Two professional athletes in a high profile relationship break up shortly after their retirements from their respective sports.
Happens all the time where people retire and have more time to spend with their spouse and realizes they aren’t that much in love with each other
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BigPh1llyStyleApr 18, 2026
+38
I’m in “see you for a few romantic weekends a month” love not “ live together full time” love
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Excellent-Ad-7996Apr 18, 2026
+8
Ah, yes Covid love
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NZafeApr 18, 2026
+9
Megan Rapinoe has been retired for 3 years and Sue Bird has been retired for 4 years. That’s like 1/3 of their whole relationship.
Not exactly “shortly after”.
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IdaheckApr 18, 2026
+2
Maybe they thought they were 400 years old…
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TurboThot69Apr 17, 2026
+88
Big news for generational haters
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sittinduckApr 18, 2026
+33
They hit the lesbian pentagon.
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brispenceApr 18, 2026
+11
A second Subaru has hit the tower
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Impossible_Nature849Apr 18, 2026
+5
I do not think I am in the minority when I say I like Bird but not Rapinoe.
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External_Purchase367Apr 17, 2026
+18
I wonder what that means for that podcast they have together
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AcceptableHorror705Apr 17, 2026
+38
They announced that they will do 6 more episodes, taking turns who hosts them.
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External_Purchase367Apr 17, 2026
+8
Thank you!
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MusclyArmPaperboyApr 17, 2026
+41
Don't lesbian couples have the highest breakup rate?
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SealedRouteApr 17, 2026
+49
If I recall correctly, it was divorce rates, and that included divorces from men in order to start being with women.
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Fern-andoApr 18, 2026
+5
Gay men have the lowest divorce rate, no gay men ever get divirce from women in order to start being with men?
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joshuadsApr 17, 2026
+48
Divorce rate yes. Breakup is a little harder to study or define.
I don’t hate lesbians (or gays) and I still feel called out
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UniversityOverall418Apr 18, 2026
+2
Theres more than one study.
"This trend is consistent everywhere you look. For example, a study from the Netherlands which tracked married couples over 10 years found that 30 percent of same-sex female couples had divorced versus 18 percent of heterosexual couples and 15 percent of same-sex male couples."
https://medium.com/the-knowledge-of-freedom/lesbian-couples-are-2-5-times-more-likely-to-divorce-than-male-couples-here-are-6-reasons-why-ea1dad4bfc14
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Saltycrab_Apr 18, 2026
-2
My neighbors are lesbians and some of my best friends. They got me a watch for my birthday!
/s if you don’t get the joke
But really they are lovely and I enjoy spending time with them. I really don’t care who people choose to share a bed with as long as they are cool people
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zombawombacombaApr 17, 2026
-5
They have very high domestic violence rates.
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BareNakedSoleApr 17, 2026
-7
By far. Heterosexual couples around 50% while lesbians above 70%. Gay men are at less than 30% so clearly we need to understand gay men and their relationships more😁
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tonybaloney666Apr 17, 2026
+18
Statistically, the leading cause of divorce across all groups is marriage.
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RealWord5734Apr 17, 2026
-2
It’s two men. What more is there to understand?
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NorthernSoul1998Apr 18, 2026
-1
Knew one of you weird bigots would be instantly in here with your fake statistics
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BareNakedSoleApr 18, 2026
+2
I spoke to several of my lesbian friends. When I mentioned this they laughed and said yeah probably.
As a sidenote one of the women that I asked I first met her at a party years ago where she had a T shirt on that said on the back “If you can read this, the b**** fell off”. Her girlfriend also at the same party had a shirt on that said “I’m the b**** that fell off”. Great people, still together, and they are 100% certain I’m not a bigot.
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QuarterEmotional6805Apr 17, 2026
-21
No, because no one understands a woman like a woman does. So they all live happily ever after.
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McChillboneApr 18, 2026
+13
To be fair, Megan Rapinoe looks like she would be exhausting to live with full time.
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JohnCenaJuniorApr 18, 2026
+3
Why did Megan sue Bird?
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Stinkycheese8001Apr 17, 2026
+3
That’s sad, they both seem cool.
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navortsaApr 18, 2026
-1
Sue bird seems awesome. Megan Rapinoe is wack
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VERY_MENTALLY_STABLEApr 18, 2026
Quite honestly i am not familiar with these people, but i am immensely sad for them, and i hope that they can at least remain friends and look back at the good times they haf tohetbrr fondly.
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TheChubbyGolfer66Apr 17, 2026
-22
Really? Oh no. They were my rocks. The thing I held on to. This just ruined my life. But at least it was reported so I know what’s happening with the real issues of this world.
😬
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Agitated-Attempt-552Apr 17, 2026
+26
I mean to be fair,If you’re looking for the real issues of the world, maybe an entertainment forum isn’t the place for you.
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Chu_Kiddin_Me_Or_WhaApr 18, 2026
-4
Since when are people’s relationships considered entertainment?
I have to agree with the person above. Does anyone really care? People break up all the time.
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RollTh3MapsApr 18, 2026
+1
It’s relevant to entertainment when they do a podcast together which will likely end or change pretty drastically.
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Chu_Kiddin_Me_Or_WhaApr 18, 2026
-1
Niche podcasts come and go. This will really be no different.
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RollTh3MapsApr 18, 2026
+2
Ok? It’s still entertainment news no matter how much you try to move the goalposts.
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Chu_Kiddin_Me_Or_WhaApr 18, 2026
The podcast, sure. Their relationship, not at all. If they want to end the podcast, that’s a business decision.
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RollTh3MapsApr 18, 2026
+2
Now you’re just arguing for the sake of arguing. What a sad existence.
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No_Pudding4130Apr 17, 2026
+3
Really? I’m Surprised it took this long. Not a super fan but I’ve always gotten the vibe they’re opposites
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