For the most part it is hard to speculate about why a marriage break-up occurred. Even in regards to celebrities there remains a fair degree of ambiguity hidden behind the well-thought-out publicity statements. Perhaps it is better if the layperson does not know why celebrity couples break-up.
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On occasion we are given "inside information" as to why a couple have broken up. Like, for instance, why the king of bizarre cooking Heston Blumenthal has left his wife. He left wife of twenty-two years, Zanna, for fellow chef Suzanne Pirret, author of the cookbook The Pleasure Is All Mine. It is disappointing that such a split has occurred. No doubt it will be said that twenty-two years is a good effort by today's standards, however, this does not reflect the commitment that Heston made to his wife and her to him. The union of a marriage is to last a lifetime, not a mere twenty-two years.
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It would appear that Heston has left his wife to be with this younger, prettier woman. This is fairly typical of celebrities because it is a tendency that is prevalent everywhere you look. The idea is that you settle with someone until a better someone comes along (usually better aesthetically). Of course this is just ridiculous self-indulgence that outweighs the commitment to ones previous partner. Yet there is no rational reason why somebody shouldn't participate in doomed relationships in this way if they prescribed to an atheist worldview. After all this life is the only one we have and at the end of our puny existence we will all just turn to dust. If this is the case then we should always act in a way that will benefit us the greatest.
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It could be said that I am only speculating as to what Heston may or may not have done (for instance, had they been separated for a while and only recently announced it publically?). However, this is irrelevant. What is important is 1. marriage is meant for life; and 2. many people (particularly young adults) participate in "upgradable relationships". I would challenge anyone who has such a mindset to consider the good of the other person in the relationship. Relationships are not an end in themselves. A dating relationship should bring a couple towards marriage (which is a commitment for the rest of your life). Anything else is unfair to both parties and doomed to destruction. Marriage is not merely a government-prescribed institution it is God-ordained as a union of strength that represents Christ and the Church.
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Back on topic, I did some research on Heston's new love interest Suzanne Pirret. She, like Heston, is a chef yet while he cooks with overly dramatic flair she employs the erotic. No doubt the title of her book The Pleasure Is All Mine gives you some idea about the style she is aiming for. She has been compared to Nigella Lawson who combines her cooking with innuendo and all kinds of sensual techniques:
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Now I love cooking so much that I went out and bought 16 new cookbooks yesterday (cheap, from South Wharf DFO), however, the fact that sexuality is now intermingling with cooking states how inundated our society has become. Suzanne Pirret is of the same cloth. Here is an excerpt from her book dripping in sensuality and passion. There is extreme danger in a passion not tempered by biblical wisdom. Though, perhaps, this is typical of feminist philosophy.
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Galations 5:24
Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
