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AIBU to think Coleen Rooney should divorce Wayne Rooney

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user1497997754 · 04/09/2017 07:45

I think you could maybe forgive him the once but he continues to humiliate her with his womanising....if she leaves him tho will he just end up like George Best...you thoughts

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SemiNormal · 04/09/2017 09:34

She should give in a good telling off and not go on holiday without him in future. Couples who rarely spend a night apart get involved in less adultery - Yes, shame on her for leaving him on his own - poor little Wayne however was he meant to manage not sticking his dick in someone else with Coleen not around to help him! Angry

Anatidae · 04/09/2017 09:35

That article is awful :(

I've never met her but colleagues have (I used to work on Rett syndrome and she's involved in charity fundraising etc.) by all accounts she's a very nice person and has a decent head on her shoulders. The people I know who've met her all said she's alright (fun loving scientists, I trust 'em.)

Why on earth is it her responsibility to 'save' him - such sexist claptrap. And ffs oldie you must have a dim view of men if you gonna they're dogs in heat, unable to help themselves if hey get a whiff of skirt.

He's an idiot, a lazy, sexually incontinent idiot. I feel quite sorry for her and the kids - all this played out in the spotlight is going to leave her kids open to some teasing at school.

SchadenfreudePersonified · 04/09/2017 09:35

Hell's teeth!

That Bel Mooney doesn't get any better does she?

What a sh*thead.

Serenaballerina37 · 04/09/2017 09:39

I once had to work with a group of top bankers (all married), all very successful. Occasionally we had to socialise together. One of them told me that they were all unfaithful after big nights out and most of them had a 'free pass' to stay out one night every week. Their wives all knew what they were doing, he said, but it was just 'bad manners to get caught'. I am sure there is a similar culture with footballers when they go out on a bender.

CR knows what WR does when he goes out with the lads, there has been loads in the press about it, stretching over the years, and I'm sure loads of other stories she has found out about that haven't made the media. She has continued to stay married to him and have more children with him.

I don't think it's 'victim shaming' but I think we're bored of these couples making money out of their 'perfect lives' and making careers off the backs of being married to footballers. How are these wives better than the women that the footballers are going home with? I find it disgusting that the OW get looked down upon but the wives don't.

pigeondujour · 04/09/2017 09:41

She should give in a good telling off and not go on holiday without him in future. Couples who rarely spend a night apart get involved in less adultery.

I know you mightn't think it to look at him but he's technically what's known as a Premier League footballer. I don't think 'rarely spending a night apart' is viable in this case.

SheldonsSpot · 04/09/2017 09:43

Totally agree with Serena, does anyone actually believe that WR's only "indiscretions" that CR knows about are the ones that make it into the press?

She knows exactly what she signed up for,

I feel sorry that she probably feels the world is laughing at her, but if she's had enough she knows what to do.

BattleaxeGalactica · 04/09/2017 09:48

She probably should but she won't just as she never has all the many many times before.

His career is coming rapidly to an end though. Might be a different story once the millions stops flowing quite as readily and who could blame her if she has a Plan B.

Aderyn17 · 04/09/2017 09:48

Oldie the 1950's called. They want their attitude back. A marriage is dead in the water if one person has to be with the other 24/7 to prevent them cheating!

All the time she stays, she denies herself the chance to meet a man who will love and respect her. I think that's sad.

mydogisthebest · 04/09/2017 09:52

I feel sorry for the children but not for Coleen. He has cheated in the past and I bet far more times than the newspapers have found out about. He has had sex with prostitutes which I think is pretty disgusting.

Now on top of the cheating he has been driving while drink. No excuse for that whatsoever.

She comes across as an idiot, putting up with a cheating husband and churning out babies. She needs to think what sort of example he is setting his children

pigeondujour · 04/09/2017 09:53

I'd say she ultimately knows the world isn't really laughing at her for more than a few minutes each. It's completely tangential to people's lives. It's pointless for 'normal' people, even normal very rich people, to say what they would do in her position because most people's whole stratospheres are not built around who their husband is and what he does, and so publicly, in the way hers is. It would shape your whole worldview differently.

pigeondujour · 04/09/2017 09:54

And his career/money are not coming to an end anytime soon. They'll just come from a different job role.

Anatidae · 04/09/2017 09:54

How are these wives better than the women that the footballers are going home with? I find it disgusting that the OW get looked down upon but the wives don't.

Because the wives arent the ones shagging around! It's the MEN DOING THE SHAGGING who are in he wrong but you're looking down on only the women here - - Why?
CR has been with him since they were teenagers and she's got three young kids. You honestly think she's disgusting for not kicking him out? Why? Because there's money involved? She could have half of it tomorrow if she kicked him out.

She's not the guilty party in all this :/

Annabelle4 · 04/09/2017 09:56

Aren't her parents always on holiday with her? They're obviously very close. At what point will they not just say 'enough is enough', and insist she leave him?
I couldn't sit back and allow my daughter to be treated like that Sad

She has family support, and will never have to worry about finances or for her kids futures.
I can't imagine why she would stay with him now.

Also, I'm disappointed to see that he is mainly only being criticized for the cheating, there isn't much discussion on the fact that he was drink driving. 3 times over the limit I think? He could have killed someone. I would find that equally as hard to forgive if I was married to him and he was the father of my children.

Anatidae · 04/09/2017 10:00

If she was some random mum posting in here that her DH had had repeated flings/drunken sessions with prostitues and was drink driving, the response would be 'protect yourself and your children, kick the bugger out and do the freedom program, you're worth more than that.'

But she's loaded so everyone piles on. Huge double standard.

Colleen, if you're reading, kick the bugger out, and do the freedom program ;) you're worth more than that!

pigeondujour · 04/09/2017 10:04

I'd be very surprised if he's never drunk-driven in her presence, or with her knowledge. Again, it's a totally different world for them and normal rules will feel like they don't apply - and consequences will be far easier to brush off.

Aderyn17 · 04/09/2017 10:07

How are these wives better than the women that the footballers are going home with? I find it disgusting that the OW get looked down upon but the wives don't

Why would anyone look down on the wives? They are not cheating.
These OW are having sex with married men and then selling all the sleazy details to the press. There is no basic human decency, they don't care at all about the impact those sleazy details will have on the wives and children. I judge them to be as morally bankrupt as the men who sleep with them in the first place.
And don't even get me started on the drink driving!

BattleaxeGalactica · 04/09/2017 10:09

And his career/money are not coming to an end anytime soon. They'll just come from a different job role

He struggles with his fitness and always has. Not many more years playing left in him which means sponsorship will dry up (if it isn't already given he's becoming steadily more tarnished as a brand). He's not going to make the crossover to modelling H&M budgie smugglers either. He agreed a 50% pay cut to rejoin Everton. If he moves to management - even internationally - or TV punditry he will take a further cut. He may still command more than most of us will see in our lifetimes but it will definitely not be growing on trees as it has up until now.

MidnightAura · 04/09/2017 10:12

That article in the Fail is disgusting. Poor Wayne just fell on to the girls lips did he? Just like previous times when he just happened to fall into a prostitute. Guessing he also just fell behind the wheel of a car and decided to drive it drunk too. After all it's not like he can afford a taxi.

He doesn't need saving. He's one chromosome away from flinging feces at bystanders.

Serenaballerina37 · 04/09/2017 10:14

I quite agree Anatidae!

But it seems as though WR is going to continue being WR, an ugly potato who thinks he is above the law, so it's a case of do you live with it or do you not. Taking risks drinking and driving is not cool and is the real problem, I agree, the affairs and one night stands are nothing new. We don't know whether the drinking and driving is new but I doubt it.

Four children and a wife is not going to change him. If CR continues to live with him, however, I would prefer not to see the perfect family photoshoots.

LaurieMarlow · 04/09/2017 10:18

He may still command more than most of us will see in our lifetimes but it will definitely not be growing on trees as it has up until now.

He'll be absolutely fine. He has already amassed a fortune which I'm sure an accountant is looking after for him and his opportunities to earn more will be plentiful.

Serenaballerina37 · 04/09/2017 10:19

I made the statement earlier about the OW because they are probably flattered by the attention and probably in a difficult personal situation themselves (eg the current one is a single mum etc). Of course they have also behaved badly but I think that women are very cruel towards OW. It seems to be the madonna - whore thing which was in the papers yesterday. The OW is not a one dimensional person. She probably got caught up on the night she met WR. He probably flattered her and told her a lot of lies, about his life and maybe, in a drunken haze, she believed them, especially if she was at a low ebb etc. She is single and behaved badly but nowhere near as how badly WR has behaved. From what I've seen in bars, it is always the men who chat up the women, not the other way around!

HE IS THE PRIZE TWUNT!!! Let's focus on him.

LaurieMarlow · 04/09/2017 10:20

I mean, he's a complete dick (obviously) but he is and will continue to be a rich dick.

Anatidae · 04/09/2017 10:26

There isn't enough money, or indeed gin, on the planet to entice me to lock lips with Wayne Rooney.

CR needs to show him his marching orders. 3x over the drink drive limit - he could have killed someone. I hope he gets as long a ban as they can throw at him.

pigeondujour · 04/09/2017 10:29

By almost anyone's definition money will certainly be 'growing on trees' for him and his family for the rest of their lives.

Aderyn17 · 04/09/2017 10:32

Serena I think it is fair to say that often OW bear the brunt of the blame when it is the man who should truly be on the receiving end - it is easier for a wife to blame the OW (who is usually a stranger) than the man she loves. But, people do have a responsibility to be decent. Loads of people have challenging lives and don't choose to behave like this. There is no excuse for passing on all the sleazy details.
It won't only be the Rooney children who get to read all about this one day. I don't suppose her own child will want to know all this either.

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