Heidi Klum and Seal separating?!

[SnuggleBuggles]

:( I didn't see that one coming. She always seemed to glow when talking about him plus they have 4 kiddos.

[larig]

shocked, really really shocked.

[american_mama]

Very surprised. I've read multiple interviews with her where she raves about him, talks about how to keep a marriage going. I've always both hated and loved what she had to say. Loved it because she seemed to have good advice and claimed that friends were always asking how they did it, so I figured maybe they really had something good going on. Hated her advice because it seemed to hinge on having a rich and fabulous life. "Oh, go on vacation without your kids so it's just the two of you able to re-connect ." Maybe great if you have a nanny or two, or can fly young and healthy grandmother over from Germany. And in the back of my mind, I did think that they hadn't really been together for long enough to put themselves on a pedestal.

Obviously, I have a love-hate relationship with Heidi Klum! Don't even get me started on her pregnancy post-partum body advice.

[cairo06]

Doesn't surprise me. It all seemed too good to be true. Renewing their vows every year, gushing about their marriage and sex life during every interview... Just seemed over the top.

[HannaAddict]

So sad, wish they could work it out for their sake and the cute kids.

[magnoliaparadise]

I have to agree that they were always just too over the top for me as a 'how to be a great couple like us'. I remember watching Oprah and Heidi Klum went on and on about how she first met Seal at a hotel lobby and he had really tight biking pants on (or something like that) and she was checking out his 'jewels' (she didn't use those words - can't remember what words she said). Ooooooh, gross - if a friend told me that, ok, I'd laugh, but on national TV apropos of nothing, to share that? I am so not a prude but I think that's a bit much and I remember thinking the whole thing was just too 'look at us and how perfect we are!'

[scrooks]

I was really bummed when I read this. They did seem like a great couple. Apparently it was to good to be true!

[ZeeBaby]

I was surprised by this one.

[Green_Tea]

People is reporting that while their marriage is on the rocks, they are not divorcing (at the moment, anyway):

http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20563721,00.html

[maestramommy]

I was a little shocked by a statement I read on Access. Something like, "A source said, ' While they love each other very much, they have had a very tense time this past year.'" Really??

Meanwhile I'm thinking of the moms here who post about the rough YEARS they've been having, but are still trying to work things out.

[Cuckoomamma]

I don't think you can ever know what's going on in those famous couples' marriage. Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman were a big shocker to a lot of people when they split. Always together, posing together, etc. Then, boom!

I think they're all very good at manipulating what people think of them and like being in the spotlight. If portraying a happy marriage is something they want to do for their careers, they'll do a very good job of it no matter what.

I did feel all the relationship preaching to be weird. Renewing their vows seemed odd, as well. Nonetheless, I tried to accept it as a different relationship from what I have and want. Now I'm a Monday morning quaterback :)