Dwade Divorce?

[Jandern7]

http://thebiglead.com/?p=3175

D Wade and Bruce Pearl, No Longer Hindered by Marriage

If you see some women wandering the streets of Miami this weekend with that money-hungry look in their eyes, it's probably because Shaq isn't the only bachelor in town - D. Wade is also getting divorced, so sayeth Miami Sports Blog. Nobody who parties in Miami is surprised by this. The couple has been together for quite some time ... so he'll probably be out $10 million. At least.

Also, the Knoxville News is reporting that Tennessee coach Bruce Pearl recently filed for divorce from his wife of 25 years. The team returned from an 11-day trip to Europe and then the couple split. Before anyone tries to connect the dots to the Pat Summitt divorce, please read our blind item from months ago.

[muwarrior87]

sad to see. it's hard to keep a college or earlier romance together...especially when you're dwade and have that kind of publicity on you.

[ChicosBailBonds]

Sad...I was hoping they could be one of the few NBA couples to pull it off, not many do.  Sad if true.

[77ncaachamps]

Why?

It seemed to me that he was set with to be with her...Wade doesn't seem to be the type to do that...I hope he wasn't sleeping around...

[mu_hilltopper]

So sad.  I can only guess it's a deal where fame and fortune ruined love.  Hope the rumor isn't true.

[Marquette84]

So sad.  I can only guess it's a deal where fame and fortune ruined love.  Hope the rumor isn't true.

I'm not optimistic. 

His house was on the market earlier this year:
http://whheels.luxist.com/2007/04/08/dwayne-wades-house-estate-of-the-day/

It might be something as simple as that they outgrew this starter home.  But seems more likely that it represents a division of assets. 

I hope for the best for all involved--especially the kids.

[77ncaachamps]

My girlfriend searched online and had DWade linked to Kelly Rowland (of Destiny's Child) and some other girl.

As a Wade fan, it drops him down a couple of notches if this "messing around" is true.

[mufan924]

this is not surprising to me seeing as i was in school at the same time he was

[PuertoRicanNightmare]

They were way too young and inexperienced to get married.

It's too bad, but it doesn't affect my opinion of Wade one way or another.

[RawdogDX]

You can blame it on fame or guess that he may have been sleeping around, but honestly what percent of marriages between highschool sweetharts that were stuck with each other due to having a child actually last?

How many people on this page would honestly say that they would have been able to make a marriage between them and their high school gf work if they would have gotten her pregnant.  With or without the fame, with or without any cheating, it was a high risk relationship.  If he would have gotten hit by a bus his sophomore year and became a mail carrier would you have put money on them lasting till death? 

I wish the divorce rate wasn't as high as it is, but it's a fact and it's part of our culture.  To assume that we can find any single factor and say that it's to blame is ridiculous. 

Oh, and she's getting way more than 10 mil.

[augoman]

They were way too young and inexperienced to get married.

It's too bad, but it doesn't affect my opinion of Wade one way or another.

you're right PRN, they were too young and inexperienced, to have children...,.  the marriage came later.  The fact that he tried to make a family work, and failed, has to be hard on him, regardless of the causes.   Unless, he has changed substantially.

[jaygall31]

Can anyone confirm this? This is a shocker to me....

[Avenue Commons]

this is not surprising to me seeing as i was in school at the same time he was

I've heard similar comments from a lot of guys that were in school as the same time as D-Wade. The only thing that is strange is why now? He's been famous on different levels for 4 or 5 years. It's not like temptation didn't exist for him before and they stayed married. In any event, Siovahn is going to take him to the cleaners.

[Canned Goods n Ammo]

this is not surprising to me seeing as i was in school at the same time he was

I think I know what you are getting at, and you might not be wrong... but the only thing I will say is that a lot of kids immature at 18/19, so it might not be fair or accurate to judge their character based upon some of the choices made in the first 2 years of school.

Obviously, being a good person doesn't just happen when you hit 24yrs old, but I'm just saying a lot of good people might make questionable decisions when they are in their 1st 2 years of college.

[bma725]

this is not surprising to me seeing as i was in school at the same time he was

I think I know what you are getting at, and you might not be wrong... but the only thing I will say is that a lot of kids immature at 18/19, so it might not be fair or accurate to judge their character based upon some of the choices made in the first 2 years of school.

Obviously, being a good person doesn't just happen when you hit 24yrs old, but I'm just saying a lot of good people might make questionable decisions when they are in their 1st 2 years of college.

Little naive to think it stopped after the first two years.

[muguru]

I will say two things on this subject:

1. I hope it's not true because it hurts the kids more then anyone else.

2. I always thought - DELETED.  COME ON!

[ChicosBailBonds]

I will say two things on this subject:

1. I hope it's not true because it hurts the kids more then anyone else.

2. I always thought he ...

What does it mean to do "much better"....on looks?  Personality?   As I've gotten older I've come to realize that looks are great, but at the end of the day we're all going to be old, crusty, wrinkled, sagging, etc at some point and perhaps for a long period of time.  Attractiveness is essential, but I'll take a good woman I can live with for 50 years. 

[PuertoRicanNightmare]

Let's not forget that she married him when maybe SHE could have done better!

[Coobeys Oil Depot]

I know this will come off as pontification but I think it's pathetic to talk about this topic.

[muwarrior87]

i think if it's going to get posted, it's something to know but there's no reason to say one could have done better than who they married. It's sad when it doesn't work out but it's more and more part of today's society, sad to say. People get married early and then things change and they grow tired of each other or the reason they came together is no longer a factor in the relationship.  I hope they can work it out and still be good parents for the boys.

[OneMadWarrior]

South Beach+Fame+Money=Divorce
Enough said, he is a great player but very few people are strong enough to overcome temptation when it is thrown at them that often. Most NAB wives know their husbands will cheat (Unless they're Doug Christie) Why don't people get over it. He is young. Let him live a little. Being divorced doesn't mean someone can't be a great role model, father and person. That first statement is what most people think but that is not always the case.

[Canned Goods n Ammo]

this is not surprising to me seeing as i was in school at the same time he was

I think I know what you are getting at, and you might not be wrong... but the only thing I will say is that a lot of kids immature at 18/19, so it might not be fair or accurate to judge their character based upon some of the choices made in the first 2 years of school.

Obviously, being a good person doesn't just happen when you hit 24yrs old, but I'm just saying a lot of good people might make questionable decisions when they are in their 1st 2 years of college.

Little naive to think it stopped after the first two years.

I hear ya... I'm just saying my first few years of college I did a lot of things that probably wouldn't reflect well on me if I was put under the microscope.

To imply that his marriage didn't work out because of rumors/hearsay or isolated events from when he was 19 is a little misguided.

NOBODY here knows why it didn't work out.

[Pakuni]

I know this will come off as pontification but I think it's pathetic to talk about this topic.

I second your pontification.

[ChicosBailBonds]

I know this will come off as pontification but I think it's pathetic to talk about this topic.

I second your pontification.

If I had to guess it's probably because all of us have heard such great things, he married his high school sweetheart, we were led to believe that he wasn't like every other NBA player.  So it's disappointing to some I would guess.

Is he human, is he allowed to make mistakes...you bet.  I feel for the boys and the couple, it's a shame. 

Some people in society want to hold up famous people to a certain standard...a standard that many every day people live every day.  In a world that continually moves more and more away from "traditional values", values that many of us grew up with in the 1940's, 1950's, 1960's and such....you just hope that people can pull it off.  Yet we're deluged with Paris Hilton, OJ Simpson, etc...it's a bummer to some I would guess.  People sometimes hope for someone to be like them or be like their parents or grandparents. 

At least that's my guess.

If those words are pathetic, I beg forgiveness.  For me, I'm just concerned about the kids.  For others, I'm sure some sincere disappointment.  Nothing shocks me anymore...which I think is really the sad part of it all.  Society ain't what it used to be.

[Pakuni]

What's pathetic, IMO, is the theorizing about the possible reasons for the apparent breakup of his marriage, the pontificating about how he's "making a mistake" and statements that this somehow places a stain on the character of Dwyane Wade. None of us know the reasons for his possible divorce, and getting divorced does not make one a lesser human being. It means that person had an unsuccessful marriage ... like millions of others.

Beyond all that, it is in and of itself kind of bizarre that some are giving intense scrutiny to the personal relationship of two people none of us know. 

Oh, and I doubt many of us not named Murffeuis grew up in the 40s, 50s and 60s. But I would say that many of the values of the 40s, 50s, and 60s are hardly worth carrying on. That includes divorce, as studies have shown people born prior to 1955 are more likely to have been divorced than people born later.