# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2011, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maria-arnold-calling-it-quits-after-25-years/581396/61 "2011-05-17T22:56:58Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > He fathered the baby over a decade ago, but only told his wife after he left the governor’s office. I’m guessing she’s hard to shop for; he had to pick the right occasion to really surprise her with something. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2011, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maria-arnold-calling-it-quits-after-25-years/581396/62 "2011-05-17T23:08:35Z")
> [@Malthus](#): > > “Cum with me if you want to live” “Hasta la V-J” “I’ll cum on your back” ---
**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 18, 2011, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maria-arnold-calling-it-quits-after-25-years/581396/63 "2011-05-18T00:36:45Z")
> [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](#): > > 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?) No, not that I know of. But RS is the kind of pol who would campaign per that post. Arnold, not so much. ---
**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 18, 2011, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maria-arnold-calling-it-quits-after-25-years/581396/64 "2011-05-18T00:45:29Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > No, not that I know of. But RS is the kind of pol who would campaign per that post. Arnold, not so much. I think I understand what is being said above—I guess that Arnold was never too much of a “family-values” Biblethumper politician, for the most part, and in fact wasn’t he pretty liberal for a Republican, overall? Still, he is a nasty, arrogant piece of work, and I hope that he will be roasted alive by the talk show hosts and late-night comics in the days, weeks and months to cum. ---
**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 18, 2011, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maria-arnold-calling-it-quits-after-25-years/581396/65 "2011-05-18T00:47:30Z")
> [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](#): > > I think I understand what is being said above—I guess that Arnold was never too much of a “family-values” Biblethumper politician, for the most part, and in fact wasn’t he pretty liberal for a Republican, overall? He’s more libertarian-- liberal on social issues, but conservative on economic ones. > [@](#): > > Still, he is a nasty, arrogant piece of work, and I hope that he will be roasted alive by the talk show hosts and late-night comics in the days, weeks and months to cum. He’s teeing it up with Tiger tomorrow. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2011, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maria-arnold-calling-it-quits-after-25-years/581396/66 "2011-05-18T00:54:59Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > He’s more libertarian-- liberal on social issues, but conservative on economic ones. Though he did veto gay marriage when the legislature approved it. Then later came out in full favor of it. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2011, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maria-arnold-calling-it-quits-after-25-years/581396/67 "2011-05-18T01:16:13Z")
You know, there’s two classes of people particularly famous for cheating on their spouses: Movie stars, and politicians. Put them together, and what did Maria **expect?!** ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2011, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maria-arnold-calling-it-quits-after-25-years/581396/68 "2011-05-18T01:17:31Z")
Say, does this mean we’re not going to change the Constitution so Arnold can be POTUS? I sure hope it doesn’t mean **that!** ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Palo\_Verde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/65b543/32.png) [@Palo\_Verde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palo_Verde)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2011, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maria-arnold-calling-it-quits-after-25-years/581396/69 "2011-05-18T15:16:57Z")
[http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083\_162-20063933-504083.html?tag=stack](http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_162-20063933-504083.html?tag=stack) It was his housekeeper and she had his son 14 years ago. ---
**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 18, 2011, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maria-arnold-calling-it-quits-after-25-years/581396/70 "2011-05-18T15:24:34Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > You know, there’s two classes of people particularly famous for cheating on their spouses: Movie stars, and politicians. Put them together, and what did Maria **expect?!** And she is a Kennedy. If they don’t know about cheating political husbands, who does? ---
**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 18, 2011, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maria-arnold-calling-it-quits-after-25-years/581396/71 "2011-05-18T15:36:11Z")
> [@Palo\_Verde](#): > > [http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083\_162-20063933-504083.html?tag=stack](http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_162-20063933-504083.html?tag=stack) > > It was his housekeeper and she had his son 14 years ago. If the story about her being married is true, I wonder how they knew it was Arnold’s kid. Not that I can’t think of ways they would know, but I wonder what the real story is. Maybe when he started bench pressing 300 lbs at age 10 and saying “I’ll be back” all the time, it was obvious… ---
**Author:** ![Baal\_Houtham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baal_houtham/32/13604_2.png) [@Baal\_Houtham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baal_Houtham)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2011, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maria-arnold-calling-it-quits-after-25-years/581396/72 "2011-05-18T15:40:51Z")
> [@Lemur866](#): > > Is it just me, or is Maria’s purse in the reference photo a little bit unfortunately placed? Maybe I’m blind or whooshed but I’m not seeing a purse anywhere in that painting. ---
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2011, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maria-arnold-calling-it-quits-after-25-years/581396/73 "2011-05-18T15:42:23Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > If the story about her being married is true, I wonder how they knew it was Arnold’s kid. Not that I can’t think of ways they would know, but I wonder what the real story is. > > Maybe when he started bench pressing 300 lbs at age 10 and saying “I’ll be back” all the time, it was obvious… Guess, he had a knack for delivering witty one liners. ---
**Author:** ![Baal\_Houtham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baal_houtham/32/13604_2.png) [@Baal\_Houtham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baal_Houtham)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2011, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maria-arnold-calling-it-quits-after-25-years/581396/74 "2011-05-18T15:44:55Z")
> [@Baal\_Houtham](#): > > Maybe I’m blind or whooshed but I’m not seeing a purse anywhere in that painting. Ahh, I didn’t scroll down far enough. Sorry. Yeah, that’s vaguely scrotal. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2011, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maria-arnold-calling-it-quits-after-25-years/581396/75 "2011-05-18T15:45:46Z")
Not the painting, the “reference photo” that’s the last picture (bottom) of the link. I hadn’t realized how big that vase was at first but seeing it with floor slats as a reference suggests it’s about 3’ tall or so. That’s some big ugly. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2011, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maria-arnold-calling-it-quits-after-25-years/581396/76 "2011-05-18T15:54:25Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Oh really, **Rhythmdvl**? Why pretend, we both know perfectly well what this is about. You want me to have an abortion. > > But I can’t. I’m a dude. It’s really the only sensible thing to do, if its done safely. Therapeutically there’s no danger involved. (Someone had to finish it 🙂 ) ---
**Author:** ![LurkerInNJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ed655f/32.png) [@LurkerInNJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkerInNJ)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2011, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maria-arnold-calling-it-quits-after-25-years/581396/77 "2011-05-18T16:35:38Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > Maybe when he started bench pressing 300 lbs at age 10 and saying “I’ll be back” all the time, it was obvious… The kid looks just like him. You would think that when the scandal hit, one of the first things she would do is to hide or delete her MySpace page, but no. [http://www.myspace.com/422912073](http://www.myspace.com/422912073) I can’t believe anyone in the family ever took a look at this kid and didn’t know something was going on. [http://www.myspace.com/422912073/photos/2168186#{"ImageId"%3A2168186}](http://www.myspace.com/422912073/photos/2168186#%7B%22ImageId%22%3A2168186%7D) ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2011, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maria-arnold-calling-it-quits-after-25-years/581396/78 "2011-05-18T20:47:04Z")
> [@LurkerInNJ](#): > > The kid looks just like him. Damn, you ain’t lying. So does anybody know if this kid was raised by his mother’s husband? If so I hope this doesn’t affect their relationship. ---
**Author:** ![tattman40](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/db5fbb/32.png) [@tattman40](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tattman40)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2011, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maria-arnold-calling-it-quits-after-25-years/581396/79 "2011-05-18T21:11:32Z")
The reason they got married in the first place was to try to produce a bullet-proof Kennedy ---
**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 18, 2011, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maria-arnold-calling-it-quits-after-25-years/581396/80 "2011-05-18T23:26:42Z")
While I am sure that many Dopers will find it crass and vulgar of me to say, I am willing to point out that the “other woman” is pig-ugly, and I wonder if that is even more of a slap in the face to Maria Shriver (who is at least somewhat attractive, even if in an unconventional way) that her husband cheated with such a revolting, hideous lowlife. I am not saying she is a lowlife because she is morbidly obese and utterly disgusting in appearance; I think she is a lowlife for having an affair with a married man while living under the same roof as him, his wife and their young children. She was not a naive innocent, tricked by slick predator pretending to be single, or taken by some singles-bar Casanova who fed her a line about how he and his wife were on the rocks, and were separated pending a divorce. She knowingly fucked a married man, under his wife’s (her employer) nose , and I am not going to shy away from calling her a slatternly whore. Of course, I fully acknowledge that Aryan Asshole Arnold has more personal responsibility for this sad, tawdry situation than anyone else in the world, and I think it would be perfectly fitting if he was photographically paired-up with his Walmart-quality “conquest” in every photo printed of him (in an inset picture) from here on out. (and yes, I know that the child doesn’t deserve any of this, and is NOT responsible in ANY WAY for the actions of his parents, and so I should point out that the above is just a rant to point out that the other woman is not an innocent victim in this situation. She had a choice, and chose to go along with a sleazy piece of shit named Arnold Schwarzenegger) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maria-arnold-calling-it-quits-after-25-years/581396.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maria-arnold-calling-it-quits-after-25-years/581396.md?page=5)