Monday, February 04, 2008

How Long Is Long Enough


With Lily Allen being dumped over the weekend by Ed Simons I was wondering if in fact the miscarriage was a mixed blessing. No, I wouldn't want to see anyone suffer a miscarriage. I have seen the heartbreak it can cause personally and totally empathize with Lily. My question though is if Ed was willing to break up with her two weeks after the miscarriage, how long would the relationship have lasted if she had kept the baby to term and given birth? In all likelihood the only reason Ed stayed with her in the first place is because she got pregnant. Probably wanted to break up with her until he found that out and realized he would look like an ass if he did so. Makes me wonder though if there isn't some time frame that is acceptable for a person to stay with another person after a miscarriage. I somehow think Emily Post probably didn't get around to that one. In Seinfeld they came up with some time you had to stay with someone after you slept with them, but they also didn't say anything about a miscarriage. Olivier Martinez who is now back with Kylie Minogue had to decide the proper time to break up with someone after they had been diagnosed and recovered from breast cancer treatment. I just don't think you are ever going to make anyone happy with whatever time you pick. It might even be argued that Ed Simon caused Lily's miscarriage because they were probably fighting throughout the course of her pregnancy.

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