News to Make me Scream - Oh No

So as I was drinking my morning coffee, watching Regis and Kelly, ignoring my meowing cats who want me to play with them, I fired up the laptop and the headline I came across is that Courtney Cox and David Arquette are splitting up after 11 years of marriage.  It should not surprise me that a Hollywood couple would be splitting.  But I never really understood what the appeal of David Arquette was in the first place.  They met on the set of "Scream."  I figured Courtney knew what she was doing.  I figured I probably could not tell much about David from his movie roles and I was happy that she had found someone to love and marry.  I was happy when they had a little girl.  I thought it insane that they named her Coco.  But let's chalk that up to weird Hollywood.  

I guess I figure if a Hollywood marriage lasts more than 2 years than maybe there is actually something to it and I kind of hope they will last a long time.  Some Hollywood actors and actresses make their marriages work.  But that is usually because one of the spouses is not in the business.  Jimmy Stewart and Bob Hope had long and happy marriages.  I'm trying to think of someone younger who may have married someone not in the acting business who is happily married right now, but no one comes to mind.  I can easily think of dozens of true Hollywood marriages that did not last.  Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman, Brad Pitt and Jennifer Anniston, Hilary Swank and Chad Lowe, Bruce Willis and Demi Moore, etc. etc. 

I was shocked recently to hear that Susan Sarandon and Tim Robinson split after such a long time together.  Of course they were never married.  But it was nice to think that maybe their romance would have lasted forever.  We have heard rumors of Demi and Ashton splitting-- has it been confirmed?  

Usually when a Hollywood couple splits we learn the dirty laundry behind the split.  It seems the longer a couple stays together the less we hear about the break up.  I mean really the release from Courtney and David is puzzling to me. 

 "We have agreed to a trial separation that dates back for some time. The reason for this separation is to better understand ourselves and the qualities we need in a partner and for our marriage."
 "We remain best friends and responsible parents to our daughter and we still love each other deeply."

I guess what I find most puzzling is that people say they love each other deeply, yet are supposedly heading for divorce court.  I guess I am a hopeless romantic.  I believe in mating for life.  I believe in marriage.  I believe in romance.  I guess I should tell you that these beliefs are probably why I am still single.  

Many marriages will end in divorce.  I know this.  I just don't ever want to be one of those statistics.  I am still hopeful that I can meet the man who I will marry forever.  I guess it just eats away at that hope of mine every time I hear about a divorce.  I know this is a Hollywood marriage and no one thinks these marriages will ever last.  The only true Hollywood couple I can think of who made it last forever was Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward.  I still hold out hope for Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell, but they still have a long way to go.