story gets blurred. She's was just waiting for him to get out of office. I'm sure their marriage has been tattered for some time now. Don't believe it until you get the true story. She had no comment, why should she. She wasn't asked about the timeline.
realitydave
And to think some of you believed in this fraud and voted for him. We were better off with Davis.
Rocco B
Good for Maria Shriver for moving on with her life! Hopefully it won't ever include this poor excuse for a man, except for how he relates to their children. Let me see, groping women, having a child with one of the staff members... He's utterly devoid of any moral character, and to stand there and apologize doesn't make him any less of a pig. I'm sure he only apologized publicly because he had to or risk no one going to see his next film. I sincerely hope that audience is not comprised of any women.
This is NOT how all men are, only particular men in positions of power, and it has nothing to do with any political affiliations. Republican, democrat, when a man has no integrity his politics are irrelevant.
SandyCou
http://discussions.latimes.com/20/lanews/la-me-0517-arnold-20110517/10
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I feel disapointed
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When candidate Arnold was dogged by rumors and reports of womanzing Maria sprung to his defense, "You can listen to people who met Arnold for a few minutes 30 years ago, or you can listen to me..." She knew what kind of man she was marrying didn't she? On one level it is hard to feel sorry for her. His bad behavior was well known. :-\
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hehe, he downloaded a baby
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Who cares that he banged some chick outside of marriage... Big damn deal.
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hehe, he downloaded a baby
;D
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What a whiny bitch [Maria] poor thing, spoiled brat with hundreds of millions in the bank and she's complaining cause she's 'lost at sea' and not sure what to do in life, are you fucking serious?!! someone should take all her shit away and drop her off in Cuba.
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she should be used to cheating, lying spouses...she is after all a kennedy
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she should be used to cheating, lying spouses...she is after all a kennedy
x2 , seriously...what was she thinking !!? LOL
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Maria hired the maid...just saying.
I kid I kid! :)
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Think about it: this woman is basically living in your house. She interacts with your wife and children for years. You travel around the world solo all the time. With all the opportunities available to you, the person you decide to have an affair with is the woman who lives in your house who is basically a member of your own family? To make matters worse you father a child with her and secretly make payments to her for 10 years even as she is still working in your home and interacting with your wife and children. All of this is happening right under the noses of your wife and children!
And all of this his happening after Maria went to the public and defended your integrity following claims by more than a dozen women who said you groped them inappropriately.
If Arnold had taken Maria’s face and ground it into a pile of dog doo that would have been less humiliating than what he has done to her here. :(
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Think about it: this woman is basically living in your house. She interacts with your wife and children for years. You travel around the world solo all the time. With all the opportunities available to you, the person you decide to have an affair with is the woman who lives in your house who is basically a member of your own family? To make matters worse you father a child with her and secretly make payments to her for 10 years even as she is still working in your home and interacting with your wife and children. All of this is happening right under the noses of your wife and children!
And all of this his happening after Maria went to the public and defended your integrity following claims by more than a dozen women who said you groped them inappropriately.
If Arnold had taken Maria’s face and ground it into a pile of dog doo that would have been less humiliating that what he has done to her here.
Not a very nice guy, is he? :(
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Think about it: this woman is basically living in your house. She interacts with your wife and children for years. You travel around the world solo all the time. With all the opportunities available to you, the person you decide to have an affair with is the woman who lives in your house who is basically a member of your own family? To make matters worse you father a child with her and secretly make payments to her for 10 years even as she is still working in your home and interacting with your wife and children. All of this is happening right under the noses of your wife and children!
And all of this his happening after Maria went to the public and defended your integrity following claims by more than a dozen women who said you groped them inappropriately.
If Arnold had taken Maria’s face and ground it into a pile of dog doo that would have been less humiliating than what he has done to her here. :(
You know it could have been that Arnold was just seeking convenient, close refuge.. Maria said herself she had been really unhappy with the relationship for a long time now, she already looks like a cold enough bitch when she's normal, so imagine that coldness growing day by day, she probably cut him off from sex and he said fuck this I need to get laid.
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Maria's humiliation would have been much more tolerable if it was 20 year old Brazilian supermodel (see Mick Jagger). This is probably unbearable for her. :(
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I'm honestly surprised that this divorce didn't happen any sooner. With his money and larger than life ego, there is no way this guy was staying married without cheating left, right and center.
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This is pretty sick. You disappoint me Arnold. :-\
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Attention Shifts to Schwarzenegger’s Housekeeper
...Associates of Mr. Schwarzenegger and Ms. Shriver, pointing to the request for privacy, offered only scant details about his son with Ms. Baena. Several friends said that she was pregnant while working around the house at the same time that Ms. Shriver was pregnant with Christopher. Ms. Baena and her son did not live in the house...
http://www.guy.html?_r=1&hp=&pagewanted=all
I didn't think anyone could look worse than Jon Edwards but Arnold now does. :'( Just imagine it... day after day, Maria and Baena occasionally sharing laughs over coffee or having morning sickness at the same time... and all the while Baena (and Arnold?) knows that Arnold is the father of both kids! Maria's humiliation is beyond complete! They say Arnold did not know the child was his until later... but if you've been sleeping with Baena without a condom and ejaculating and a few months later she turns up pregnant how could you not suspect that the kid is yours? ???
If I were related to Maria I would drag her to the divorce attorney's office ASAP!
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I guess she wasn't living with them because of you know, lack of space... LOL
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Attention Shifts to Schwarzenegger’s Housekeeper
...Associates of Mr. Schwarzenegger and Ms. Shriver, pointing to the request for privacy, offered only scant details about his son with Ms. Baena. Several friends said that she was pregnant while working around the house at the same time that Ms. Shriver was pregnant with Christopher. Ms. Baena and her son did not live in the house...
http://www.guy.html?_r=1&hp=&pagewanted=all
I didn't think anyone could look worse than Jon Edwards but Arnold now does. :'( Just imagine it... day after day, Maria and Baena occasionally sharing laughs over coffee or having morning sickness at the same time... and all the while Baena (and Arnold?) knows that Arnold is the father of both kids! Maria's humiliation is beyond complete! They say Arnold did not know the child was his until later... but if you if you've been sleeping with Baena without a condom and ejaculating and a few months later she turns up pregnant how could you not suspect that the kid is yours? ???
If I were related to Maria I would drag her to the divorce attorney's office ASAP!
Arnold did not know the kid was his until he was born already... So this is a bit misleading.
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Apart from all the cheating this is kind of cool. In America a Guatemalan immigrant's son is half-brother to the "scions" of an Irish immigrant's political dynasty.
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Think about it: this woman is basically living in your house. She interacts with your wife and children for years. You travel around the world solo all the time. With all the opportunities available to you, the person you decide to have an affair with is the woman who lives in your house who is basically a member of your own family? To make matters worse you father a child with her and secretly make payments to her for 10 years even as she is still working in your home and interacting with your wife and children. All of this is happening right under the noses of your wife and children!
And all of this his happening after Maria went to the public and defended your integrity following claims by more than a dozen women who said you groped them inappropriately.
If Arnold had taken Maria’s face and ground it into a pile of dog doo that would have been less humiliating than what he has done to her here.
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Arnold told Maria about this 10 years ago. It just took Maria 10 years to finally understand what Arnold was saying...his foreign accent. :D
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This woman looks like a train wreck. No doubt Arnold must have had a few bottle of Grey Goose.
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This woman looks like a train wreck. No doubt Arnold must have had a few bottle gallons of Grey Goose.
Fixed.
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Arnold fulfilled his evolutionary duty.
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Arnold fulfilled his evolutionary duty.
He had an evolutionary duty to have sex with his unattractive housekeeper, when he could have sex with any number of drop dead gorgeous women? Or simply remained faithful to his wife and had all the sex he wanted?
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He had an evolutionary duty to have sex with his unattractive housekeeper, when he could have sex with any number of drop dead gorgeous women? Or simply remained faithful to his wife and had all the sex he wanted?
Highly doubt that with Maria... The last kid might have been an accident... That 1 time in a year he got some... We don't know what happened in that house.
Maybe Arnie could have banged Maria every 2 hours or maybe she never hardly gave it up... You never know.
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Highly doubt that with Maria... The last kid might have been an accident... That 1 time in a year he got some... We don't know what happened in that house.
Maybe Arnie could have banged Maria every 2 hours or maybe she never hardly gave it up... You never know.
True. You never know what goes on behind closed doors. But in a normal marriage, sex is plentiful. :)
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But in a normal marriage, sex is plentiful. :)
Hmm... this is the second time I've ever heard this. Hear the reverse quite often on the other hand.
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Hmm... this is the second time I've ever heard this. Hear the reverse quite often on the other hand.
Then what you're hearing about is an abnormal marriage.
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Then what you're hearing about is an abnormal marriage.
I dunno beach... I'm not saying what's normal or abnormal, but you hear a lot of complaints from married people of both sexes about the lack of sex, where you don't hear a lot of married couples talk about how great the sex is.
Perhaps it's just the squeaky wheel syndrome though.
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I dunno beach... I'm not saying what's normal or abnormal, but you hear a lot of complaints from married people of both sexes about the lack of sex, where you don't hear a lot of married couples talk about how great the sex is.
Perhaps it's just the squeaky wheel syndrome though.
It's the squeaky wheel.
If you think about it, sex is awesome, and if two people are committed to each other in a good marriage, why wouldn't they be getting busy as much as possible? I don't want to turn this into a sex discussion, but if you were trying to describe a "normal" marriage on paper, lots of good sex would be in the description.
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Between 40% of all first marriages ending in divorce (and that rate rising with each subsequent marriage) and a good chunk of the US population being obese, I'll bet that the description of a "normal" marriage actually includes quickly dwindling sex and ever-increasing consumption of microwavable food.
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Between 40% of all first marriages ending in divorce (and that rate rising with each subsequent marriage) and a good chunk of the US population being obese, I'll bet that the description of a "normal" marriage actually includes quickly dwindling sex and ever-increasing consumption of microwavable food.
That's probably partly true. :-\
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He had an evolutionary duty to have sex with his unattractive housekeeper, when he could have sex with any number of drop dead gorgeous women? Or simply remained faithful to his wife and had all the sex he wanted?
No, but to propagate his DNA.
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No, but to propagate his DNA.
He did that with his wife.
Dude do you talk like this in real life? lol :)
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No, but to propagate his DNA.
The theory is that men are biologically inclined to propagate their DNA with beautiful, healthy, curvy women, for the sake of their offspring isn't it? Not at all what Arnold did picking that woman. :-[
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The theory is that men are biologically inclined to propagate their DNA with beautiful, healthy, curvy women, for the sake of their offspring isn't it? Not at all what Arnold did picking that woman. :-[
Learned a new word from someone who was talking about this: fugly. :-\
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Learned a new word from someone who was talking about this: fugly. :-\
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freaking ugly
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;D
freaking ugly
"Fat and ugly." Although "freaking ugly" works too. :)
Austin Powers has the best line though: told his boss his mother looked like she had been beaten with an ugly stick. :D
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"Fat and ugly." Although "freaking ugly" works too. :)
Austin Powers has the best line though: told his boss his mother looked like she had been beaten with an ugly stick. :D
LOL
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:o Woman scorned . . . .
Maria Shriver Leaked Husband's Love Child to Newspaper, Has Hired Private Eye
Published May 24, 2011
Maria Shriver, wife of California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, speaks at the African First Ladies Health Summit in Los Angeles April 20, 2009. REUTERS/Phil McCarten (UNITED STATES POLITICS HEALTH)
Maria Shriver leaked the revelations about Arnold Schwarzenegger's love child to the media and has now hired a private investigator to find out whether her estranged husband fathered more children in secret.
Shriver's friends had to persuade the "hysterical" former TV journalist not to hold a news conference when she found out in late April or early May that Schwarzenegger had fathered a son with the family's housekeeper, TMZ reported Tuesday.
She agreed to keep quiet until a week after the couple announced the end of their 25-year marriage -- and then tipped off the LA Times that the "True Lies" star had a 13-year-old son with Mildred Baena.
Claims that Schwarzenegger, 63, may have fathered more illegitimate children were exacerbated by actress Jane Seymour, who told CNN over the weekend, "I heard about two more [children] somebody else knows about. I even met someone who knows him well."
Seymour clarified her comments Monday, telling The Wrap that she was misquoted and had been referring to gossip she heard on "The Joy Behar Show."
The U-turn did not stop Shriver, 55, from hiring a private detective to scope out whether the former California governor committed any other infidelities while they were married, as well as explore his finances, RadarOnline claimed Tuesday.
"Maria is leaving no stone unturned and she has authorized a private detective to gather personal and business information about Arnold," an insider said.
"The investigator will likely look into the claims that he fathered multiple children, outside their marriage. Maria has heard the rumors and she wants to find out one way or another, if those claims are true," the source added.
The money trail from Schwarzenegger to Baena, 50, will also be examined by the investigator.
Shriver and Schwarzenegger's joint worth has been assessed at between $200 million and $400 million, meaning their divorce could be one of the costliest celebrity splits ever.
The pair is believed to have a pre-nuptial agreement, but after 25 years of marriage and Schwarzenegger's infidelity, it may not stand.
http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2011/05/24/maria-shriver-leaked-arnolds-love-child-newspaper-hired-private-eye/?test=faces
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The theory is that men are biologically inclined to propagate their DNA with beautiful, healthy, curvy women, for the sake of their offspring isn't it? Not at all what Arnold did picking that woman. :-[
Yes, that would be ideal but at least he propagated more of his DNA.
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He did that with his wife.
Dude do you talk like this in real life? lol :)
Why, yes, I do talk like that in real life. :)
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:o Woman scorned . . . .
Uh oh!
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Why, yes, I do talk like that in real life. :)
I don't think I could say "propagate DNA" out loud with a straight face. :)
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I don't think I could say "propagate DNA" out loud with a straight face. :)
Are you saying it would be laborious to abrogate your merriment, Beach Bum?
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Are you saying it would be laborious to abrogate your merriment, Beach Bum?
:D
LOL! Decide approved. :D
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I think this is as bad as Tiger Woods' situation.
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Maria Shriver Was at Christening of Husband Arnold Schwarzenegger's Love Child
Published May 26, 2011
Maria Shriver's humiliation intensified Thursday as pictures showing her accompanying her husband Arnold Schwarzenegger to his secret love child's christening appeared on TMZ.
An image of an unwitting Shriver smiling alongside Schwarzenegger and two of their children at the 1998 baptism of the child the former California governor fathered with the family's housekeeper, Mildred Baena, was posted Thursday on the gossip website.
A series of photographs also showed the 63-year-old "True Lies" star sharing tender father-son moments with the child as he grew up, including teaching the boy how to play golf and swinging him playfully above his head.
In one shot, Schwarzenegger is even seen hugging Rogelio Baena -- the man who brought up the child for 13 years as his own.
Schwarzenegger and Shriver have four children of their own -- Katherine, 21, Christina, 19, Patrick, 17, and 13-year-old Christopher, who was born just five days before his half brother.
The couple announced the end of their 25-year marriage earlier this month, and Shriver, 55, could file for divorce by the end of the week, according to reports.
http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2011/05/26/maria-shriver-christening-husband-arnold-schwarzeneggers-love-child/?test=faces
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Ex-Husband of Schwarzenegger's Lover Plans Suit
Monday, 30 May 2011 10:37 AM
BOGOTA — The ex-husband of Arnold Schwarzenegger's lover told a Colombian magazine Sunday that he plans to sue the former governor, alleging that the birth certificate of the couple's love child was falsified.
Rogelio Baena, a Colombian native, was married to Mildred Patricia Baena, who was a housekeeper to the Hollywood star-turned California governor and his celebrity wife Maria Shriver.
Rogelio Baena only recently learned that his 13 year-old son with Mildred Baena was actually the love child of Schwarzenegger and his ex-wife.
Yet Rogelio Baena's name appears on the birth certificate as the boy's father, and attorneys have told him that if Schwarzenegger and Mildred Baena knew this was not true, they engaged in conspiracy to falsify a public document -- a serious crime in California.
Rogelio Baena separated from his then-wife after 10 years of marriage in October 1997, just weeks after the boy was born. The couple however did not file for divorce until February 2008, according to US entertainment media.
Mildred Baena, now 50, worked in Schwarzenegger-Shriver household for 20 years. The California power couple have four children between the ages of 14 and 21, and their youngest son was reportedly born just days before the Schwarzenegger-Mildred Baena love child was born.
Schwarzenegger, 63, announced his separation from Shriver after 25 years of marriage on May 10, and soon after revealed that the split occurred after he told her about the love child he had fathered and kept secret.
Schwarzenegger has put his movie comeback plans on hold to handle the family crisis sparked by his admission.
He told his agents that work on new projects including "The Terminator" franchise would stop "until further notice" as he grapples with a media storm four months after leaving political office.
Shriver, a daughter of the Kennedy political dynasty, has hired a top divorce lawyer, Laura Wasser, according to People magazine.
Pictures of Mildred Baena and her son with Schwarzenegger -- who bears a striking resemblance to Arnie -- have circulated online since the actor admitted to the love child, and apologized to his family.
http://www.guy-lover-baby-ex-husband/2011/05/30/id/398199
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Poor Arnold....now instead of having 100 million in the bank he'll have 50mill.... ::)
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What is wrong with this picture of Maria and her son? :-[
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What is wrong with this picture of Maria and her son? :-[
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Looks like he is trying to ridicule them for having an overweight son. ::)
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Schwarzenegger mistress Mildred Baena breaks silence
Alyssa Moody- The Daily Caller
After weeks of media buzz surrounding Mildred Baena, the mother of Arnold Schwarzenegger’s secret love child, the 50-year-old former housekeeper finally broke her silence. In an interview with Hello! Magazine, Baena said she came clean about the affair and love child to Maria Shriver after Shriver asked her “point blank” about her relations with Arnold.
‘Maria did ask me directly if Joseph was Arnold’s son and I just broke down,’ Guatemala-born Mildred says. ‘I dropped to my knees and I was crying, saying that, yes, he was and I was so sorry.’
Baena told the mag that Shriver was “so strong,” and that they hugged one another and “cried together” after Baena came clean.
“I told her it wasn’t Arnie’s fault,” Baena continued. “It takes two.”
The Guatemalan former housekeeper posed publicly with her son, Joseph, for the first time in the magazine. Baena said she told him the truth about his father about a year ago to which he responded: “Cool!” Joseph is hoping to build a stronger relationship with Arnold now that their relationship has been made public.
Baena admitted that Shriver speculated about her son’s parentage for quite some time, as similar physical characteristics between the 13-year-old and Arnold became more apparent.
“She would say things like ‘I’m here if you need to talk.’ I sensed something was up. I have so much love and respect for Maria,” Baena said.
Schwarzenegger’s mistress also denied rumors that the pair had an extensive affair, insisting rather that they had only a few sexual encounters throughout the 20 years she worked for him. Baena also said she never told Arnold directly that Joseph was his and is unsure of how he’s reacted to the news.
“He’s a good man and I know he’s suffering too,” she said. “He loves Maria. I hope with time they work things out.”
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Paternity here is pretty obvious! Maria obviously knew about this for some time... And sat on it until Arnold's term was over. As a Californian I appreciate that. Has a sitting governor ever gone through a divorce while in office? I cannot remember if McGreevy in NJ split while in office or waited until he was out of office. :-\
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Maria Shriver files for divorce, seeks joint custody
July 1, 2011
Maria Shriver formally filed divorce papers Friday, citing "irreconcilable differences" with former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.
The couple have been married for 25 years, but announced their separation in May. The Times reported that the couple separated after she learned he had fathered a child more than a decade ago with a longtime member of their household staff.
The petition for dissolution of marriage was filed Friday in Los Angeles County Superior Court by Shriver's attorney, Laura Wasser.
The petition requests that Schwarzenegger and Shriver share joint physical and legal custody of their two minor sons, ages 17 and 13.
Some property would be considered separate, including miscellaneous jewelry and personal effects, earnings accumulated by Shriver after their separation, and other separate assets that have not been determined.
Schwarzenegger revealed last month that he had fathered a child more than a decade ago with a longtime member of their household staff.
Shriver moved out of the family's Brentwood mansion earlier this year after learning about the child, sources told The Times.
The staff member worked for the family for 20 years, retiring in January. She lives in Bakersfield with the boy.
"After leaving the governor's office, I told my wife about this event, which occurred over a decade ago," Schwarzenegger said in statement announcing that he fathered the boy. "I understand and deserve the feelings of anger and disappointment among my friends and family. There are no excuses and I take full responsibility for the hurt I have caused. I have apologized to Maria, my children and my family. I am truly sorry."
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Schwarzenegger doesn't want to pay Shriver support
By ANTHONY McCARTNEY
Arnold Schwarzenegger indicated in a court filing that he does not want to pay wife Maria Shriver spousal support or attorney fees as the couple ends their 25-year marriage.
The dispute may have little impact on the divorce, since the former Hollywood couple is expected to reach a confidential, out-of-court settlement.
Schwarzenegger's filing Wednesday differs little from Shriver's initial petition for divorce, which was filed on July 1. Both seek joint custody of their sons, ages 17 and 13.
Neither indicated exactly when they separated, although they announced in May they were estranged and Schwarzenegger later admitted he fathered a child with a member of his household staff.
The former couple does not have a prenuptial agreement, according to their filings. That means Shriver would be entitled to half of Schwarzenegger's assets under California law, although the exact terms were expected to be set through private mediation.
Schwarzenegger would also be expected to provide financial support for his children. In other celebrity divorces, those sums have totaled tens of thousands of dollars a month.
Any agreement reached by Schwarzenegger and Shriver would become public only if there is a later dispute over its terms, or they opt to handle their divorce through a Superior Court judge.
Schwarzenegger's disclosure of his out-of-wedlock child forced a temporary halt to his acting comeback plans, although it was recently announced that he will appear in the upcoming film "Last Stand" as a border-town sheriff who unwittingly finds himself battling a notorious drug kingpin on the run.
Shriver, a Kennedy family heiress and former network television journalist, has not announced her plans.
Even before the breakup with Schwarzenegger was revealed, she appeared in videos posted on YouTube and talked about stress in her life, the weight of expectations, and the search for faith in a troubled world.
Schwarzenegger's legal filing was first reported Thursday by celebrity website TMZ.
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Sounds like a great guy.
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Arnold Schwarzenegger's Daughter 'Thought of Changing' Last Name
by Lizbeth Scordo
After managing to stay out of the spotlight for most of their lives, the Schwarzenegger kids were suddenly swarmed with media attention during the demise of their parents' marriage earlier this year, when it was revealed that their dad, former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, had fathered a child out of wedlock. A mega scandal ensued.
For eldest daughter Katherine, 21, the change was overwhelming. "It was like everything came out of nowhere overnight," she says in the September issue of Harper's Bazaar. "I would go out to lunch, and literally 20 people would come and scream at me. And I'm like, 'This is so inappropriate; you're trying to provoke me to have an attack and say something crazy.'"
In fact, "crazy" was what Katherine had been trying so hard to avoid since her father became governor when she was just 13. Though she admits to doing some partying in high school, she also knew that one slip-up could ruin everything. "It could have ruined my father's career if I was caught drunk driving or something like that," Katherine says. "Being the oldest and going from being an actor's kid to being the governor's daughter, it's a totally different amount of pressure put on you to be perfect."
Eventually, when Katherine began attending college a few years ago, she found that having Schwarzenegger for a last name made certain aspects of her life, well, less than perfect. "I thought of changing it because, especially for dating, it's impossible," she tells the magazine. "It's something I deal with every day, and I am hyperconscious about it. When I got to college, people -- much more guys than girls because girls don't give a crap about bodybuilding -- were coming up to me, and it would automatically jump to a conversation about my dad and weight lifting or how to do a proper bicep curl. It's like, 'Do you want to date my father, or do you want to date me?'"
Despite having the same last name as her dad, it's her mother, Maria Shriver, with whom she feels more connected. The two talk around six times a day and email constantly. "I've always been way closer to my mom," Katherine admits. "Even when I was little, I was glued to her all the time. I'm close to my dad, but they're totally different kinds of relationships."
Arnold's daughter harassed by schmoes. ::)
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Arnold Schwarzenegger's Daughter 'Thought of Changing' Last Name
by Lizbeth Scordo
After managing to stay out of the spotlight for most of their lives, the Schwarzenegger kids were suddenly swarmed with media attention during the demise of their parents' marriage earlier this year, when it was revealed that their dad, former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, had fathered a child out of wedlock. A mega scandal ensued.
For eldest daughter Katherine, 21, the change was overwhelming. "It was like everything came out of nowhere overnight," she says in the September issue of Harper's Bazaar. "I would go out to lunch, and literally 20 people would come and scream at me. And I'm like, 'This is so inappropriate; you're trying to provoke me to have an attack and say something crazy.'"
In fact, "crazy" was what Katherine had been trying so hard to avoid since her father became governor when she was just 13. Though she admits to doing some partying in high school, she also knew that one slip-up could ruin everything. "It could have ruined my father's career if I was caught drunk driving or something like that," Katherine says. "Being the oldest and going from being an actor's kid to being the governor's daughter, it's a totally different amount of pressure put on you to be perfect."
Eventually, when Katherine began attending college a few years ago, she found that having Schwarzenegger for a last name made certain aspects of her life, well, less than perfect. "I thought of changing it because, especially for dating, it's impossible," she tells the magazine. "It's something I deal with every day, and I am hyperconscious about it. When I got to college, people -- much more guys than girls because girls don't give a crap about bodybuilding -- were coming up to me, and it would automatically jump to a conversation about my dad and weight lifting or how to do a proper bicep curl. It's like, 'Do you want to date my father, or do you want to date me?'"
Despite having the same last name as her dad, it's her mother, Maria Shriver, with whom she feels more connected. The two talk around six times a day and email constantly. "I've always been way closer to my mom," Katherine admits. "Even when I was little, I was glued to her all the time. I'm close to my dad, but they're totally different kinds of relationships."
Arnold's daughter harassed by schmoes. ::)
Looks like she's jealous of her father. :)
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