I agree with celebritybabylover I think she just doesn’t want anyone to know her plans of marriage and maybe she wants that kept personal. And thats her right to her own personal life and decisions. It shouldn’t be anyones business but the people they decide to tell.
A.J.

I also want to add that it’s very possible that the reaso Brooke made the comment about being too busy to plan a wedding was to try and get the media off her back!

AJ- Excellent point! Not everyone wants to get married in a courthouse or in their backyard.

Take me, for example. As the daughter of a minister, I can’t see getting married anywhere other than at a church. I also can’t see not being married in the eyes of the church (which you aren’t if you opt to do the courthouse thing).

Basically, I tend to see getting married (and by that I mean the actual act of marrying, not the marriage as a whole!) as more of a sacrament, as AJ said (and techincally, if you get married in a church, the wedding is indeed considered a sacrament.).

I don’t know how religious Brooke and David are (although both have made it clear that they are definently religious!), but it’s very possible that they also see getting married as a sacrament, and can’t see getting married anywhere other than a church.

I realize that not everyone is religous, and church weddings aren’t right for everyone. I’m just saying that for some people, getting married at a courthouse or in a backyard aren’t right, and Brooke and David might be two of those people.

Lorus- Interesting you should mention that! I always think it’s interesting how the one thing that Angie and Brad never seem to get criticized for is not being married (not that I think they should be criticized for that, by any means!). Yet other celebs (such as Brooke and David) get raked over the coals for it!

Anyone have any idea why Angie and Brad don’t get criticized for not being married (as well as having lots of kids together without being married, which I’ve also seen other celebs criticized for)?

Anyway, as for why Brooke and David aren’t getting criticized for wanting to have more kids….Unfourtnately, I think the J-Ps mostly get criticized for it because they adopt as well as have biological kids.

If you go through CBB’s archives, you’ll see that Angie really got raked over the coals when she adopted Pax (not for the actual adoption, but for the fact that she adopted him so soon after Shiloh was born).

However, when she “announced” her pregnancy with Knox and Viv (via her obvious bump!), no one said a word about her having another kid (at this point, it obviously wasn’t yet confirmed that she was having twins) so soon after adopting Pax.

Also, there were two rumors of Jolie-Pitt adoptions (one of a girl from the African nation of Chad, and the other of a boy from Prague, Czech Republic) between the adoption of Pax and the “announcement” of Angie’s pregnancy with the twins. Angie got raked over the coals for both of those (never mind that neither of them were even true to begin with!).

When Angie recieved no criticism for adding to the family so soon after adopting Pax when she “announced” her pregnancy, the sad fact became clear to me: At least to the people raking her over the coals for Pax’s adoption and the two rumored ones, it’s just fine and dandy if she has biological kids one right after the other. But if she adopts them instead, then it’s a problem.

For some reason, some people just seem opposed to Angelina adopting.

Granted, marriage is not for everyone and I’ll never be one to judge someone for not wanting to marry their significantly other. BUT at the same time, it’s ridiculous to go around saying that you “don’t have time” to get married when you were able to find the time to build a house, have two kids, and train several hours a day for a cheesy television show. It’s one thing if Brooke and David don’t really want to or feel the need to get married; whatever works for them is none of my business. But to use the time thing as an excuse is just incredibly dumb. Filing for a license takes all of half an hour and the ceremony could be nothing more than a quiet evening with immediate family in the backyard.

Honestly, having and raising a child with someone on a daily basis is as big as, if not bigger, commitment than marriage, but I get that a pregnancy should not always necessitate marriage. One reason I admire the Brad/Angie relationship is because they are clearly devoted to their children together but do not going around calling each other husband and wife. Maybe because I could see myself in a similar arrangement one day (I don’t know that marriage is for me personally.) But either you’re married or you’re not–and until Brooke and David can find the time to get married then they simply are not husband and wife.

Also, if they don’t feel they have time to plan a wedding — look at Jessica Alba and Cash Warren. I REALLY applaud them for tying the knot and putting their family first rather than putting off their wedding so it could be a big one…

AGAIN I am going to post this because I strongly believe that we have no right to tell her nor david what is right or wrong for them and their family. We don’t live in their house you all are on the outside looking at the tiny trimings of news that you get from them. You can’t judge and you don’t have the right to because NONE of you know all the details of their relationship or plans. Leave them alone and stop judging like you know exactly everything that happens in their lives, and all the details in it.

I think its more than a courthouse I think its a sacrament and since both have admitted to being religous they need to be the ones to decide when they will make that sacrament and take that vow. They need to do it when its right for them, not right in everyone else’s eyes. I don’t think its about less money I think its about them wanting to do it right the way they want to do it. And I don’t think anyone should be criticall its their lives their personal lives and their personal business when they want to get married. No one should be telling them what they should or shouldn’t be doing with their decisions and what is best for their families except for them!

A.J.

Oh please.
I agree with Lauren – she’s not married no matter how much she may want to pretend to be.

Personally, I think the “piece of paper” excuse is just a pathetic saying said by those who don’t want to risk the true commitment a marriage gives.

For those who “can’t be bothered” with the “time consuming” process of planning a wedding – who says the wedding has to be big and fancy? It can be just a quiet affair with only the couple, priest and witness – it can be as big or small as you want it to be.
Sorry but her excuse doesn’t hold any weight. If Brooke or her boyfriend don’t want the true commitment a marriage brings, why are they afraid to say so?

I have to strongly disagree that marriage is “just a piece of paper”. It is a solemn oath, a promise and a commitment, whereas just living together shows a LACK of certainty; lack of commitment; that you’re not really sure and just want the easy way out. If you truly love eachother why hesitate to get married?

Effing excuses really annoy me. Sure it’s just a piece of paper. Until someone gets sick and you have NO RIGHTS to even see them, much less make decisions about them, put them on your health insurance, receive their life insurance policy $$, etc. You are not taking care of your SO and children if you do not marry. That sounds harsh, but I see it too often around me.

If she gets married to David, doesn’t that automatically mean her alimony payments from her previous husband reduce dramatically or stop altogether? I know her previous husband is a very successful L.A. plastic surgeon. Just asking…?