Love that lasts

Serial Spouses - Just a girl who can’t say no

• Drew Barrymore - married to Jeremy Thomas for under 1 month (Mar-Apr 1994, after a 6-week courtship) and Tom Green for 5 months (July - December 2001) - she is now reportedly just engaged to her boyfriend, Strokes’ drummer Fabriozo Moretti - she’s on a roll for sure
  
• Shannen Doherty - married to Ashley Hamilton for 5 months (Sept 1993 - Feb 1994), Richard Salomon for 9 months (Feb - Nov 2002)

Danger Will Robinson! - Obvious warning signs ignored

• Nicholas Cage and Lisa Marie Presley - 3 months 15 days, [Warning sign - he’s far more interested in her father than her - we’re talking Greek tragedy here with some nice Freudian twists - also, she did some ring-tossing which never bodes well]
  
• Lisa Marie Presley and Michael Jackson - 20 months [Warning signs - too many to list here] May 1994 - January 1996
  
• Carmen Electra and Dennis Rodman - 5 months, November 1998 - March 1999 [Warning sign - Rodman claims he doesn’t even remember most of it because he got married while intoxicated in Las Vegas, sought an annulment 9 days later]
  
• Mike Tyson and Robin Givens - 1 year, February 1988 - February 1989 [Warning signs; spousal abuse, criminal history and lots lots more)
  
• Jim Carrey and Lauren Holly - 9 months, September 1996 - June 1997 [exhibited warning sign of seriously tumultuous breakups and make-ups before tying the knot

More Warning Signs and Don’t Say A Word - Secret marriages

• Axl Rose and Erin Everly - 7 months [Warning signs - he filed for divorce 1 month into it, then changed his mind - she reported serious physical abuse - marriage annulled]
  
• Julia Roberts and Lyle Lovett - 21 months, June 1993 - March 1995 [Warning sign - they supposedly spent only 7 weeks together during their 1st 8 months of marriage and started sleeping apart even when in the same city]
  
• Charlie Sheen and Donna Peele - 4 months 24 days, September 1995 - February 1996 [Warning sign - he was in and out of rehab and arrested more than once for gun possession during their courtship. Not the kind of guy to bring home to momma. Also claimed to have found religion during the course of their union]
  
• Blink 182 drummer Travis Barker & Melissa Kennedy - recently divorced from his wife of 9 months (Sept 2001 - May 2002) [Warning sign - you can’t spend most of your time running around naked w/ your bandmates and not expect your wife to get mad]
  
• Alyssa Milano and Cinjun Tate - 10 months 19 days. Cinjun is lead singer for band Remy Zero, they divorced in October 1999 when he walked out on her [Warning sign - don’t marry a young rocker who hasn’t yet played the field!
  
• R. Kelly and Aaliyah - under 3 months, August 1994 (marriage was annulled in late 1994 when a court found out she lied about her age in order to get married - she was only 15)
  
• Janet Jackson and James DeBarge - 4 months, September 1984 - January 1985 (she was 18 and marriage was annulled - NOT SURE if this was a secret at the time) Janet has just come clean with her 18-month secret relationship with rap producer Jermaine Dupri, which followed a 9- year secret marriage to choreographer Rene Elizondo (the girl likes to keep secrets)

Blink and They’re Gone - The Shortest Celebrity Marriages Ever

• Robin Givens and Syetozar Marinkovic - 1 day, August 22, 1997 (they were separated the same day they got married!)
  
• Robert Evans and Catherine Oxenberg - 12 days (they got married only 4 days after meeting in July 1998, annulled)
  
• Darva Conger and Rick Rockwell - 3 weeks (they married on FOX’s TV show “Who Wants to Marry a Multi-Millionaire” in February 2000)
  Drew Barrymore and Jeremy Thomas - 29 days (also in Serial Spouses)

Beware of the InStyle curse

When certain celebs flaunt the details of their union in the glossy magazine they suddenly become unlucky in love. In fact, by the time the weddings issue hits the stands every year InStyle’s PR machine is already at work practicing heavy spin control to cover up the carnage. InStyle should be renamed “In Mediation” as divorce seems to be the price you pay for heavy publicity. Some recent examples:

• Kelly Rutherford, formerly of Melrose fame, was separated similarly when she appeared Feb 2002 issue.
  
• Paula Abdul was the cover of InStyle weddings in 1999 when she married Brad Beckerman, a fashion designer of sorts - they lasted 17 months (she also was married to Emilio Estevez from 1992-94).
  
• Helen Hunt chatted about her fabulous marriage to Hank Azaria but it only lasted 11 months (July 1999 - June 2000).

Yikes!!! These marriages are like clothes that people try on and didn't fit. But I have a different story. One that's a real romance. Nine years ago today, I married my love, my partner, and my joy. If ever we happen to break something in our house we always say, " Our marriage has lasted longer than______." It started as a way to get me to not be so upset over things, but now it's a gentle reminder that we have a love that lasts.
Happy Anniversary My John Dear!