Sandra Bullock, one of our favorite celebrities, is living through a nightmare after finding out her husband Jesse James cheated on her. There have been reports on the web and in some of the tabloids that Sandra Bullock is pregnant and also reports that she has miscarried at least once during her marriage to James.
I can’t confirm any of these pregnancy rumors about Sandra Bullock but here is something I do know: She might just stay married to Jesse James. Not because he deserves her! But Forbes magazine reported this weekend on some of the reasons people end marriages, according to the Forbes report, cheating falls under issues like child rearing and money problems.
…Men and women were much more likely to divorce over struggles regarding money or household chores or child-rearing duties than over an affair.
The fact is, while cheating is far from high on anyone’s list of recommended behavior during a marriage, many people don’t divorce because of it. According to the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, infidelity ranks behind communication problems, financial issues, a lack of commitment to the marriage and a change in priorities, as the cause lawyers most often hear for divorce.
Before you start screaming at the computer, Huffington Post’s Alafair Burke had a great column on the situation, Why Sandra Bullock Might Consider Staying.
Every cheater risks losing it all, but Jesse James had more at stake than the average dog, and his wife’s the one who now has to pay the tab. Because of his acts, she has to choose between her dignity and a five year old child she has come to love as her own. Ex-step-mothers have no legal rights. Sandra — who dedicated her Academy Award to “the moms who take care of the babies and the children, wherever they come from” — cannot leave him without leaving them. She cannot stay with them without staying with him.
That is the bottom line! Unlike many divorcing moms, Sandra Bullock has to choose between her dignity and her family. I hate the choice she has to make but I can’t judge her because I don’t know what I’d do if someone said I couldn’t see my kids!