J. Lo gives new meaning to ‘ever lasting’
by Mary Barrera, south news editor

    My mother always told me that there is one special someone for everyone.

   However, that rule must apply only to us common folks.

   If you’re a certain movie star/pop diva, apparently there are three.

   Jennifer Lopez is sporting a big pink diamond on her left ring finger that was given to her by movie hunk Ben Affleck.

   They recently announced their engagement on an episode of Primetime with Diane Sawyer.

   Jennifer Lopez engaged.

   It seems like just yesterday she was getting married to her second husband Chris Judd. Oh wait … it was yesterday.

   I think the problem with J. Lo and relationships is that she has her head too far up in the Hollywood clouds. We’ve made her fall in love on screen too many times, and it’s gotten to her pretty little brain.

   Jen … this is life, Sweetie, not some well-scripted date movie.

   There are probably thousands of men who would want to marry J. Lo. She is beautiful and talented, with a great personality.

   Getting married is easy. Staying married is hard.

   Eventually, the relationship changes from “I love you and can’t live a moment without you” to “get off my side of the bed.”

   No matter how much she is head-over-heels now, Ben is going to prove to be just a man.

   Hair is going to fall off his head and reattach somewhere else; toenails are going to eventually land on the floor, and gases are going to escape his body with more intensity and higher frequency with the passage of time.

   And what about Jen?

   Well, the same thing happens with the hair, but a good waxing should take care of that.

   Ben has to live with the smell of nail polish, the fake eyelashes that he will mistake for spiders in the middle of the night and the rate of butt-spread that also increases with time.

   The whole falling in love thing is great, but the euphoria does not last.
   Couples in great marriages sometimes cannot stand each other. Then there are times that they look at their spouses, think about how lucky they are and wind up falling in love all over again.

   So what should Ben and Jen do? Slow it down. Get to know each other.

   Couples are on their best behavior when they first start dating, so give it some time and discover who this person really is.

   If it turns out to be love, break out the champagne. If it turns out to be affection, you wind up with a good friend, but I wouldn’t go renting any halls.

   If they get married after that, I suggest they do not give up at the first sign of trouble.

   Compromise is the key, and tolerance never hurts. It takes work to keep things together.

   Regardless of what they teach at the Elizabeth Taylor School of Wedded Bliss, marriage is not meant to be one in a series.

   Save the sequels for the big screen.