From "I Do" to "I Don't" in 72 Days?

If we're honest, I'm guessing no one really expected Kim Kardashian's marriage to Kris Humphries to last for the long haul.

After all, when cameras are "keeping up with you" 24/7 and you don't even live in the same city as your hubby to boot, when would Kim and Kris actually have time for, well, regular married couple stuff?

Since I'm guessing that ordering pizza and watching a movie in their sweats was never in the cards for them anyway (boring stuff like that doesn't make for very good TV, naturally), one still can't help wondering why Kim threw in the proverbial towel so quickly—especially after an embarrassingly lavish wedding that dominated the headlines, despite you know, record unemployment and actual news happening all around the world.

Worse yet, Kim's explanation for why the union didn't last is because she's a "hopeless romantic?" Really? In retrospect, she says she fell in love with the "fairy tale" and probably should've called off her wedding off since "the relationship wasn't working." But in an effort not to "disappoint" everyone, she went through with it anyway.

Now as someone who went to a Christian university, I definitely saw my fair share of couples who got engaged at record speed and giddily raced to the altar, only to find out that once the wedding and honeymoon were over, being married meant they were actually (gasp!) stuck with this flawed individual for the rest of their lives.

As you can imagine, these young couples' first 72 days weren't easy either, and some inevitably weathered the storm, while others jumped out of the boat altogether.

The difference is, most of these new brides and grooms were all of 19 or 20 years old. Kim is 30 and has already been married—and divorced—once before. When you're 19 and marry the wrong guy or girl for the wrong reasons, you can chalk it up to the foolishness of youth. But when you're 30 and should understand the weight of the vows you're taking, it just comes across as incredibly selfish.

But then again how could someone say "for better, for worse, 'til death do us part" to someone before deciding where you'll live after the ceremony is a wrap? Or who agrees to cut their honeymoon short to get back to filming a reality show of all things? I'm guessing fans could've lived without their fix of "Kim and Kourtney Take New York" for a few weeks while Kris and Kim enjoyed their first few days as man and wife, but hey, that's just me.

Even worse is the example it sets. For better or worse, many young women look up to Kim, envy her lifestyle and inevitably consider her a role model. While that's something she'd probably say she didn't ask for, the world is still watching anyway. And when you say that "following your heart" means bailing on a guy you were only hitched to for 72 days, well, it's another sad, sad moment for marriage as we know it.

Comments

[Heather Graham]

So true! I had similar thoughts when reading the story. She must be one very shallow young woman and she's old enough to know better. Maybe it all has more to do with that old adage, "Even bad publicity is good publicity." :S