See in the world of Lesbian romance, it is almost SOP to become best friends with your ex. I don't see much strange in this.

They had something and it's over - but it isn't quite over since they have the kids to worry about.

The only other model is the one where they drag one another to court for 18 years, try to make the kids hate the other parent/step-parent/etc.

Take your pick.

Well, see, I don't accept the "they were married and now it's just over" model because I don't view marriage as just another relationship.

If things were so awful as to truly warrant a divorce (abuse, infidelity, etc.) then they should stay away from each other. All this "buddy, buddy" stuff is mere hypocracy and easily seen through by everybody involved, kids included.

However, if they're really such pals and still love each other as claimed, they had no business getting divorced. And if they felt they couldn't deal with that level of commitment, they shouldn't have got married to begin with.

Of course, these are Hollywood people, so all bets are off anyway.

What part about "string of Hollywood beauties" did you not understand?

Well, I do approve of this situation more than the Alec Baldwin one.

It's not just Hollywood - when my neice was young, my sis and BIL would hang out socially with her ex and his new wife. The guys got along really well...it was truly strange for the rest of us.

PEOPLE!...people....why all the fuss? Look at the picture again.... Bruce Willis is F-I-S-H-I-N-G, and we all know that fishing and golf take precedence over ALL other matters, I mean, it is more important than love or war....

Der Brucemeister: "Enjoy her, son. Women are a dime a dozen. Even the gorgeous ones. But, a world class marlin?! Now THAT is something special. Pardon me while I have the REAL fun here."

I'm with Bruce. Of course, I grew up in Panama and was catching sailfish, wahoo, and dorado before I turned nine.

Kutcher does seem like the type that needs a mommy though. Bruce is most definitely the daddy type. Demi has probably outgrown (Or out-groan) that stage.

Full Disclosure: I remember Demi from General Hospital when I was in high school, and she was in my top ten list. Was being the operative word.

"Time is the fire in which we burn" and all that.

Robbo, sorry the rest of us don't live up to your august standards on how we run our personal relationships. When you are elected emperor, you can dictate how we live. In the meantime....

Hmm. A comparison:

It is best for the baby if before attempting to get pregnant a woman discusses it with her obstetrician and starts taking pre-natal vitamins; takes essentially no medications, abstains from alcohol, tobacco, and drugs; has a completely healthy pregnancy; and has a term vaginal delivery. The chance of all of this happening is rather low.

In a perfect world everyone would have met their perfect mate by 18, get married, have kids, never get into an argument that lasted more than 30 minutes, and never have something drastically affect the marriage. In a perfect world there would be no divorce.

Do people sometimes get married and divorced for what seem like silly reasons to me? Sure. Is this a better state of affairs than is being nearly impossible to get a divorce for any reason? Seems like it to me.

And when a gay couple I know who have been together for more than 25 years can't get married, this isn't a perfect world.

I think BW doesn't have a problem with it cause he's boning Ashton too.

You're not gay if you're pitching.

I'd do him. In a completely metrosexual way though.

WTF is Bruce doing with that rig? He's either retarded about fishing, or he's drunk. He's over-the-shoulder Annie Oakley-ing that thing. He can't have a fish on, or the boat would be stopped, and if he's just trolling with a lure or a ballyhoo, he wouldn't need that grimace to adjust the line out.

That's a pretty small boat for people with more than a little $.