# Maria & Arnold calling it quits after 25 years **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 10, 2011, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maria-arnold-calling-it-quits-after-25-years/581396 "2011-05-10T14:39:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2011, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maria-arnold-calling-it-quits-after-25-years/581396/41 "2011-05-17T16:25:04Z")
I wonder what impact, if any, this’ll have on his new film career? There’s already talk of another _Terminator_ movie. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2011, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maria-arnold-calling-it-quits-after-25-years/581396/42 "2011-05-17T16:26:57Z")
“Fathered a child with a member of the household staff” = “Knocked up the maid”? Am I reading that correctly? Could he really be that much of a cliché? ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2011, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maria-arnold-calling-it-quits-after-25-years/581396/43 "2011-05-17T16:34:07Z")
> [@Larry\_Mudd](#): > > “Fathered a child with a member of the household staff” = “Knocked up the maid”? > > Am I reading that correctly? Could he really be that much of a cliché? It might be a maid, or a member of his personal staff assigned to the household. Lots of lips tightened up when the story broke. I imagine we’ll find out eventually. The only public stuff is she retired after 20 years with the family and initially claimed her then-husband had fathered the child. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2011, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maria-arnold-calling-it-quits-after-25-years/581396/44 "2011-05-17T16:36:41Z")
> [@Larry\_Mudd](#): > > “Fathered a child with a member of the household staff” = “Knocked up the maid”? > > Am I reading that correctly? Could he really be that much of a cliché? I can’t believe a powerful guy was nailing the help! I can’t believe a politician had a child out of wedlock! I can’t believe a celebrity cheated on his wife! … Hey, wait a minute. I’m not going to say I called this when they announced they were divorcing, because I didn’t, but the more you think about this, the less surprising it is. It’s really a sequel to every other scandal involving a famous married man. ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2011, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maria-arnold-calling-it-quits-after-25-years/581396/45 "2011-05-17T16:42:08Z")
It’s been an open secret that Arnold was a philanderer for years. Seriously, I read an article in Spin magazine over a decade ago that detailed his numerous affairs. The first time I had ever seen the phrase “Eatin’ ain’t cheatin’” was in that article. It was attributed to Arnold from one of the article’s sources walking in on him and a woman in his trailer on the set of T2. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2011, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maria-arnold-calling-it-quits-after-25-years/581396/46 "2011-05-17T16:56:37Z")
> [@Larry\_Mudd](#): > > “Fathered a child with a member of the household staff” = “Knocked up the maid”? > > Am I reading that correctly? Could he really be that much of a cliché? Arnold a cliché? I am shocked. ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2011, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maria-arnold-calling-it-quits-after-25-years/581396/47 "2011-05-17T17:53:48Z")
I still can’t believe in this day and age people like Arnold and John Edwards have kids out of wedlock. Not that I care about the wedlock thing, but have then never heard of a condom? OK they’re not 100%, nothing is, but it’s not like a condom cost much, heck you can find them free at clinics in big cities ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2011, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maria-arnold-calling-it-quits-after-25-years/581396/48 "2011-05-17T18:28:26Z")
> [@Push\_You\_Down](#): > > It’s been an open secret that Arnold was a philanderer for years. Seriously, I read an article in Spin magazine over a decade ago that detailed his numerous affairs. > > The first time I had ever seen the phrase “Eatin’ ain’t cheatin’” was in that article. It was attributed to Arnold from one of the article’s sources walking in on him and a woman in his trailer on the set of T2. Several year ago a co-worker was reading a magazine at work. There was an article about some actress or model was talking about having had a brief affair with a famous married action star who preferred to have his sex oral or anal since it wasn’t cheating. One time she said he was called to set and told her to just “finish him off”. My co-worker and I started speculating on which action star it could be and we settled on Arnold. This led to us trying to impersonate Arnold saying “finish me off”. So it looks like we were right. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2011, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maria-arnold-calling-it-quits-after-25-years/581396/49 "2011-05-17T18:32:20Z")
He fathered the baby over a decade ago, but only told his wife after he left the governor’s office. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2011, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maria-arnold-calling-it-quits-after-25-years/581396/50 "2011-05-17T19:27:44Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > I wonder what impact, if any, this’ll have on his new film career? There’s already talk of another _Terminator_ movie. Make that “Sperminator”, and you have a winner for the porn industry. ---
**Author:** ![Malthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2011, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maria-arnold-calling-it-quits-after-25-years/581396/51 "2011-05-17T19:47:14Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Make that “Sperminator”, and you have a winner for the porn industry. “Cum with me if you want to live” ? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Gnomes\_Ate\_My\_Baby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/2acd7d/32.png) [@Gnomes\_Ate\_My\_Baby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gnomes_Ate_My_Baby)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2011, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maria-arnold-calling-it-quits-after-25-years/581396/52 "2011-05-17T20:02:04Z")
I’m just hoping someone makes another vase with the maid and an [additional symbolic horse child.](http://www.regretsy.com/2011/02/09/i-want-this-so-bad-i-could-cry/) ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2011, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maria-arnold-calling-it-quits-after-25-years/581396/53 "2011-05-17T20:11:52Z")
Oooh, is that from the Dong Dynasty? ---
**Author:** ![Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uosdwis_R.Dewoh)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2011, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maria-arnold-calling-it-quits-after-25-years/581396/54 "2011-05-17T20:34:54Z")
> [@Larry\_Mudd](#): > > “Fathered a child with a **member** of the household **staff** ” = “Knocked up the maid”? > > Am I reading that correctly? Could he really be that much of a cliché? (Emphasis added) His staff got him into trouble, by which I mean his member. ---
**Author:** ![deb2world](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@deb2world](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deb2world)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2011, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maria-arnold-calling-it-quits-after-25-years/581396/55 "2011-05-17T21:09:19Z")
The problem is that they don’t have drugstores or even a 7-11 in those rich neighborhoods. So rich dudes bang the help and then when the help come up knocked up they are confused about how it happened. ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2011, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maria-arnold-calling-it-quits-after-25-years/581396/56 "2011-05-17T21:41:37Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > I can’t believe a powerful guy was nailing the help! I can’t believe a politician had a child out of wedlock! I can’t believe a celebrity cheated on his wife! … Hey, wait a minute. I’m not going to say I called this when they announced they were divorcing, because I didn’t, but the more you think about this, the less surprising it is. It’s really a sequel to every other scandal involving a famous married man. No need to be disingenuous, here. When the very politicians moralizing, legislating, and getting votes based on a hard stance against extramarital sex are caught engaging in extramarital sex, it’s much more damning than catching people who don’t moralize or legislate against extramarital sex engaging in extramarital sex. Say that sentence 4 times fast 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2011, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maria-arnold-calling-it-quits-after-25-years/581396/57 "2011-05-17T22:13:56Z")
> [@rachelellogram](#): > > No need to be disingenuous, here. When the very politicians moralizing, legislating, and getting votes based on a hard stance against extramarital sex are caught engaging in extramarital sex, it’s much more damning than catching people who don’t moralize or legislate against extramarital sex engaging in extramarital sex. We’re talking about Arnold here. Not Rick Santorum. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2011, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maria-arnold-calling-it-quits-after-25-years/581396/58 "2011-05-17T22:15:40Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > We’re talking about Arnold here. Not Rick Santorum. Oooh, everytime I see Rick’s name I just want to froth up in anger. ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2011, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maria-arnold-calling-it-quits-after-25-years/581396/59 "2011-05-17T22:30:00Z")
> [@Gnomes\_Ate\_My\_Baby](#): > > I’m just hoping someone makes another vase with the maid and an [additional symbolic horse child.](http://www.regretsy.com/2011/02/09/i-want-this-so-bad-i-could-cry/) Is it just me, or is Maria’s purse in the reference photo a little bit unfortunately placed? ---
**Author:** ![MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MPB_in_Salt_Lake)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2011, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maria-arnold-calling-it-quits-after-25-years/581396/60 "2011-05-17T22:48:35Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > We’re talking about Arnold here. Not Rick Santorum. Was Rick Santorum caught in an affair? (I don’t know too much about him, except for his rabid contempt for Roe v Wade, but isn’t he generally known as one of the most “holier-than-thou” politicians around?) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maria-arnold-calling-it-quits-after-25-years/581396.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maria-arnold-calling-it-quits-after-25-years/581396.md?page=4)