My question is why do these stars have to be engaged or nothing at all...she said she still liked the guy, but didn't want to be married this young. Why can't they then just be mature adults and continue to date w/o a 24k involved? Hollywood, I tell ya....

Because right now getting married young is the Hollywood "thing." They get magazine covers for it and more press, which wouldn't happen if they were just dating or even just living together.

I think Elizabeth Taylor is probably sitting there saying "y'all are effing stupid." She's said before that if the times had been different, she would have not married as many times as she did.