Posted on 07/14/2010 7:56:22 AM PDT by Steelfish
Bristol Palin and Levi Johnston Reveal Secret Engagement
Couple kept on-again relationship secret from Sarah Palin
Bristol Palin was worried about how she was going to tell her mother that she’s engaged to marry Levi Johnston, the father of her 18-month-old son. She solved the problem by telling a tabloid magazine. “We got engaged two weeks ago. It felt right, even though we don’t have the approval of our parents,” Palin told Us Weekly magazine in a bombshell story published Wednesday.
The magazine cover features a photo of a smiling Bristol and Levi with their son, Tripp. Inside, Bristol admits that she and Johnston had not told her parents, Sarah and Todd Palin, about the engagement. “It is intimidating and scary just to think about what her reaction is going to be. Hopefully she will jump on board,” Bristol told the magazine. “I want her to know Levi has grown up and that he is going to be there as a dad.” ‘Redemption and forgiveness’ In a statement to NBC News, the Palins said, “Bristol at 19 is now a young adult. We obviously want what’s best for our children. Bristol believes in redemption and forgiveness to a degree most of us struggle to put in practice in our daily lives.” No wedding date has been set, but Caroline Schaefer, Us Weekly’s executive editor, told TODAY’s Matt Lauer Wednesday morning that the reunited young couple would like to do it quickly — possibly in the next month. Until marriage, Schaefer said, the couple are living separately and practicing abstinence. Bristol Palin, who has moved out of her parents’ house, is a spokeswoman for an abstinence-only program.
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Levi did some pretty nasty things and he humbled himself and sought forgiveness from the mother of his child and her family. He was an idiot teenager that was caught up in his 15 minutes....
I know there will be some doubters for his motivation but none of us really know, This is between the couple and God
My prayer is for a successful relationship for all. I also think they are setting a good example about forgiveness and consequences.
“Maybe the money ran out and he wants to jump on the Palin gravy train?..”
....yep...his 15 minutes were up so he decided to try and weasel back into the limelight.
Note to Bristol: make him show you his lab results.
A leopard never changes his spots.
Bristol is illustrating that lust can be deaf, dumb and blind.
Ugh so true!
“In 6 months, they’ll be separated again and Levi will be back on the airwaves telling new trash about the Palin’s”
Definitely in September 2012.
Bristol- RUN AWAY! FAR, FAR AWAY!
I think slimeball Levi sees the writing on the wall that Sarah is going to be a serious contender in ‘12 and wants to ride on the gravy train.
Makes me throw up to think he might someday be walking the halls of our White House. But then again, I throw up every day thinking about the current inhabitants.
I wouldn’t trust this one ... .
Forgive, YES!
But repeat the mistake?
NO!
He has SERIOUS CHARACTER flaws that need more time to repair.
I don't know. Maybe. But, Billy Carter, Roger Clinton, Obama's Africa shack livin' kin. They all have them.
It is none of our business, but prayers for her parents going up rifht now.
True, true, how true.
But, all the folks you mentioned were well hidden before Messrs. Carter, Clinton and Obama were elected.
Hey, don’t forget Miss Lillian Carter! :)
...and the 2 million weekly "US Weekly" readers.
Fredo, you’re my brother and I love you...(meanwhile, after momma dies...BAM!)
Bristol is a bubblehead. Levi is a bubblehead. They have a whole lot of growing up to do. For the baby’s sake. For their own sakes.
A freely entered into marriage is a triumph of hope and good intentions.
There’s no reason for you posters to gripe about Bristol and Levi’s intention to have a lifelong relationship that happens to be a Holy Sacrament and, more mundanely, the best way to raise their child.
I can’t think of any family that isn’t dysfunctional in some manner but then again I’m human.
That is great!
Levi will be cheating on her within a year!
He'll be a permanent parasite to Palin money.
This has been my problem with the Palin family.
Dad works, Mom works and Bristol went wild. WHERE were Mom and Dad? Bristol was a MINOR when she got pregnant!
Kids with good values and character do NOT get pregnant! I know, defenders will say, “it could happen to your kids” and dismiss criticism. NO! Not if they were brought up RIGHT!
I fail to see if the Palins’, specifically Sarah can't manage her daughter as a MINOR, how can she properly run a country? She can't. One or the other will be neglected. In this situation she chose to neglect her family.
Again, Mom and Dad, according to Bristol have NO IDEA she is engaged to this dope. Again, where are Mom and Dad? WHY don't they KNOW this? Sneaking around AGAIN? What kind of COMMUNICATION is going on between Bristol and her parents - apparently NONE! It's the same problem all over again.
Parents need to BE THERE to RAISE THEIR KIDS!
Okay, Sarah Palin worshippers, FLAME AWAY!
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