My mom's friend is getting divorced for the SEVENTH time!

[Mississippienne]

My mother called me the other night and informed me that her friend/ex-roommate, B.B., is getting divorced from her most recent husband. Yes, B.B. married this compulsively-lying ghetto redneck (http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=304494&highlight=braggart), and surprise surprise, he turned out to be a bad husband. Damn, if them two crazy kids couldn't make it, there's no hope for any of us.

[PastAllReason]

Just finished reading your other thread. Wow. Was his fake background ever revealed?

Oh, yeah, and SEVENTH marriage? Let's hope that she doesn't think that eight is enough.

[Cicero]

I just finished that thread as well. I think there was a similar one in the past six months of another guy lying about his military record.

[AllWalker]

Reading the thread title, I thought to myself, "What kind of idiot would marry someone with six divorces under their belt?". Then I read the thread you linked to. Kind of answered my question.

[OpalCat]

just read the other thread. Oh wow.

Surely there are juicy stories to be told...?

[TokyoBayer]

Reading the thread title, I thought to myself, "What kind of idiot would marry someone with six divorces under their belt?". Then I read the thread you linked to. Kind of answered my question.My aunt was divorced six times or so, and it had to all be within 15 years. Quite the drama queen, she eventually did find someone to stick with.

[Bear_Nenno]

Well at least she didn't marry another woman. Rejoice! Marriage retains it's solemn value!

[Sage Rat]

I'd never refuse eighths!

[shantih]

Wow, she must be awfully good at it by now!

[Khadaji]

Some people are in love with the idea of being in love. When they find out it isn't like the story books, and is actually real work, they decide to move on.

I have to say that one divorce probably wouldn't frighten me in a woman. Two, well, maybe it wouldn't bother me. But 3 or more would be a telling sign - at least for me.

[Shirley Ujest]

Thank God Gays are not allowed to marry !

[olivesmarch4th]

My Mom married and divorced four times, and just moved in with a guy who lied to her about his dying grandmother to spend time with another woman. Having observed her over the course of my lifetime, the only obvious thing is that there's something broken in these people's brains when it comes to relationships. She is fundamentally incapable of being alone. She can't stand it.

I've only ever had three relationships -- the first, when I was 17-18, was a compulsive liar and an idiot (honestly, one of the dumbest people I've ever met.) It took me three months to figure out he was a moron, and I never made the same mistake twice.

It's very simple. Being in a relationship does not equate eternal happiness. Better alone and sane than with a man who is a jackass. Raise your standards, people!

[OtakuLoki]

Well at least she didn't marry another woman. Rejoice! Marriage retains it's solemn value!

Yup. So glad the solemnity of the marriage between two practicing heterosexuals is shown here, undiluted by sharing it with homosexuals.

[Zebra]

If she is not in double digits, she is just an amature.

[Sigmagirl]

She's just looking for someone named Henry.

[Telperien]

Some people are in love with the idea of being in love. When they find out it isn't like the story books, and is actually real work, they decide to move on.

I have to say that one divorce probably wouldn't frighten me in a woman. Two, well, maybe it wouldn't bother me. But 3 or more would be a telling sign - at least for me.

People also seem to forget that you can have a relationship without being married. More shacking up, I say!

[Cisco]

How do you tell someone they're special with a straight face when they are they 7th person you've been married to? I've always wondered that about people who have been in 3+ marriages.

[Santo Rugger]

She's just looking for someone named Henry.The eighth time's the charm?

[dmatsch]

Some people are in love with the idea of being in love. When they find out it isn't like the story books, and is actually real work, they decide to move on.

I have to say that one divorce probably wouldn't frighten me in a woman. Two, well, maybe it wouldn't bother me. But 3 or more would be a telling sign - at least for me.

OK. When did you start dating my ex-wife?

[AuntiePam]

My brother was married four times. He was a late bloomer, and I think he felt that if you slept with somebody, you should offer to marry them. Old school, sorta.

My dad was married seven times. I don't know why those marriages failed. I do know that he was still looking around when he was in his 80's.

[tdn]

She's just looking for someone named Henry.

Let's not lose our heads over this.

[Merhouse]

She's just looking for someone named Henry.

If only every one was a Henry, then she wouldn't have a Willy or a Sam.

Yes, I'm old.

[pravnik]

Well, to be fair, the guy was a genius level ex-special forces one man ass-kicking machine. You just know a guy like that is going to be high maintenance.

[Mr. Moto]

Yup. So glad the solemnity of the marriage between two practicing heterosexuals is shown here, undiluted by sharing it with homosexuals.

Careful. Because some of those gay marriages have begun to dissolve already - and some of them in predictably nasty ways. And while it would be as misguided for critics of these unions to seize on these incidents as evidence of their views on the subject as it is for you to seize on these incidents, it sure isn't stopping some of them from doing so.

[RickJay]

My mother called me the other night and informed me that her friend/ex-roommate, B.B., is getting divorced from her most recent husband. Yes, B.B. married this compulsively-lying ghetto redneck (http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=304494&highlight=braggart), and surprise surprise, he turned out to be a bad husband. Damn, if them two crazy kids couldn't make it, there's no hope for any of us.
In the other thread, it was YOUR roommate. Now it's your mother's roommate?

[Lust4Life]

Your moms friend doesn't sound the brightest of people for believing the blokes B/S in the first place and come ON,she's had six failed marriages already!
What does she like wedding cake or something?
Or is she just terminally immature?

No sympathy from this quarter I'm afraid.

[postcards]

In the other thread, it was YOUR roommate. Now it's your mother's roommate?

I was wondering when someone was going to point this out.

[OpalCat]

I was wondering when someone was going to point this out.

Me too. I figured everyone else just knew something about the OP's personal life that I didn't know.

[Cicero]

Me too. I figured everyone else just knew something about the OP's personal life that I didn't know.

Couldn't it be both? I just read it as her mothers friend but her room mate. I can certainly see it the other way though.

[An Arky]

Well, it might have been one of those deals where one changes certain details for anonymity's sake or something.

[OpalCat]

Couldn't it be both? I just read it as her mothers friend but her room mate. I can certainly see it the other way though.

...that would count as knowing something about her personal life that I do not. E.g., she had a roommate who was her mother's friend and ex-roommate.

[WF Tomba]

Maybe she's taken over the account from her mother?

[Cicero]

...that would count as knowing something about her personal life that I do not. E.g., she had a roommate who was her mother's friend and ex-roommate.

I don't think so- I know nothing of her perosnal life and can read it that way. It is a matter of interpretation

Also, I can't see the big deal if she altered one small detail in either post for convenience.

[OpalCat]

*sigh*
I never said it was a big deal, and I didn't say that it couldn't be read that way without knowing her personal life. My point was that I didn't ask "hey, what's up with that" because I didn't know the poster, and that or any number of other things (what WF Tomba said occurred to me as well) could explain it. Since I don't know her, and since she didn't make a point of explaining it, I thought "well, maybe it's something that other people would already know" and didn't bother to follow it up. Please show me where anything I said implied that knowing her personal life was required in order to guess at possible answers? I merely explained why I didn't bring it up myself. That's ALL.

[Cicero]

*sigh*
I never said it was a big deal, and I didn't say that it couldn't be read that way without knowing her personal life. My point was that I didn't ask "hey, what's up with that" because I didn't know the poster, and that or any number of other things (what WF Tomba said occurred to me as well) could explain it. Since I don't know her, and since she didn't make a point of explaining it, I thought "well, maybe it's something that other people would already know" and didn't bother to follow it up. Please show me where anything I said implied that knowing her personal life was required in order to guess at possible answers? I merely explained why I didn't bring it up myself. That's ALL.

This to me implied it:

Originally Posted by OpalCat
...that would count as knowing something about her personal life that I do not.


I really have no interest though, in continuing a pointless discussion. Maybe the original OP can clarify at her convenience.

[OpalCat]

Knowing that her roommate was her mother's friend to me = knowing something about her personal life. To me your statement, beginning with "couldn't it" implied that what I had said somehow implied that [any given explanation] was not likely. What I said was meant, rather, to simply explain that I did not have any additional information, but thought that such information could exist that would explain it in a way that made sense. Given that I thought there was likely a good explanation, I didn't bring it up myself. Given that I didn't know the poster, but others might, I figured that might be why nobody else had brought it up.

I say this not to drag on a pointless discussion, but merely because I have an obsession about not being misunderstood and wanted to be sure that in the end at least you knew what I meant. That's all.

[Mississippienne]

Okay, just to clear this up: B.B. was both my roommate and my mother's roommate. I suppose to be precise she was at one time our housemate. She is also my mother's friend.

[OpalCat]

That makes much more sense now :D

[Across]

Okay, just to clear this up: B.B. was both my roommate and my mother's roommate. I suppose to be precise she was at one time our housemate. She is also my mother's friend.

I got the impression from the 2005 thread that your roommate was young-ish - at one point she told you Bragging Boyfriend was jealous when she's danced with another man at a club. I'm surprised that she's managed to work her way through so many marriages. Hell, I'm not done with my first one!

I'm also surprised the 2005 thread didn't mention husbands 1 through 6. Any chance of more amusing stories from parts i-vi?