SITUATION: How did they deal? (Coping w/Transitions)

How could we forget the SITUATION Madonna and Guy Richie found themselves in as they had a big transition in their lives: DIVORCE! PopTheory found that the trigger for this transition was Madonna’s busy lifestyle and her lack of care for investing time in Guy. The timing of the big divorce was pretty “off time.” Madonna was getting ready for another world tour and it was not expected, at least within our social clock, that her and Guy would initiate a divorce. Pretty bad timing! PopTheory had a lot of statements from both Madonna and Guy. Guy said that he felt like he had no control in the situation and that the divorce really blind-sighted him. Madonna on the other hand said she saw this coming and she feels like she can control how to deal with it and the next steps to take to make this transition in her life go by smoothly. Guy and Madonna’s roles have definitely changed in the eyes of their children. Now single mom and single dad, Guy and Madonna no longer exist in the married-couple role. It is nice to know, however, that both Guy and Madonna had experienced the end of long-term relationships before and seen many of their Hollywood friends move through divorces, so their experience with a transition like a divorce was not foreign to them. Lots of stress existed around the divorce as Madonna was embarking on a world tour and looking to adopt another child, and Guy was beginning to film a movie, not to mention their fight for lots of $$$! However, after all was said in done, Madonna and Guy assessed the relationship through various statements to magazines and talk shows and said they were both a part of the big transition in their life and each of their behaviors played a role in the reason why they couldn’t stay together. It was a sad story for PopTheory but a popular one to run!!!
(SITUATION: Trigger, timing, control, role change, duration, previous experience with a similar transition, concurrent stress, assessment).