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Originally posted by winnieb
I don't see the issue with the amount of money she spent on the sheets--- yes, by the normal person standards it is alot--- and I am not directing is at ASUADPi, just in general because I have heard this OVER and OVER on tv / radio....
BUT according to Forbes, Jessica earned $4 million in 2004. Therefore her $2000 sheets are about .05% of her yearly earnings. Most of use wouldn't blink if I said I bought a new set of sheets today-nice egyptian cotton - high thread count and I paid $125 for the king set---- well if the average person is earning $50,000 (totally random number) then they would have spend .25% of their yearly incomes. As a % to earnings the $125 pair were more pricey. (yes- my current job title is accountant!)
But anyway, I am sad to see them split--- I liked them. Am I surprised- no! Nick seems so down to earth-- just like a normal person--- Jessica appears to be needy and helpless! But normally I could careless about celebrity couples- but I liked them!
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See it makes sense when you put it that way.
I guess for me (and it seemed like Nick might have been the same way). I wasn't raised with a lot of money, my parents made high 5 figures (combined) growing up. So, yes if I made it big and had millions I'd probably buy some things that were really expensive but I'd also know my roots and say to myself "why spend 2 grand on sheets when I can buy some other ones that I like for 200".
It seems like Nick thought that way too. Why pay someone to clean their house when they should just be doing it themselves? Why pay someone to move their furniture in when they can do it themselves? Nick seemed to be much more grounded and level headed.
And yes, she may have made 4 million, but if in fact she was a couple million in debt to her record label and then her frivilous spending (there were reports that she would go into a store and drop 50K in like an hour for clothes, that is a lot of frickin money). If you keep up the frivilous spending, the 4 mil is going to go down and down and down.
I'm sure money was a huge issue for them as it is for all married couples.
Aside from the money there were reports that Nick really wanted to kind of settle down in life (ie. not going to bars every night/club hopping and staying out until the crack of dawn) and have a family while Jessica was still pursuing the latter.
I don't think age is an issue for all couples out there, but I do think it was one for them. She was so young when they got together. He was her first love. She dated no one but him (thank you to Driven by VH1 for this tidbit of information). They break up, 9-11 happens they get back together and he proposes a few months later. She was only 22-23 when she got married. Now this is not to say that there aren't 23 year olds mature enough to get married, because there are, I just don't think Jessica would have fallen into that category.
She went from her parents who did everything for her and moved to Nick where she also expected him to do everything for her and Nick (you could tell by the Newleyweds) wanted her to pull her own weight.
I think at 22-23 Jessica had different goals for her life than Nick at 29 (ages when they married). I think the same goes for now, Jessica at 25-26 wants different things than Nick at 32.
I do feel bad for them. Divorce isn't fun. And being divorced at 25-26 isn't something Jessica probably forsaw.
But with all that I've said, I kind of understand the reasoning behind the divorce. If that makes any sense at all.