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Love is a many-splendored thing, especially when you’re gawking at it from the outside. In this column, we’ll be examining the celebrity couples that give us hope for our own romantic futures and trying to learn what we can from their well-documented bonds.
Here is my opinion on love: it should be fun. (Groundbreaking, I know!) Not all the time, obviously—sometimes you’re hungover and someone needs to make the coffee and someone else can’t find their phone and it’s too early in the morning and the sun is too bright and you just wish you were alone in a cold, dark room—but for the most part, if you’re with someone, you should be enjoying yourselves. (Granted, I am currently coming up on my six-month anniversary with my partner, which is the longest I’ve ever been with anybody, so take this with a massive flake of Maldon sea salt, but if you’re not having fun…break up!)
This theory of relationship fun brings me to the world’s former most eligible bachelor, actor George Clooney, and his wife, human rights lawyer Amal Clooney. I didn’t think it would be possible for George’s marriage to seem more fun than his single days (the gentleman owned a pig! A pig he shared a bedroom with on trips! Name one thing cooler than owning a pig!), but spiritually, the Clooneys always seem to be on vacation. To be fair, they are literally on vacation right now in Lake Como, but still.
Whenever I hear the Clooneys’ names, I think of the following Tina Fey joke from the 2015 Golden Globes: “George Clooney married Amal Alamuddin this year. Amal is a human rights lawyer who worked on the Enron case, was an advisor to Kofi Annan regarding Syria, and was selected for a three-person U.N. commission investigating rules of war violations in the Gaza Strip. So tonight…her husband is getting a lifetime achievement award.” It’s true as hell, but the best part was seeing how hard the joke made George laugh. He knows his wife is a genius, and he loves it! Himbo rights!
Of course, life can’t always be a party with four-year-old twins, but in a rare statement about her marriage, Amal told Time this year: “I have in my husband a partner who is incredibly inspirational and supportive, and we have a home filled with love and laughter. It is a joy beyond anything I could ever have imagined. I feel so lucky to have found a great love in my life, and to be a mother—this is how I get my balance.” Personally, I get my balance from working for thirty minutes and then spending a corresponding forty-five minutes on Lisa Says Gah (employers, don’t read this), but you go, Amal.
