Did the Gores finally get divorced? I thought they were only separated and dating other people.
I’m shocked that a celebrity couple is getting divorced. Who would have predicted that! 
Trying not to be too “sexist” here or make too many assumptions.
Fathers that raise sons/daughters often have a very different relationship than mothers that raise sons/ daughters.
Men often ask and expect different behavior from their sons than women do. If a woman never experienced watching a father/ son relationship she might think it a overly harsh at times.
Teenagers, menopause, mid life crises. How do any of us stay married?
^You might also say that about single moms raising boys. My female friends often commented they thought I was too hard on my son during his adolescence (and now ten years later I agree).
I read something interesting this morning. I think it was on the People website which said neither Pitt or Jolie had an PR representation which is pretty unusual for “stars” of their stature. Press releases (prior to the divorce) for them went out through their managers or lawyers normally. The article I read said that both have now engaged PR firms to help them during this time.
@intparent Rita was Tom Hanks “Wife #2”.
I know. But they have been married now for almost 30 years, and seem to genuinely like each other.
Yes, I know that Al Gore did not, in fact, invent the internet. 8-|
You thought correctly; they have never divorced.
This has been my experience. I have a much harder time disciplining my S than my D. He has me wrapped around his finger. He is very clever and plays on my sympathies. Whenever he knows he is in trouble he will get up real close to me give me these sad puppy eyes and says something like “I’m really sorry mom, I disappointed you didn’t I?” Works every time. My Dad used to laugh and say “he is playing you like a fiddle, Harvest.”
Now conversely I think girls get away with a lot more with their dads. My H really never comes down hard on my D and I usually have to be the bad guy.
@HarvestMoon1 - I could not agree more. The same scenario played out in my house when my S (23) and my D (21) were growing up. To an extent, it still does. I noticed my H, just the other day, was giving S a hard time about something job related in a way that he never would with our D. As you said, that would be my job
I agree with the comments about fathers disciplining sons…particularly the oldest son…particularly in the teen years.
Sure, some may go to far and cross the abuse line, but so far there’s no evidence of that. Even an intoxicated dad arguing with his son isn’t “abuse” unless the words used are “abusive”…but simply getting on the kid’s case for mouthing off or whatever, isn’t abuse.
Boy, I sure hope there wasn’t a fly on the wall when my D was a lippy, sassy, know it all 15 yr old. Pretty sure I lost my cool several times.
Yes, looking at it with what little information we have it kind of looks like she blew that incident up and used it as an excuse to file.
But then we don’t know how many times something similar had taken place before this incident. Something transpired on that flight – he tried to run away when they were on the tarmac by hopping into a fuel truck. I actually thought that was pretty humorous. LOL where did he think he was going in a fuel truck that wasn’t his?
Norwegian Air was running some clever advertisements today:
http://time.com/4505709/brad-pitt-norwegian-airlines-angelina-jolie/
Two thumbs up for Norwegian Air Shuttle’s sense of humor! Guess they figured Brad is to busy with his divorce issues to start a lawsuit against them 
The video in the link in #94 is interesting as well - gives a statement by someone “close to him.” He apparently admits Brad was arguing with Angelina and the eldest son intervened somehow. The person says Brad never hit his son but he did have to have contact with him because the situation was “spiraling out of control.”
I had not seen that explanation in any of the previous articles.
So why is this being investigated by the FBI at a "federal level? Because it transpired in the air and not in a jurisdiction?
Believe it was initially referred to the LAPD but they concluded they had no jurisdiction because it happened in the air. So the LAPD handed it over to the FBI to investigate.
I have no idea if anything whatsoever I read in the news is true, or what happened here. I assume all stories about this couple are false until proved otherwise.
But I just wanted to comment on fathers disciplining sons, perhaps differently than mothers.
In the scenario I’ve been reading: IMHO - it is best for parents not to have serious arguments in front of their children. Fathers are role models in teaching their sons about respecting women. When a son steps between a father and mother because he is concerned about the argument, and possibly about protecting his mother, parents have messed up. That is a bit different, I think, than what some of you have been discussing.
I doubt any of us are perfect parents. I’m sure not.