What is a lengthy relationship? Is five years long? Or is fifty years a long relationship? When someone gets married they pledge to be together for a lifetime. Today we pick whom we marry, when we marry, and how we marry. Even though through celebrities we frequently witness two to six year marriages, I do not think that is how it is supposed to happen.
In 2003, when Kobe cheated on Vanessa they stayed together and tried mending things back together. After Vanessa found out about the cheating for a second time, she ended things with the superstar basketball player Kobe Bryant. The couple was officially married for ten years. In California there is a ten-year divorce law. Essentially it states that if a couple in California is married for ten years both spouses should preserve their lifestyle after the marital breakup. This is how Vanessa received half of Kobe’s earnings. Even though this rule was probably made for a good purpose, it has most likely turned marriages in California to sticking it out for the money. This rule should not continue to exist, because it is leading us into a perpetual hole of unhealthy marriages for the future.
The true question is did Vanessa know about this rule in 2003, and purposely stay with Kobe to receive his money? I believe she did. When she was a kid her mother did the same thing to Vanessa’s father. Vanessa’s parents divorced right at the ten-year mark, so I know Vanessa knew about this rule. You know when Vanessa was having trouble with Kobe, her mom reminded her to gut it out till the ten years were up. Not only does this make Vanessa and her mother look sneaky, but it also makes spouses of superstar athletes look corrupt.
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