Jessica Biel Puts Career Before Marriage – Do You?

I’ve been secretly anticipating a surprise Justin Timberlake/Jessica Biel engagement in 2009 – looks like I may be a little off...okay, way off. The actress is Allure magazine’s latest cover girl (for the June issue, out 5/28) and in her interview she revealed that marriage is so not on her five-star menu at the moment.

“I have no idea if I want to get married,” she says. “I have a lot to do career-wise.”

This inseparable pair has been together for two years, and recently relocated to New York City so Biel could pursue her theater interests, so was I wrong to think an engagement might soon follow? I think it’s great that Biel wants to keep focused on the big picture, but does it really need to be one or the other?

Case in point: Beyonce and hubby Jay-Z haven’t slowed their superstar pace since saying “I do” in April 2008, and the noteworthy successes for each just keep coming in. And, though they’re not” officially” married, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie sure do live like they are -- sharing international homes, and the big job of looking after six kids while working. Plus, last I checked they were both nominated for Oscars last season. So wouldn’t this beg the question: Why the clichéd assumption? Can’t a woman be successful at her marriage and her career? What do you think?



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