You’re crossing the streams. I never said I didn’t know who he was. That was chela.
Well there you go, I’m not into action movies. And is this a thread about Jason’s career, no it’s about why two long engaged people are not married. Calm down.
Bad word choice - had you, chela, or anyone else posted they didn’t who she was, I wouldn’t have responded.
I have no issue with a couple deciding to live together without being married. Or with a couple deciding to get married.
But I’ve always seen getting engaged as a prelude to getting married. To me, getting engaged without any intent of getting married seems strange. I’m not sure what the point is.
The only other case I can think of offhand is another celebrity couple, Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard. They announced their engagement in 2009 but also announced they supported same-sex marriages and would postpone their own wedding until same-sex marriages were legalized. (Which happened in 2013 and they got married shortly afterwards.)
But AFAIK Statham and Huntington-Whiteley have not made any statement about delaying their wedding for any similar reason.
Well, what you asked was
You seemed to be taking it for granted that the “only order” interpretation was the most salient here.
Which seems peculiar to me. I wouldn’t tend to assume that just because it’s “quite common” in some cultures for relationships to evolve in a certain way, or some individual thinks that that pattern of relationship evolution sounds appealing, that anybody involved is likely to be considering that pattern absolutely mandatory for relationships.
NATHAN DETROIT: It is mine and Adelaide’s fourteenth anniversary. We have been engaged for fourteen years.
I wonder if it’s just a matter of finances, their own brands, and the fact that things are just working ok for them. Why go through all the paperwork?
I’m in a very long-term relationship myself and we’re both completely devoted to each other, so we don’t need to make a public promise about it. He calls me his wife, I try to remember to call him my husband if I think of it. The biggest reason we’re not married is he’s the absolute worst with money and I am the opposite. I’m very close with my brother and I feel like I’d rather have my brother make medical decisions for me at the moment. We don’t have kids but in the case of Statham and RHW, they’re both on the kids’ birth certificates so they’ve got that going for them.
I love marriage and I love love - I’ve been to a million weddings! - but from where I sit I don’t quite see the benefit to marriage. For me. I’m guessing for the two of these famous folks, they don’t either.
I think I will in the future. Just not now.
As for “why get engaged?” well maybe it was important to them then, but the actual marriage part fell off.
Excellent point - maybe they announced the engagement, but when they got into the planning & pre-nups & everything else, they decided not to rock the boat. And at that point, they can either announce “We’re no longer engaged but we’re continuing everything else unchanged” which seems odd, or just quietly do nothing.
I would be nice to include an adjective in the title. “Actor Jason Statham” or something like that.
Unless they live in one of the few states that recognizes common-law spouses.
Is that even a thing anymore? I know it once was. I am not sure it still exists.
According to Wikipedia and multiple other sites the UK doesn’t recognize common law marriage.
Or worse, Rosie gets killed by the underworld on their honeymoon while Jason is out getting two cafe au laits to-go from the quaint coffeeshop up the street, and Jason takes out dozens of gang members to avenge her tragic death.
Some orders just won’t work. E.g., the having children part must come after the having sex part.
Have you seen her work? Her collarbones alone could cut a bitch, Rosie can hold her own in an action flick.
I didn’t want the thread title to sound like I was writing a novel.
Actor Jason Statham and Model Rosie Huntington-Whiteley’s Engagement and the Issue of the Lack of a Subsequent Marriage: A Question on Manners Amongst the Celebrity Class in Modern Britain by Little Nemo.
In the US, common law marriages are recognized in most states but one requirement in every state that recognizes them is they themselves have to publicly acknowledge they are married, even if there is no paperwork or ceremony.
Just living together long enough isn’t sufficient to suddenly find out you’re married. That’s more of an urban legend. Though for a common law marriage to be recognized, co-habitation is also a requirement.
Also, common law marriage is recognized but there is no such thing as common law divorce
The first step for dating in Iceland is using the popular ÍslendingaApp to make sure you’re not related (small population.)
As for Jason and Rosie, from USA Today
At 58, Statham is finally addressing the question that has followed him for years. In a candid interview, he explains, “Marriage has never been a massive priority for us. We’re committed to each other, to our family, and to living life on our own terms. The idea of a big, fancy wedding just isn’t something we need right now.”
Rosie echoes this sentiment, telling OK! Magazine, “Maybe one day. It’s not something that’s ever been massively important to me. If we do it, it’ll be low-key. I value the family unit, and Jason’s just been an incredible person in my life. We take each day as it comes.”
I’d so take that class.
Not according to any cite I could find - this one for example lists only 8 states that allow new ones, and 7 that recognize them if they were entered into before the date of the new statute abolishing them:
Yes, but most recognize them if they were entered in a jurisdiction that allows them (even that state itself, if it abolished new ones).
But besides the point. These two appear ok with their arrangement. If it doesn’t work for them, they’ll resolve it one way or another. And if it continues to work for them, good for them. Lots of folks do things that strike us as strange. As long as they aren’t hurting anybody, I don’t see it as anybody else’s business.
Oops, forgot he is British.