Random Soapbox for Saturday 7/25/15

I don't mean to go off on a rant here, but ...

... it's funny how marriage shaming crops up at the oddest time -- part 1. (Spoiler alert ... that means there's going to be a part 2 next Saturday ... same phrase but a completely different arena.  And, based on a quick search on the old google tonight, there might even be enough to do a part 3, seeing as how I'm not sure I'm using the concept the same way the rest of the interwebs is.)

It's no secret that my biological parents collected marriages like they were communists assigned to marriage-collecting as a profession by the communist job-assigners (that was a thing, right?) ... and so they had nine between them both.

Now that both of them have passed, I found it interesting how the fact that someone had multiple marriages is portrayed.

For instance, we say ...

Zsa Zsa Gabor Belge Hilton Sanders Hutner Cosden Ryan O'Hara Alba von Anhalt

but only ...

Mickey Rooney (not Mickey Rooney Rooney Rooney Rooney Rooney Rooney Rooney Rooney)

and we say ...

Liz Taylor Hilton Wilding Todd Fisher Burton Burton Warner Fortensky

but only ...

Frank Sinatra (not Frank Sinatra Sinatra Sinatra Sinatra)

and we say ...

Erica Kane Martin Brent Cudahy Chandler Roy Roy Montgomery Montgomery Chandler Marick Marick Montgomery

but only ...

Geraldo Rivera (not Geraldo Rivera Rivera Rivera Rivera Rivera)

And, more specific to my situation, we say ...

Mary Irene Seiters Marsh Neidermyer Fox Drey

but only ...

Ralph Eugene Neidermyer (not Ralph Eugene Neidermyer Neidermyer Neidermyer Neidermyer Neidermyer)

Seems like patriarchal society wins again ... and, in my recent postings, I fell into the men-make-all-the-rules trap ...

I HAD TO LOOK UP THE ERICA KANE LIST:
http://susanlucci.com/cgi-bin/p/awtp-custom.cgi?d=susanlucci.com&page=3259

CELEBRITIES WHO LIKE TO MARRY:
http://www.ranker.com/list/celebrities-with-the-most-marriages/general_crack?utm_expid=16418821-126.8pyCWsFxRmurmM1_hVCf8Q.0&utm_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F

SOME OTHER FUN MARRIAGE STUFF:
http://www.rd.com/slideshows/13-surprising-marriage-laws-you-might-be-breaking-right-now/