But they were so perfect together...

Was anyone else a little bit shocked when Antonia Kidman split this week with hubby Angus Hawley? She seemed to have the whole thing sewn up – great marriage, beautiful children and a rocking career. Then, suddenly, her hubby is in treatment for depression and they’re separating. Just like that – the whole thing collapsed like a house of cards. I’ll be sending Antonia a martini and the Reality Chick hotline number toot sweet, but it also brings me to the topic for today’s blog – surprise splits.
There’s been a heap of them over the years in celebrityville – Brad n’ Jen (they seemed so perfect together), Nick and Jessica (he wrote love songs about her for goodness sakes... LOVE SONGS), Katie Holmes and Chris Klein (aww, they were so ALL AMERICAN) Meg Ryan and Dennis Quaid (seemed so solid until she fell for our Russ); Kate Hudson and her rocker hubby Chris (mis-matched, but cute all the same); Reese and Ryan (although hello, the signs were there, if we're honest). And the list goes on.
My question is – do you ever really know what’s going on behind the scenes for any couple? No matter how perfect it may seem from the outside – it can be a real mess on the home front. The opposite can also be true. A messy/bickering couple who wear their problems on their sleeves, can actually be really sweet and relatively harmonious behind closed doors. I guess the take-home lesson here kids, is you shouldn’t assume your friends have cookie cutter relationships just because they’re ticking the husband, kids, house boxes. We should also try to listen out for small signs that all is not well in perfectionland for our happily paired-off friends and family. They might be subtly trying to tell us something is wrong. I know that I was dropping hints right, left and centre before my last big break-up and I dearly wished that someone had thrown me a life-buoy and a bottle of vodka months before I actually made the break.
This week’s pop quiz: Have you ever been in a surprise break-up? Or seen a relationship unravel in front of your very eyes? Or if you just fancy sharing your favourite celeb split from the past year.... hop to it.