Most fans of "Keeping up with the Kardashians," if they were paying attention, saw the multitude of red flags that Kim missed. Here are the ones I noticed, which ones did you see?
Just seventy-two days after their storybook wedding, Kim Kardashian filed for divorce stating, "After careful consideration, I have decided to end my marriage . . . I had hoped this marriage was forever but sometimes things don't work out as planned." Later stating, "It just didn't turn out to be the fairy tale I had so badly hoped for."
Unfortunately, when a man or woman is in the lust or romantic stage of a relationship the old adage that "love is blind" really does apply. Kim was incapable of "seeing" the full truth about her partner, Kris Humphries. She only saw the fairytale, not the reality.
Now, from an anthropological and evolutionary standpoint, this is a very needed and important aspect in procreating the human race. It is nature's way of blinding the man and woman long enough to secure a pregnancy. However, from a logical and realistic place, it is important to rise above the hormone-induced brain and see your potential mates' strengths and weakness, relationship skills, life goals, and be able to assess compatibility. This is easy to say but often hard to do.
During Kim and Kris Humphries courtship, five type of blaring red flags were caught on camera:
- The first was Humphries emotional immaturity. Fans of the show saw first hand how this played out when he faced any type of conflict with either Kim or her family. When a situation would arise in which Humphries did not agree or felt he was being mistreated, he would shut down a conversation, pout, withdraw, and complain instead of dealing with the issue directly.
- The second red flag was Humphries inability to effectively communicate. He often would cover his mouth, turn his head, and mumble a sarcastic comment to himself or run off to tell the other guys on the show how they were being emasculated by the Kardashian women.
- The third red flag was their lack of compatibility as the couple. This played out more vividly while they planned their glamorous wedding. Although a couple having disagreements during the planning stages of a wedding is normal, this couples' differences were glaringly obvious.
- The fourth red flag occurred when some of Kim's family members saw things they did not like about Humphries and questioned his true motives. When family members do this, there usually is a good reason -- so pay attention. Relying on those around you, such as family and friends who have your best interests at heart, can be used a good way to measure compatibility.
- The final red flag and probably the one that ended their marriage was Humphries lack of respect for Kim. Whether they were driving in a car talking about money, their future home or vacationing, Humphries was more concerned with his way than respecting Kim's ideas, thoughts, and feelings. The rumors that have surfaced since they were married about Humphries partying and dancing with other women while Kim is working is a perfect example of his disrespect for both her and the sanctity of their union.
The importance of paying attention to the red flags before marriage is crucial and can save everyone a lot of time, money and most importantly, heartache.
Did you catch even more red flags? Post the ones you noticed in a comment below.
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Well I am a CRAP expert and this article is just that-CRAP. (At least one of us is correct in our analysis and it isnt you)
1) wanting to donate (and presumably get the tax writeoff for) gifts purchased by others for the fake wedding,
2) refusing to return a ring given to you when you have no intention on remaining married to this man,
3) saying its 'ridiculous' that you have to address why your 72 day marriage was not fake from the start
and
4) The PR machine is wasting no time in trying to trash the soon to be ex husband (Exhibit A: This article)
And one of the things I love about that show is the ship between the sisters. why else was Khloe in Aussie with her? She can be a bit much, but she is the tigress amongst the sisters. Notice she is there when the going gets rough, and she was also keeping an eye on Rob to make sure he was on track with his Dancing with the Stars stuff.
I do believe she was also loathe to stop something that had spun out if control....but I thought she seemed really happy with him in St. Barts. However I was wary about the ring....it looked to me like the exact same one Bruce gave Kris on their anniversary.
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-She was given gifts which she refuses to return, and says it will go to charity as if she actually cares. Giving her gifts to charity means she gets a tax write-off, so she can keep her millions.
-She was given a 20.5 carat diamond ring which she refuses to return to Humphries for some unknown reason. You're divorced. What purpose does a diamond ring serve you? Oh, I know, she can just hock it at the nearest pawn shop and get millions from it.
-And to top it off, she was given $17 million for her "wedding." The plan was simple: make it look like you love someone, get "married", make money off it, then act happy for a couple months, before you toss your "husband" away and count the millions you made.
Kardashian apologists are exactly what's wrong with America's moral and social values.
Dear Ms. Maresca-Kramer. You seem to be focusing on Kris' faults but, just as it takes two to get married, it takes two to get divorced. A hallmark of proper journalism is impartiality and to convey both sides of a story. By focusing mainly on Kris' shortcomings, you made this article very lopsided and biased .... just sayin'.
The shows that you see on television are edited (by the K family). I recently read that E and the K family are re-editing KKTNY because they want to show Kris as a bad guy. This came after the backlash against Kim and her family.
The K family is in full damage-control mode right now, as is E Network. I don't think they anticipated the vitriol being spewed in their direction.
If you are going to critique the relationship, the very least that you could do is be fair and look at BOTH sides.