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    LOREM IPSUMKara Brown
    12/24/15 3:05pm

    I wouldn’t want to constantly be shuttled back and forth to tour either! Though wasn’t Rutherford kidnapping the kids or something like that? Either way, I’m glad I’ve been increasingly feeling like shit because I get to avoid the toxic family from hell on Boxing Day. You do you, Rocco.

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      VonQuesoLOREM IPSUM
      12/24/15 3:08pm

      No kidding. I'm spending most of my holiday time alone (spouse working nights), and missing my other cheesy half aside, its the tits.

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      Professor GoodfeelsLOREM IPSUM
      12/24/15 3:15pm

      I wish I had that luxury! Dreading the family dinner and all the cold shoulder I'll be getting.

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    jinniKara Brown
    12/24/15 3:14pm

    I am reminded of a case, years back, in which a very wealthy couple used their children as pawns in a divorce battle (if I have any lacunae in my memory of this, I am sure some J-belles will let me know); and the judge was finally so tired of their shenanigans that she ‘awarded’ the house to the children, and ordered the parents to move in and out during the week because why should the children be burdened with the task of constantly moving, when it was the parents who could not seem to get along?

    It seems to me to be eminently reasonable that Rocco does not wish to be dragged from hotel room to hotel room on his mother’s tour. Why are the children always required to be so malleable?

    Perhaps they could work something out that when Madonna is not on tour, he visits. But this request does not seem out-of-bounds to me.

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      moweezy3jinni
      12/24/15 3:22pm

      Genius. That's perfect. They keep their rooms and the parents have to shuttle back and forth.

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      jinnimoweezy3
      12/24/15 3:23pm

      Doesn’t it make sense??

      Would that all parents have the financial wherewithal to be obligated to do this.

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    JujyMonkey: Clever tagline goes hereKara Brown
    12/24/15 3:13pm

    For the record, I’m refusing to spend Christmas with Madonna as well.

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      GELLA - LLAPJujyMonkey: Clever tagline goes here
      12/24/15 3:16pm

      flaged, banned

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      Jammy DodgerJujyMonkey: Clever tagline goes here
      12/24/15 3:16pm

      As I always have.

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    tealstarKara Brown
    12/24/15 3:21pm

    If the parents genders were reversed, people would have a shit fit about how his bitter mother had poisoned him against his father. When it comes to public custody disagreements, people always blame the mother.

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      alimumtealstar
      12/24/15 3:37pm

      Not if the father was a person famous for being a self-involved thirsty jerk who doesn’t seem to care about other people and the kid has spent the past few months following the aforementioned sled-involved thirsty parent on tour. For example, Tom Cruise. Very few people seem to support any bid he may have for custody of Suri, especially when it appears Katie Holmes has created a very stable life in New York. Sean Penn’s kids with Robin Wright were adults when they split, but I suspect people would have been supportive of Robin having sole custody. While I agree that a lot of pressure/blame/responsibility is placed on the mother, in this case, I don’t think it is fair to think gender has anything to do with how people are responding.

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      tealstaralimum
      12/24/15 3:49pm

      The child in question has no issue living off his mother’s money. If he finds her so loathsome, then she should only provide the minimum amount required to support his ungrateful self. But then he would be whining about that too.

      Also Cruise is an extreme case involving a cult.

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    MadScienceTeacherKara Brown
    12/24/15 3:13pm

    I don’t understand how she doesn’t get that she’s trying to win the battle to lose the war. If she legally obligated this kid to spend Christmas with her, what are the chances he’ll ever spend one with her after he’s 18?

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      FeralFrigidSlutMadScienceTeacher
      12/24/15 3:28pm

      Plus it’s not really “winning” anything if you have to force someone to spend time with you.

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      many bells down wears many stupid hatsMadScienceTeacher
      12/24/15 3:36pm

      My ex kept nagging me to force our daughter to visit him, when she was a teenager. Threatened to sic CPS on me and everything if I didn’t “enforce the visitation agreement.” I said sure, I could force her ... but in a year and a half she’ll turn 18, and then where are you going to be?

      And now she IS 18 and she called her stepmother to see if she could visit her half-siblings and NOT see her father this holiday. Win the battle, lose the war indeed.

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    FrolickingGiantKara Brown
    12/24/15 3:31pm

    Just do what’s best for the kid. I bet what’s best is not being shuttled around on tour.

    Signed,

    Child of divorce who's parents acted like goddamn adults even though it was a really bad split.

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      KatmanduFrolickingGiant
      12/24/15 4:17pm

      I bet what’s best is not being shuttled around on tour.

      That being dragged on tour is a bullshit excuse in this instance. Her last tour date was Oct. 29. Her next one isn’t until Jan 6. Don’t kid yourself, Rocco isn’t dying to spend Christmas with his dad. He wants to hang with his friends because he’s 15.

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      BlondeGoddessKatmandu
      12/24/15 5:24pm

      Nope, she had tour dates all through December; The Netherlands and a couple of places in the UK (!) among them.

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    KatmanduKara Brown
    12/24/15 3:52pm

    I imagine the custody arrangement is along the lines of Guy has him during the school year, Madonna gets him for the summer and certain holidays. A LOT of divorced parents who don’t live close to each other have this arrangement. Guy should’ve put his foot down and said, “Sorry, kid, but you’re going to your mom’s for Christmas. That’s the deal and you’ll live without your friends for a couple of weeks. In 3 years you can do what you want.”

    If Madonna wants to see her kid so much, she should be living by her kid instead of on another continent. It’s only for 3 more years. Instead she goes for the nuclear lawyer option. So of course Guy retaliates.

    Christ on a cracker, you’re supposed to be more mature than your 15 year old; not less. What a couple of asswipes.

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      MotherOfUnicorns will only call Trump Cheeto JesusKatmandu
      12/24/15 4:59pm

      If he's been touring with her for the past few months it sounds like Madonna has primary custody. Honestly, if he was forced to go and spend time with her it will do more damage in the long run. From what I understand he has primarily been living in the US & NY so it likely most of his friends are here not in London. Which means he really doesn't want to keep living with his mom and primary custody should be changed to reflect that.

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      SconnieKatmandu
      12/24/15 8:18pm

      I don’t know what their custody arrangement is, but I just want to leave you this for future Christ on a cracker needs.

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    MandarintenKara Brown
    12/24/15 3:08pm

    Looks like Guy Ritchie is a more fun parent to hang out with than Madonna

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      jinniMandarinten
      12/24/15 3:18pm

      Or maybe less fun? But more stable.

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      AttilathehungryhungryHippolordMandarinten
      12/24/15 3:44pm

      It’s not hard to understand his problem. Would you want to spend that much of your time on the road? I wouldn’t. He wants to be with the parent who has a more stable and normal home life. Lets not shit on the kid for wanting to go to school and sleep in the same bed every night.

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    TheBestUEverHadKara Brown
    12/24/15 3:08pm

    He’s fifteen. I think he’s old enough to decide which parent he wants to live with. Can’t they come to an understanding where Rocco can start living in London and maybe going to school there but he would agree to go see his mother during the summer and during breaks?

    I feel like when you have a kid who is 12+ who isn’t into drugs and both parents are responsible guardians and there aren’t any cults involved, the kid should be able to decide which parent has primary physical custody. Madonna can still have legal rights and get a 50% say in decision making, but he can live with his dad.

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      BashingtonTheBestUEverHad
      12/24/15 3:24pm

      Certainly in these circumstances he’ll have his own attorney who advocate for what's best for him, and there will be court appointed therapists making recommendations too. But that shit takes a long time, and when you're in a crunch like this one generally they enforce existing agreements as to where the kids will go.

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    Rando CalrissianKara Brown
    12/24/15 3:04pm

    Like mother, like son?

    GIF
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