Kate Winslet v Trolls.

Kate Winslet announced her third pregnancy this week, with her third husband......*everybody gasps*

*except me*

Seriously, the comments I have seen on twitter, Facebook (not that I give an arse about what people on Facebook think) and online forums, anyone would think she's announced her third child with her brother!

Disgusting, slag, 3x3, chav, gross with no morals...the list of charming names being spewed out by some seriously ignorant and sad people, is endless. Is it really so bad in this day and age to have three children by three fathers, she married them so surely that counts for something? Is it really that reckless and irresponsible to warrant the abuse and self righteous opinions that people are throwing at her?
Let me tell you a story,
Once upon a time a beautiful young woman with golden blonde hair and sparkly blue eyes met a young man at work, they fell in love and had a bouncing baby boy, it appeared over time that the young man had mental health issues, he was diagnosed with schizophrenia, he battled so deeply, and when he couldn't take it anymore he walked up to Archway Bridge and jumped off and killed himself.
Distressed and alone, the young woman tried to rebuild her life with her baby boy and after some time had passed met another young man, and fell in love, together they had lovely twin daughters! The woman was so blissful and happy, after everything that had happened, she had a future to look forward too.
That was until the twins father decided he could no longer cope with being a parent, he had met a new woman at work and wanted to be with her, so off he went, without a second glance, leaving the twins, leaving the mother, never to be heard of again for over twenty years.
So on the beautiful blonde woman went, three kids, 2 fathers gone and a bleak future ahead.
That is until 6 years later she met the man that was to be her husband, a kind, caring loyal man, whom she had a little girl with, her fourth and final child, 4th child, 3rd father (the twins, remember - keep up)
Until he died. Killed in a car accident. He died and she was alone with four children, and she remained alone for the rest of their childhood because she could bear no more pain and trauma. Four kids, three fathers, all gone. Through no fault of her own. Alone.

The blonde woman is my mother, and the above is all true.

I know that this differs to Kate Winslet's scenario, after all she is divorced not widowed. The point is, life is out of our hands, we rarely get to choose how life will pan out for ourselves. Sometimes things just happen and you have to deal with it the best way you know how. Things end and you find hope with new beginnings, and hell sometimes they end too. It's easy to become disheartened.

Clearly Kate doesn't, clearly she believes she will get her fairy tale ending, and why the hell shouldn't she. We all deserve to be happy don't we? After a certain amount of break ups should we just shut ourselves down, declare shop closed, and never seek for happiness with another person for as long as we shall live?

I seriously hope not.