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5:04 pm - 11/21/2012

Mayim Bialik and husband to divorce

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After much consideration and soul-searching, Michael and I have arrived at the decision to divorce due to “Irreconcilable Differences.”

Divorce is terribly sad, painful and incomprehensible for children. It is not something we have decided lightly.

The hands-on style of parenting we practice played no role in the changes that led to this decision; relationships are complicated no matter what style of parenting you choose.

The main priority for us now is to make the transition to two loving homes as smooth and painless as possible. Our sons deserve parents committed to their growth and health and that’s what we are focusing on. Our privacy has always been important and is even more so now, and we thank you in advance for respecting it as we negotiate this new terrain.

We will be ok.

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soapboxrhetoric 21st-Nov-2012 10:17 pm (UTC)
NOOOO I HATE THIS
klutzy_girl 21st-Nov-2012 10:18 pm (UTC)
Aw, this makes me sad and I don't know why.

I'm glad they're thinking of their sons and trying to make the transition smooth for them.
thetxbelle 21st-Nov-2012 10:35 pm (UTC)
I felt sad too :(
blahblahcakes64 21st-Nov-2012 10:18 pm (UTC)
Man, divorce sucks. :(

I wonder if this has to do with her being back in the public eye recently--not because of "hands-on" parenting!
cyber_bard_ 21st-Nov-2012 10:27 pm (UTC)
Probably - her husband seems very private.
cerseilannister 21st-Nov-2012 10:35 pm (UTC)
it prob has more to do with that than their choice of parenting. like it does seem like a lot of these marriages end after things get sour bc the woman gets a lot of attention and the man gets bitter.
frenchverbs 21st-Nov-2012 10:40 pm (UTC)
I immediately assumed this had to do with her having a role on a popular show and doing red carpet events. He never seemed comfortable with that. I remember wondering where he was on her episode of What Not to Wear because I think he was only show once for like a second which is very unusual.
carrie9142 22nd-Nov-2012 01:05 am (UTC)
I swear one of her friends shades the husband in the reveal. Like she kind of says "too bad he has to be at home with the kid" as if kids aren't allowed out in public.
affliction 21st-Nov-2012 10:19 pm (UTC)
that one teenage girl on 'the middle' looks like her
brucelynn 21st-Nov-2012 10:20 pm (UTC)
WHOA
handsdowntoo 21st-Nov-2012 10:20 pm (UTC)
Didn't they all sleep in one room or weird shit like that?

If you have to mention in your statement it wasn't about X it makes me think it actually was about X.
d00ditsemily 21st-Nov-2012 10:23 pm (UTC)
exactly. They were really into attachment parenting which pretty much means hardly any alone time.
handsdowntoo 21st-Nov-2012 10:33 pm (UTC)
Yeah, I can't imagine that its easy to make a marriage work if you don't have alone time as a couple. If you are always "on" as parents its like you lose your adult identity.
ronnie_luvs_u 21st-Nov-2012 10:24 pm (UTC)
yeah, I think she doth protest too much.
crystalfairie 21st-Nov-2012 10:25 pm (UTC)
I think so. Co-parenting, I think? They all slept in the same bed apparently, and both boys were breastfed until a late age.
girlscharms 21st-Nov-2012 10:28 pm (UTC)
Seriously, was anyone saying that they're parenting style was going to make them divorce? No one brought that up so why would you bring it up when you announce your divorce? Cause it WAS about your parenting style??
noon 21st-Nov-2012 10:29 pm (UTC)
mte
burn_a_miracle 21st-Nov-2012 10:30 pm (UTC)
Yeah, the entire family slept in the same bed, I think. I'm not surprised they're getting a divorced. Sucks for the kids, though.
k_byte 21st-Nov-2012 10:32 pm (UTC)
yep mte
marywebgirl 21st-Nov-2012 10:41 pm (UTC)
This. Someone's defensive about attachment parenting.
jigglemypuff 21st-Nov-2012 10:46 pm (UTC)
Every person I've ever known to practice attachment parenting has ended up divorced. Really there is hardly any role for a father except provider and sperm donor. After a while they grow apart, assuming they ever had a good relationship to begin with.
eden 21st-Nov-2012 10:49 pm (UTC)
Yeah, ditto. Co-parenting weirds me out. I try not to judge, but I'm someone that needs my space and I can't comprehend sacrificing it 24/7 (and that doing so would be 'healthier').
hollis1975 21st-Nov-2012 11:36 pm (UTC)
same. i would have just assumed it was hollywood stuff IF she had not said that
zulkey 21st-Nov-2012 11:51 pm (UTC)
yes exactly. No matter what you're saying, you mention your kids plentifully in your divorce announcement it looks weird.
thishollywood 21st-Nov-2012 10:20 pm (UTC)
yasss here 4 divorce shamin


"r they SURE they tried everythin 2 stay together? i doubt it. i highly doubt it. there is absolutely no excuse for for getting a divorce, it just means the ppl r lazy. no1 these days works hard at anythin anymore. my parents have been married for 85 years and they dont have ne problems in their marriage!!!"
deearem 21st-Nov-2012 10:25 pm (UTC)
I feel like when some people get married, they and their spouse aren't really partners, just like best friends/lovers so when they actually have to make decisions and act like partners, they have fights and can't get along. :/ I notice that with my gf's parents; they love each other a lot but they can never make decisions together as a couple until after they've argued about it for a good two weeks at a time. I couldn't live like that.
pandaklr 21st-Nov-2012 10:43 pm (UTC)
My fiance (SO WEIRD) and I just got engaged Sunday. We are best friends/etc. and I do agree with this, but I hadn't thought about it like that before. Our decision-making logic/partnership together is pretty amazing and is probably what has kept us together (besides, the LUV) for nine+ years (we were pretty young when we got together) through a lot of major life transitions. that and he is ridic easy going... AHHH. Let's see if we survive wedding planning though! :]
plugmebaby 21st-Nov-2012 11:44 pm (UTC)
i never thought about it this way ty. i thought it would be ideal to marry your best friend, but its true.. sometimes it gets too hard, you dont need a best friend you need an equal partner. tyyy.
cruel_idol 21st-Nov-2012 10:25 pm (UTC)
lmao
girlscharms 21st-Nov-2012 10:27 pm (UTC)
Seriously, my parents have been married since 1985 and have had a shitload of problems in their marriage. I think my mom threatens to divorce my dad at least once year, right around Valentine's Day. Not everyone can do marriage, there's nothing wrong with that. Just like couples that have been together umpteen million years, and never married, sometimes have better relationships than married people.

You shouldn't have to TRY to stay with someone just to keep your marriage intact. It doesn't really work like that?
thetxbelle 21st-Nov-2012 10:41 pm (UTC)
I somewhat agree, my husband and I came really close to getting divorced because I was creating a lot of problems but we made a commitment to work really hard at it and our marriage is stronger than ever.

That being said, I do think some people should get divorced if that's the best thing for them and there's no shame in it but I think a lot of people get married today and are lazy or selfish and quick to blame instead of admitting their part in it and working to save their marriage. Bottom line marriage isn't for every one and some marriages run their course and no one owes anyone an explanation as to why they made that decision it should just be respected.

Edited at 2012-11-21 10:43 pm (UTC)
judgmental 21st-Nov-2012 10:49 pm (UTC)
lmao
snortingcoke 21st-Nov-2012 10:51 pm (UTC)
the only divorce shaming i've seen is when kim kardashian didn't even last a year
sleepofplagues 21st-Nov-2012 11:30 pm (UTC)
lmao, girl go on ahead and spill that truth tea on them social justice warriors
crystalfairie 21st-Nov-2012 10:22 pm (UTC)
I so did not see this coming. I know people think she's strange, but wow, so didn't expect this.
lrio 21st-Nov-2012 10:22 pm (UTC)
This seems like such an oddly detailed way to release the information that they are divorcing.
blahblahcakes64 21st-Nov-2012 10:24 pm (UTC)
Well, it seems like they're over-sharers by nature... :/
frenchverbs 21st-Nov-2012 10:42 pm (UTC)
ikr? Whatever happened to 'we love and respect one another, and wish each other the best'? lol!
lrio 22nd-Nov-2012 02:17 am (UTC)
Exactly!
meredydd 21st-Nov-2012 11:10 pm (UTC)
She's always pretty detailed about stuff like this, like she wants to get it all out before gossip columnists do so there's no "AH HA!" stuff. She writes for Kveller and some other sites and she's pretty frank about stuff that is sometimes like "whoa, did NOT need to know that about Blossom."
thegreenstage 21st-Nov-2012 10:22 pm (UTC)
Oh boo. I've liked her ever since Blossom. Hope everything works out well for them and their kid/s.
thegreenstage 21st-Nov-2012 10:24 pm (UTC)
Kids plural then, oop at me.
deearem 21st-Nov-2012 10:22 pm (UTC)
B/c of their parenting style, I can't imagine how hard it's going to be on their kids. That really, really sucks. :/


Unless the kids hated sleeping with both their parents? Lol.
kurtvonnegut 21st-Nov-2012 10:23 pm (UTC)
i was just thinking this lol

their poor kids tbh :-\
fruitchews 21st-Nov-2012 10:35 pm (UTC)
I thought that too. They are constantly around their kdis and it'll be a huge change for those kids to have another home to go to.
eden 21st-Nov-2012 11:01 pm (UTC)
That makes me wonder how those kids are going to function later in life, tbh.
plugmebaby 21st-Nov-2012 11:54 pm (UTC)
yeah, going from a coparenting family to a divorced one must be.. unsettling.
toilandblood 22nd-Nov-2012 07:21 am (UTC)
me too. i feel bad for them.
buffy_usa 22nd-Nov-2012 12:01 am (UTC)
how does attachment parenting work? i mean, at some point it is no longer appropriate for child to sleep with parents - doesn't it stop at a certain age? i think their kids are 4 and 7.
miss_kate18 22nd-Nov-2012 09:50 am (UTC)
Especially if she is gung ho about the attachment stuff but he doesn't really give a shit.
champagnexdream 21st-Nov-2012 10:23 pm (UTC)
Probably because of her crazy parenting and 24/7 attachment to her kids. Sorry to say this, but this is not the first time I've seen that happen.
kurtvonnegut 21st-Nov-2012 10:25 pm (UTC)
i can't even imagine how long it's going to take to settle the terms of their custody agreement. nightmare client lol.
champagnexdream 21st-Nov-2012 10:26 pm (UTC)
Yeeeeah ha.
deearem 21st-Nov-2012 10:25 pm (UTC)
I couldn't imagine being with my kids that long. I need time for like sex and masturbation. I get bugged when the cat walks in on me lmao, dnw a kid doing that either.
grammaire 21st-Nov-2012 10:31 pm (UTC)
Yep.
frenchverbs 21st-Nov-2012 10:44 pm (UTC)
Yeah, couples need alone time. My friend's son would wake up and come sleep in her bed, and her husband found it very irritating because they were from being intimate a couple of times a week to not at all. The evening was the only time they got to be together - the only time they could talk, have sex, whatever. They fought for a while over the situation before my friend finally agreed to work on keeping their son in his bed.
spurtle 21st-Nov-2012 10:45 pm (UTC)
i like how they had to make sure to release a statement saying their parenting is still the way to go
miss_kate18 22nd-Nov-2012 09:52 am (UTC)
Seriously. I house-sat for friends a couple of years ago and their pets slept on the bed. That was way too much interaction for me so I can't imagine being able to handle it with kids.
ritzyroxie 21st-Nov-2012 10:24 pm (UTC)
What a qt ugly couple. Shame that they couldn't werk it out.
thishollywood 21st-Nov-2012 10:29 pm (UTC)
ia. even ugly ppl deserve happiness sumtimes </3 </3 </3
buffy_usa 22nd-Nov-2012 12:03 am (UTC)
What a qt ugly couple.

also noticing that she's still hiding her injured hand. in that flashmob call me maybe video that the cast did a week or so ago, it looked like she had a semi flesh colored glove over it. i read that she said she wouldn't lose any fingers, but whatever happened must've been serious business, like morgan freeman's hand thing.
ediesedgwick 21st-Nov-2012 10:27 pm (UTC)
She is creepy and racist
crystalzelda 21st-Nov-2012 10:28 pm (UTC)
transcripts plz?
ediesedgwick 21st-Nov-2012 10:32 pm (UTC)
She went on the Survivor finale last year to talk about how amazing and funny this really racist contestant (Colton) was. His whole schtick was being racist to a black contestant and telling a contestant with dwarfism to "go back to oz"

The creepy part is just my opinion. I think attachment parenting is creepy.
cerseilannister 21st-Nov-2012 10:33 pm (UTC)
deets
miss_kate18 22nd-Nov-2012 09:54 am (UTC)
Oh shit, that was her in the Survivor finale? I thought she was weird because of the parenting/vaccines thing (I think she is anti-vax) but that was just disturbing.
stickykeys633 21st-Nov-2012 10:28 pm (UTC)
The shame about being a celebrity is that if I need to know that you're getting divorced I want to know why as well!

Yeah, it was probably the attachment parenting though I know they don't think so and they are going to get sick of people asking them about it.
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