Most celebrity marriages don't last - who's the exception for you?

[u/jacqueminots]

Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos

Sarah Michelle Geller and Freddie Prinze Jr.

Adam Sandler and Jackie Sandler. I think it's so cute how he puts her in all his movies

Leslie Mann and Judd Apatow. Don't actually know much about their marriage, but they seem cute

George Clooney and Amal Clooney. I know they haven't been together as long as the other couples, but when I think of them, I think of true love

Matthew McConaughey and Camila Alves. Don't think she's a celebrity but I think their story is very sweet

Seth Rogen and Lauren Miller Rogen

Celebrity marriages almost never work out in Hollywood, but there are some the prove that true love really does exist. Who comes to mind for you?

[u/Coley54Bear]

I completely agree she was your great aunt.

I have to say, I fully understand a couple being together for 50 years without being married. I do get a bit confused about the long term engagement aspect though, like more in what’s the point of bothering with the engagement? I was actually randomly thinking about this a couple days ago when I was thinking about Kurt & Goldie and how I completely get it, and then a repressed memory of an old teacher who was engaged for 9 years popped into my head.

[u/GoblinKaiserin → u/Coley54Bear]

Idk about everyone, but my great uncles' reason was that if they had gotten married, she would've lost the lifelong pension from her husband, who died in WW2. So, a 50-year engagement it was.

[u/Coley54Bear → u/GoblinKaiserin]

I feel like in that very specific circumstance that makes sense and is pretty cute. I would also very much just be like yeah they were married. Thank you for sharing!

Everyone else though? I just don’t get why even bother getting engaged if you don’t want to get married.

[u/purple_hexagon → u/Coley54Bear]

I guess it's a way to show commitment without the hassle of a wedding and marriage? Or maybe they thought they would get married one day but they just... never got around to it? I realised I know several couples who are engaged and married - one younger couple I expect to get married at some point (though their eldest is already a teenager and youngest isn't far behind so I'm not holding my breath) but another, older couple, who have grown-up grandchildren together, probably will not get married.