<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Chateau Heartiste]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://heartiste.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[CH]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://heartiste.wordpress.com/author/roissy/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Wed Man Walking]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>Commenter <strong>Max from Australia</strong> made the following observation about Brad Pitt:</p>
<blockquote><p>Brad Pitt has been totally &#8220;pwned&#8221; by marriage, he should be the happiest dude in the world, loaded and with great looks. But look at a recent photo, the spark in his eyes has died. In his head the mantra is &#8220;get me out of here&#8230;get me out of here &#8220;.</p>
<p>He&#8217;s been cuckolded into looking after 4 kids who arent his, and handcuffed in by 2 kids who are&#8230;&#8230;His own kids allegedly get beaten up by the bigger kids in the &#8220;tribe&#8221;.</p>
<p>And his wife just keeps getting nuttier and he looks just as beaten down as any married schmuck.</p></blockquote>
<p>Here is the recent photo of Brad Pitt that Max linked to. You can see Pitt has been &#8220;Al Bundy-ized&#8221;:</p>
<p><img data-attachment-id="2577" data-permalink="https://heartiste.wordpress.com/2009/03/05/wed-man-walking/marriedchump/" data-orig-file="https://heartiste.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/marriedchump.jpg?w=325&#038;h=343" data-orig-size="325,343" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}" data-image-title="marriedchump" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://heartiste.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/marriedchump.jpg?w=325&#038;h=343?w=284" data-large-file="https://heartiste.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/marriedchump.jpg?w=325&#038;h=343?w=325" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-2577" title="marriedchump" src="https://heartiste.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/marriedchump.jpg?w=325&#038;h=343" alt="marriedchump" width="325" height="343" srcset="https://heartiste.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/marriedchump.jpg 325w, https://heartiste.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/marriedchump.jpg?w=142&amp;h=150 142w, https://heartiste.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/marriedchump.jpg?w=284&amp;h=300 284w" sizes="(max-width: 325px) 100vw, 325px" /></p>
<p>&#8220;Peeeeeeggg!&#8221;</p>
<p>Eyes glazed over. Not a hint of a smile. We&#8217;ve all seen this: The morose married man listlessly shambling around the mall with yapping wife and ungrateful brats in tow; the man who didn&#8217;t know what he was getting into and has subsequently had the joy of living beat out of him. Yes, not even marriage to Angelina Jolie, a top 1% woman (for her age), can stop this zombie-fication process. Brad Pitt is marching to the gravesite of his soul. He has lost the fight in him.</p>
<p>***</p>
<p><strong>UPDATE:</strong> Turns out Pitt is probably not married to Jolie (though there are <a href="http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&amp;q=are+pitt+jolie+married%3F&amp;aq=f&amp;oq=" target="_blank">persistent rumors of a secret wedding</a>). This is what I get for not keeping up with the latest moronic Hollywood celebrity gossip. I&#8217;m so ashamed. Nevertheless, my point stands. Pitt got roped into a multi-adoption, weirdo wife pseudo-marriage. He looks like a married man who woke up wondering what the hell just happened. Substitute almost any 5+ years married man you see walking about town and the truth of my observations becomes indisputable.</p>
<p>***</p>
<p>What women don&#8217;t seem to understand is that men could well do without the institution of marriage. We wouldn&#8217;t miss it at all. We could be perfectly happy in non-marital long term relationships. Men don&#8217;t breathlessly leaf through bridal mags or get jealous when our friends get hitched. We don&#8217;t dream of the wedding ceremony starting at the age of four. Married men *may* live longer than single men (<a href="http://blogs.psychologytoday.com/blog/living-single/200902/no-getting-married-does-not-make-you-live-longer" target="_blank">though these claims are in dispute</a>), but their psyches, their souls, and <a href="http://www.gnxp.com/blog/2006/05/ol-ball-and-chain.php" target="_blank">their masculine essence</a> die long before their bodies do.</p>
<p>Once the first couple years of childless, lustful flush wanes, the married man becomes the walking dead&#8230; unless he revitalizes himself with a young mistress.</p>
<p><strong>Maxim #11: The greater the sexual market value disparity between the husband and his depreciating wife, and the more kids they have, the more life the husband has sucked out of him.</strong></p>
<p>For instance, Angelina Jolie is on the downward slope with the wall rapidly approaching. She is looking more like a man every day. They have adopted kids from all over the world. Nonbiological kids are not loved as much by parents as biological kids would be, don&#8217;t let them tell you otherwise. The resentment shows itself in little ways. Brad Pitt is still very much at the peak of his sexual power. He could have almost any 9 and 10 in the world. And he knows it. Instead, he is shackled to an androgenizing, aging Jolie and a zillion kids, only a couple of which are his. And the adopted kids are beating the shit out of his own flesh and blood. He has to be thinking &#8220;Why did I sign up for this?&#8221;.</p>
<p>I do believe it is time for a handy chart to illustrate the gradual psychological degradation of the married man, as seen in the emptiness of his gaze.</p>
<p>Years                % Sexiness                       # of Kids                 Spark of Life<br />
<span style="text-decoration:underline;">Married             Remaining in Wife                                            in Man&#8217;s Eyes      </span><br />
0-2                    100                                         0                    sparkling with life<br />
2-5                     80                                         1-2                   serene and stoic<br />
5-7                     60                                         1-3*                          glassy<br />
(one semi-retarded)<br />
7-10                  50                                         1-3*                   1000 yard stare<br />
(one gay)<br />
10-12                40                                         1-4*                       serial killer<br />
(one adopted,<br />
different race)<br />
12-15                20                                         1-5*                         comatose<br />
(one flamboyantly gay,<br />
two adopted,<br />
one autistic,<br />
one hates you)<br />
15-20                5                                           1-5*                           zombie<br />
(one drug addict,<br />
one with gender confusion,<br />
son who throws like girl,<br />
one who looks like Samuel Jackson,<br />
one in jail for filming upskirt vids)<br />
20-infinity       -100                                 Lost count                      Terminator</p>
<p>The evidence is clear. Your best bet as a man is to <a href="https://heartiste.wordpress.com/2009/02/18/why-i-left-my-fat-wife/" target="_blank">NOT GET MARRIED</a>. <a href="https://heartiste.wordpress.com/2008/11/12/porker-potential/" target="_blank">JUST SAY NO</a>. <a href="https://heartiste.wordpress.com/2008/05/01/relationships-kill-sex/" target="_blank">DON&#8217;T DO IT</a>. <a href="https://heartiste.wordpress.com/2008/01/14/dont-get-married/" target="_blank">ARE YOU CRAZY?</a></p>
<p>Don&#8217;t emulate Brad Pitt. Instead, be like this guy:</p>
<p><img data-attachment-id="2587" data-permalink="https://heartiste.wordpress.com/2009/03/05/wed-man-walking/george_clooney_swimming/" data-orig-file="https://heartiste.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/george_clooney_swimming.jpg?w=289&#038;h=343" data-orig-size="321,381" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}" data-image-title="george_clooney_swimming" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://heartiste.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/george_clooney_swimming.jpg?w=289&#038;h=343?w=253" data-large-file="https://heartiste.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/george_clooney_swimming.jpg?w=289&#038;h=343?w=321" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-2587" title="george_clooney_swimming" src="https://heartiste.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/george_clooney_swimming.jpg?w=289&#038;h=343" alt="george_clooney_swimming" width="289" height="343" srcset="https://heartiste.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/george_clooney_swimming.jpg?w=289&amp;h=343 289w, https://heartiste.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/george_clooney_swimming.jpg?w=126&amp;h=150 126w, https://heartiste.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/george_clooney_swimming.jpg?w=253&amp;h=300 253w, https://heartiste.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/george_clooney_swimming.jpg 321w" sizes="(max-width: 289px) 100vw, 289px" /></p>
<p>Those eyes are full of life. That smirk says it all. This is the look of a man who knows he made the right decision.</p>
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