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Angelina Jolie and Billy Bob Thornton’s marriage went pear-shaped after just three years because he “didn’t want kids”, according to one of Thornton’s earlier wives, says the Mail Online.
Now famous as the celebrity mother of a large brood of children, Jolie was married to Thornton for three years before they called it a day.
This revelation came from Melissa deBin-Parish, married to Thornton before Jolie. Parish had one child with Thornton before the two split when their daughter was 18 months old- their daughter is now 32, and serving 20 years in prison for manslaughter of a minor.
Many couples choose not to have children, and are often criticised for being selfish, or too career-orientated. Some child-free people criticise those who do have children for adding to the over-population of the earth, or accuse them of a narcissistic desire to reproduce a child which will look like them, or carry on the family line.
Not everyone likes kids. That’s fair enough. But if you’re in a relationship with someone who doesn’t want kids, and you do, then be prepared for a relationship-threatening challenge. After all, the options are to trick that person into having kids by sabotaging the birth control methods, or spend a lifetime trying to convince them to change their minds. Or to split.
Maybe you have kids from a previous relationship, and your baby-making days are over. Perhaps you fret about the impact kids have on the environment, or dislike the way society seems to be falling apart and is a dangerous place for children. You may also have given up trying to conceive after a long battle with infertility. There are many reasons to NOT go forth and multiply, just make sure that the person you love agrees with your decision.
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What about you? If you could never have kids with someone because they didn’t want one, would you stick around?
Now famous as the celebrity mother of a large brood of children, Jolie was married to Thornton for three years before they called it a day.
This revelation came from Melissa deBin-Parish, married to Thornton before Jolie. Parish had one child with Thornton before the two split when their daughter was 18 months old- their daughter is now 32, and serving 20 years in prison for manslaughter of a minor.
Many couples choose not to have children, and are often criticised for being selfish, or too career-orientated. Some child-free people criticise those who do have children for adding to the over-population of the earth, or accuse them of a narcissistic desire to reproduce a child which will look like them, or carry on the family line.
Not everyone likes kids. That’s fair enough. But if you’re in a relationship with someone who doesn’t want kids, and you do, then be prepared for a relationship-threatening challenge. After all, the options are to trick that person into having kids by sabotaging the birth control methods, or spend a lifetime trying to convince them to change their minds. Or to split.
Maybe you have kids from a previous relationship, and your baby-making days are over. Perhaps you fret about the impact kids have on the environment, or dislike the way society seems to be falling apart and is a dangerous place for children. You may also have given up trying to conceive after a long battle with infertility. There are many reasons to NOT go forth and multiply, just make sure that the person you love agrees with your decision.
Want more? Follow Parent24 on Twitter!
What about you? If you could never have kids with someone because they didn’t want one, would you stick around?
