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KoolMo
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 Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2006 2:37 pm Post subject: Sad OT: Jordan, Wife end marriage 'mutually,amicably' |
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http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=2714217
Michael Jordan's 17-year marriage to his wife Juanita is over, the couple announced Friday.
In a statement released by their lawyers, the couple said "Michael and Juanita Jordan mutually and amicably decided to end their 17 year marriage. A judgment for dissolution of their marriage was entered today. There will be no further statements."
Not to be dramatic or nothing, but it's sad. (especially for their kids)
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| Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2006 2:39 pm Post subject: Re: Sad OT: Jordan, Wife end marriage 'mutually,amicably' |
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| KoolMo wrote: | http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=2714217
Michael Jordan's 17-year marriage to his wife Juanita is over, the couple announced Friday.
In a statement released by their lawyers, the couple said "Michael and Juanita Jordan mutually and amicably decided to end their 17 year marriage. A judgment for dissolution of their marriage was entered today. There will be no further statements."
Not to be dramatic or nothing, but it's sad. (especially for their kids)
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Hadn't they been separated for a while before this? |
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Sad? I don't think sad. He cheated around and they had been heading towards divorce for a number of years now.
In fact, his most famous extra-marital affair was turned into a movie:
Face Jam
The girl he supposedly slept with is famed porn star Kylie Ireland. She has a MySpace profile, if you wanna check her out. I won't link to it here.
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Pardon me. I thought because others had posted with the "OT" in front that it was the appropriate protocol. I did not know it had already been posted and would not had I known.
Also, as a Christian I am always saddened by divorce. I figure there is always hope that people can forgive each other and change their ways. |
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wat % of his money do u think she gets?
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| KoolMo wrote: |
Also, as a Christian I am always saddened by divorce. |
I'm sure Muslims, Jews, Buddhists, Bahai's, atheists, and any other type of belief/non-belief systems are all thrilled with divorce. You know when you see the Hare Krishnas dancing, singing, and banging on their drums on the boardwalk in Venice? I bet it's because they are happy that someone got a divorce!
Wait a minute, I did just think of one group that really is happy with divorce. Divorce lawyers! |
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| Good for her. About time she leaves that cheating basturd. I hope she takes half of everything too, including half his Bobcat (bleep). |
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It's a lot easier with two parents, but if they can't get along, it's good that they can keep it friendly. It's the toughest on the kids. He was a great basketball player, but a lousy role model for marriage.
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The headline should read "Famous ex-athlete agrees to re-purchase his penis"
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| The Dagger wrote: | | Good for her. About time she leaves that cheating basturd. I hope she takes half of everything too, including half his Bobcat (bleep). |
Eh Juanita had her side action too she was just more discreet about it than he was. Which is why she didn't go through with the divorce the first time even Mike caught onto that one... |
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| Surfitall wrote: | | KoolMo wrote: |
Also, as a Christian I am always saddened by divorce. |
I'm sure Muslims, Jews, Buddhists, Bahai's, atheists, and any other type of belief/non-belief systems are all thrilled with divorce. You know when you see the Hare Krishnas dancing, singing, and banging on their drums on the boardwalk in Venice? I bet it's because they are happy that someone got a divorce!
Wait a minute, I did just think of one group that really is happy with divorce. Divorce lawyers! |
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| Not sad, except for the kids. It was a sham marriage. Hard to feel sorry for either of them; both of them walk away with more money than any of us will ever dream of... |
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| Tony Montana wrote: | | Not sad, except for the kids. It was a sham marriage. Hard to feel sorry for either of them; both of them walk away with more money than any of us will ever dream of... |
^^what made it a sham? cause both cheated on each other? shoot that sounds like a 3rd of the marriages. and the rest are with someone cheating. well not the rest. but a nice percentage. people dont realize that just because you're married to someone. that you can still possibly have feelings for someone else. and it might FEEl like love. but its more lust or Infatuation . usually people who are addicted to the feeling you have early on in relationships where you chase each other. where you're to afraid be 100% honest about things that aren't so good about you. so everything is great. or because you and this other person isn't obligated to each other. its easier to talk as friends. you miss that as well. because something happens when you are with someone for a long extended period of time or you become married. everyone gets sensitive(men also). she says something that would've been said prior and no harm would be done. now she says it as your wife, and you're so hurt you have to hop in the car and take a minute to calm down. same chick, same convo. but now you're married. whats the difference? people become extremely sensitive. but if you dont know these things. and can hit you like a brick. and then what? call it quits? go do your thing on the side. which is basically calling quits while in the marriage or actually seek help. get some marriage mentoring or something. not just counseling. you need someone around that is still holding it down. to walk you thru the different stages/phases in life/marriage.
the reason why these big money marriage end up in divorce a lot of times. is because its easy to fall in love with someone you see as drive and that has a great career. 90% of the women I know and have run into. want a man thats seen by the masses as GREAT. Mjay is that. Magic Is that. so forth and so on. throw in the amt of money you make. and all the things you can do together, places you can go. ect, ect. before you know it. its year 5, and you haven't set down and had a legit conversation with your wife without all the distractions. NOW what? what if you Mjay finds out, he aint really feeling MRS. Mjay's convo? or viceversa?
same questions are posed again as above. this is a classic case of loving everything about a person. but the persons true personality. so you marry what you like, not what you dont like. and if that person is willing to make a change for the better(assuming they actually need to change). then what again? |
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| Juanita's pretty accomplished in her own right. She's a pretty high-powered lawyer in Chicago for a prestigious law firm. She's not making MJ money but she's not doing to badly for herself. |
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| Surfitall wrote: | | KoolMo wrote: |
Also, as a Christian I am always saddened by divorce. |
I'm sure Muslims, Jews, Buddhists, Bahai's, atheists, and any other type of belief/non-belief systems are all thrilled with divorce. You know when you see the Hare Krishnas dancing, singing, and banging on their drums on the boardwalk in Venice? I bet it's because they are happy that someone got a divorce!
Wait a minute, I did just think of one group that really is happy with divorce. Divorce lawyers! |
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| postandpivot wrote: | | Tony Montana wrote: | | Not sad, except for the kids. It was a sham marriage. Hard to feel sorry for either of them; both of them walk away with more money than any of us will ever dream of... |
^^what made it a sham? cause both cheated on each other? shoot that sounds like a 3rd of the marriages. and the rest are with someone cheating. well not the rest. but a nice percentage. people dont realize that just because you're married to someone. that you can still possibly have feelings for someone else. and it might FEEl like love. but its more lust or Infatuation . usually people who are addicted to the feeling you have early on in relationships where you chase each other. where you're to afraid be 100% honest about things that aren't so good about you. so everything is great. or because you and this other person isn't obligated to each other. its easier to talk as friends. you miss that as well. because something happens when you are with someone for a long extended period of time or you become married. everyone gets sensitive(men also). she says something that would've been said prior and no harm would be done. now she says it as your wife, and you're so hurt you have to hop in the car and take a minute to calm down. same chick, same convo. but now you're married. whats the difference? people become extremely sensitive. but if you dont know these things. and can hit you like a brick. and then what? call it quits? go do your thing on the side. which is basically calling quits while in the marriage or actually seek help. get some marriage mentoring or something. not just counseling. you need someone around that is still holding it down. to walk you thru the different stages/phases in life/marriage.
the reason why these big money marriage end up in divorce a lot of times. is because its easy to fall in love with someone you see as drive and that has a great career. 90% of the women I know and have run into. want a man thats seen by the masses as GREAT. Mjay is that. Magic Is that. so forth and so on. throw in the amt of money you make. and all the things you can do together, places you can go. ect, ect. before you know it. its year 5, and you haven't set down and had a legit conversation with your wife without all the distractions. NOW what? what if you Mjay finds out, he aint really feeling MRS. Mjay's convo? or viceversa?
same questions are posed again as above. this is a classic case of loving everything about a person. but the persons true personality. so you marry what you like, not what you dont like. and if that person is willing to make a change for the better(assuming they actually need to change). then what again? |
I don't know if I'd call their marriage a "sham" but more like a business arrangement(I think all marriages are that bottom line but that's another post) she provides the family image by being his wife and showing up when she is supposed to and gives him a few kids in the process. While he elevates her profile in the process. They both benefitted from a marriage that was never really one because you never saw them often as a couple he was always going out to parties and etc with other women publically really. She knew it and didn't seem to be bothered by it apparently.
That's what folks say about Bill and Hill I mean Hillary alone couldn't get a Senate seat but she rode Bill's charisma to one. Even though those two don't really act like they're "together" either most of the time. |
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