Maria and Arnold are BACK!

So Maria and Arnold are reconciling?  You serious?   You mean she forgave him for his long term affair with their housekeeper and the illegitimate son he fathered under her nose?   According to Newsweek, the promiscuity was so intense, so ubiquitous, it made Tiger Woods look like a bashful cub.    

And now she wants him back?  Where’s her dignity, her honor?   Or maybe it’s love?  Or religion.

Maria, a devout Catholic, can’t bring herself to divorce Schwarzeneggar, and Arnold wants her because he has no political clout without his wife.  The two are presently in counseling and were recently seen canoodling at a popular restaurant in Santa Monica.   The whole thing’s sort of like a fairytale—no public screaming, or he-said, she-said.  I’m not one to judge what goes on behind closed doors, and I always enjoyed happy endings, but if this were a movie, ticket holders would complain that the plot wasn’t realistic.  The ending doesn't fit the action.  It’s like a tsunami flooding the gates of the castle with a thousand soldiers climbing the walls behind the water, and then everyone lived happily ever after.

Jenny Sanford, who divorced her husband Mark, the governor of South Carolina after running off with his mistress in Argentina said, “Marriage is very personal. I wouldn’t tell her to leave or not.  I would tell her to be very prayerful.  And if you know it’s not right after that:  leave.” 

So go ahead and give him a second chance.  Maybe their marriage will ultimately overcome Schwarzenegger’s transgressions, and the knowledge that the whole world's watching.

Rihanna and Chris Brown

Besides, others are in the forgiving mood too.         

Rock stars Rihanna and Chris Brown have also reunited, three years after he almost beat her to a pulp.  I guess that’s the ultimate test of trust because if he ever lets go again, she might not be around to tell the dirty tale.