She was saying that she didn’t want to be with someone who didn’t want to be with her; she wasn’t going to trap him in a relationship with her just because they had a child. In fact she was saying the exact opposite of what that poster implied; she was saying that if he couldn’t settle down & commit to her- then he should walk out the door and leave. She wasn’t some gold digger who got pregnant by a “star” and then wanted to trap him into a lifetime relationship because of the baby. She was not going to stand for other women and partying etc from him – hence why they would be off and on so often for all those years- but of course she loved him- so she knew before (if) he grew up and was ready to make a true commitment (eventually marriage)she would have to leave him and give him the ultimatum that he was free to leave anytime he wanted (you know the whole set it free idea)- hoping he would wise up eventually- as he did- and it all worked out in the end.

And I’m not saying he’s perfect or an angel- what man is? No marriage is perfect or easy- and every marriage (and person) has flaws. It takes effort and hard work to make a marriage work- identifying flaws is essential in order to be able to work on them. To me it seems as if they were very candid in talking about the flaws in their marriage- which to me signifies success in marriage. But that anonymous poster who claimed-based on her own crazy misinterpretation- that their marriage was “open” (among other mean-spirited comments I won’t bother to repeat) seems to want to use that conclusion as a basis for publicly bashing, berating, and defaming his character.

I realize the comment was posted a very long time ago- but people still come here and read it- so I thought it should finally be addressed and not be allowed to just hang here in cyberspace unchallenged.

FYI & TMI Fatone’s season of DWtSs is now in re-runs on GSN- so I figure I’m probably not alone in doing a search on him. I was trying to figure out which woman sitting in the audience is his wife- they focus in on her & then they switch to a woman sitting just in front of her- and since the daughter wasn’t there I wasn’t sure which one was his wife- so curiosity got the best of me & I ended up here… as to why I spent so much time ranting about this issue- I have no idea why this got under my skin- just one of those things…. and I’m supposed to be doing something else so I’m procrastinating…

Really nice family. They seem very grounded. I hope they have more kids!

what a beautiful family.. God Bless Them…

I had thought Mom and Dad had some similar facial features and seeing the comments maybe I was right.

I think she looks identical to her mom…her facial features/structure/shape are all the exact same as her mom’s

she looks just like joey imo.

Thats funny I think she looks exactly like her mama except with Joey’s eyebrows =)

I’ve never really noticed how much Briahna looks like her dad. Spare for the light hair, she is all her father to me. And I didn’t know that was how long he and his wife had been together, including the on-and-off phases they had. But they sound so normal, grounded, and extremely tight knit. I like that about them.

Yeah, that open door policy must still be in effect because he still to this day cheats on that poor woman. I would never put up with that, child or no child, lifestyle or no lifestyle. He’s still an immature cad! Even his own daughter knows he’s prone to stray, it’s so sad that this “unconventional” family is actually previewed in a magazine.