# You Lost Me at "I Do" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 15, 2005, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-lost-me-at-i-do/321866 "2005-09-15T22:36:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![SolGrundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@SolGrundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SolGrundy)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2005, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-lost-me-at-i-do/321866/1 "2005-09-15T22:36:36Z")
[Renee Zellweger and Kenny Chesney are having their marriage anulled](http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050915/ap_en_ce/people_zellweger_chesney). Okay, I’ve got to admit I don’t give much of a rat’s ass about celebrity gossip in general, and even less about those two. But I thought it was worth a post for two reasons: 1. That damn “Country Has a Heart” ad that plays incessantly and always has the clip from Chesney’s insipid “You Had Me at Hello” song and all the talk about their whirlwind romance and how he fell in love with her from _Jerry Maguire_. 2. I really wanted to use the subject line. ---
**Author:** ![TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/51bf81/32.png) [@TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2005, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-lost-me-at-i-do/321866/2 "2005-09-15T22:43:23Z")
The worst thing about Chesney’s song is that it’s a misinterpretation of the original quote - his song is titled “You had me **from** hello,” which is not the quote from the movie and does not make grammatical sense. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2005, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-lost-me-at-i-do/321866/3 "2005-09-15T23:02:46Z")
“You had me from ‘hello’” makes perfect grammatical sense, using “from” in the sense of “from this moment on.” I just hope Renee doesn’t cry. Her face might puff up and we’d never see her eyes again. ---
**Author:** ![SolGrundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@SolGrundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SolGrundy)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2005, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-lost-me-at-i-do/321866/4 "2005-09-15T23:11:48Z")
> [@VCO3](#): > > The worst thing about Chesney’s song is that it’s a misinterpretation of the original quote - his song is titled “You had me **from** hello,” which is not the quote from the movie and does not make grammatical sense. I have no idea what you’re talking among. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2005, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-lost-me-at-i-do/321866/5 "2005-09-16T00:10:02Z")
Did anybody with more than two brain cells actually think this coupling would work? ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2005, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-lost-me-at-i-do/321866/6 "2005-09-16T00:33:00Z")
> [@Otto](#): > > I just hope Renee doesn’t cry. Her face might puff up and we’d never see her eyes again. Best celebrity snark of September, 2005. ---
**Author:** ![Susie\_Derkins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47774/32.png) [@Susie\_Derkins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Susie_Derkins)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2005, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-lost-me-at-i-do/321866/7 "2005-09-16T00:48:54Z")
☹ I was hoping they would mate. I had a hunch their children would look a lot like Gilbert Gottfried and I wanted to see if I was right. ---
**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2005, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-lost-me-at-i-do/321866/8 "2005-09-16T01:22:40Z")
> [@Otto](#): > > I just hope Renee doesn’t cry. Her face might puff up and we’d never see her eyes again. She has _eyes_? My favorite description of Renee Zellweger was “she looks like someone sucked the air out of a kewpie doll.” ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2005, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-lost-me-at-i-do/321866/9 "2005-09-16T01:25:06Z")
We really need to get a Celebrity Wedding/Divorce pool going. They woulda been the shockers of the year. Unless Paris Hilton married Marilyn Manson. ---
**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:** [September 16, 2005, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-lost-me-at-i-do/321866/10 "2005-09-16T01:28:18Z")
Okay, my only exposure to Mr. Chesney’s body of work is that damned repetitive commercial that plays a snipped of “You had me from ‘hello’,” and I had no idea he was married to (or even bumping uglies) with Rene. After reading the article, however, all that I can say is that nobody who sings a song titled “She thinks my tractor’s sexy” should be allowed to engage in _coitus_ with anyone, much less with Rene Zellweger. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2005, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-lost-me-at-i-do/321866/11 "2005-09-16T01:32:25Z")
> [@Susie Derkins](#): > > ☹ I was hoping they would mate. I had a hunch their children would look a lot like Gilbert Gottfried and I wanted to see if I was right. And with that, **Otto** is dethroned. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Mal\_Adroit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df788c/32.png) [@Mal\_Adroit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mal_Adroit)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2005, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-lost-me-at-i-do/321866/12 "2005-09-16T02:30:29Z")
> [@SolGrundy](#): > > I really wanted to use the subject line. You had me at you lost me at I do. sniff ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2005, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-lost-me-at-i-do/321866/13 "2005-09-16T04:01:19Z")
> [@](#): > > We really need to get a Celebrity Wedding/Divorce pool going. Double or nothing if Jack White also gets a divorce and ends up back with Zellweger. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2005, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-lost-me-at-i-do/321866/14 "2005-09-16T05:45:19Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > And with that, **Otto** is dethroned. Fickle bitch. ---
**Author:** ![Catalyst](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e47774/32.png) [@Catalyst](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catalyst)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2005, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-lost-me-at-i-do/321866/15 "2005-09-16T08:11:54Z")
> [@Shirley Ujest](#): > > Unless Paris Hilton married Marilyn Manson. What, and dump [Dita von Teese](http://www.operagloves.com/Modernstars/DitaVonTeese/ditavonteese.html)? It would certainly shock the bejeezus out of me. I’m not sure how many hells would have to freeze over for me to make _that_ trade. ---
**Author:** ![ouryL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ouryl/32/6067_2.png) [@ouryL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouryL)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2005, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-lost-me-at-i-do/321866/16 "2005-09-16T08:15:00Z")
> [@SolGrundy](#): > > [Renee Zellweger and Kenny Chesney are having their marriage anulled](http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050915/ap_en_ce/people_zellweger_chesney). > > Okay, I’ve got to admit I don’t give much of a rat’s ass about celebrity gossip in general, and even less about those two. But I thought it was worth a post for two reasons: > > 1. That damn “Country Has a Heart” ad that plays incessantly and always has the clip from Chesney’s insipid “You Had Me at Hello” song and all the talk about their whirlwind romance and how he fell in love with her from _Jerry Maguire_. > > 2. I really wanted to use the subject line. So the rumors are true about Chesney being gay… 😛😛😛 ---
**Author:** ![Carm6773](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/2bfe46/32.png) [@Carm6773](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carm6773)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2005, 10:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-lost-me-at-i-do/321866/17 "2005-09-16T10:03:17Z")
> [@ouryL](#): > > So the rumors are true about Chesney being gay… 😛😛😛 You might have something there, because I just heard the reason for the annulment is FRAUD. Wonder if the marriage was a cover-up? BTW, I listen to country music, but I despise Kenny. I will admit, he has some good songs (“Young,” “Keg in the Closet”), but the words that comes to mind when I see him are _twerp_ and _self absorbed_. I’m more of a Toby Keith, Gretchen Wilson, and Big & Rich girl. ---
**Author:** ![Honey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honey/32/5074_2.png) [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2005, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-lost-me-at-i-do/321866/18 "2005-09-16T13:09:12Z")
On the “Best Week Ever” segment of the Today show this morning they said that Renee can now get back to the important task of storing nuts in her cheeks. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Stonebow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Stonebow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stonebow)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2005, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-lost-me-at-i-do/321866/19 "2005-09-16T13:20:11Z")
Silly question: why an anullment rather than a divorce? Was the sex bad enough that we have to pretend it never existed? Was one of them already married? What are grounds for anullment? ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Carnage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/max_carnage/32/12775_2.png) [@Max\_Carnage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Carnage)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2005, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-lost-me-at-i-do/321866/20 "2005-09-16T13:44:07Z")
> [@Honey](#): > > On the “Best Week Ever” segment of the Today show this morning they said that Renee can now get back to the important task of storing nuts in her cheeks. 😃 …just not Kenny’s. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-lost-me-at-i-do/321866.md?page=2)