The National Enquirer is reporting in a cover story this week that Sandra Bullock is considering reconciling with her serial cheating estranged husband, Jesse James. The good news is that she’s already filed for divorce, but if the Enquirer’s report is accurate Sandra bought Jesse’s probably fake child abuse story and hollow apology on Nightline and is willing to give him another chance. If this is true, I wouldn’t be surprised and I wouldn’t bash her for it, either. Women often return to their cheating and/or abusive husbands hoping they’ll change and be an exception to the almost universal rule. They see the good parts of the men they loved and have a hard time coming to terms with the reality of what their men have done and who they really are.

Here’s what The Enquirer says about it:

“For now, she’s stalling on the divorce,” revealed on friend. “I think she has forgiven Jesse and she is missing the life they built together, particularly now that she has Louis.

“Sandra must be tired of carrying the burden of what happened and probably realizes that she could free herself by forgiving Jesse. I think holding on to the pain by not forgiving him was getting to be too much of a strain on her…”

New mom Sandra was “very moved” by [Jesse’s Nightline] interview, divulged a source. “Seeing him so earnest and vulnerable really touched her heart…”

“She’s wrestled with the idea that family life is never going to be as good if they aren’t together,” disclosed the source. “Sandra was incredibly upset that the plans she and Jesse made to raise Louis were turned upside down.

“The truth is she can’t stop thinking about a future when all of them could be one big happy family again.

“Sandra has put the divorce on hold for the time being, but Jesse knows she could have a change of heart and reverse her decision at any moment.”

[From The National Enquirer, print edition, June 28, 2010]

By keeping little Louis a secret for months in the midst of the biggest celebrity scandal this year, Sandra proved that the people in her inner circle aren’t selling her out to the tabloids. This article in The Enquirer could be based on information from Jesse’s ex wife, Janine Lindemulder, who routinely talks to the press and told both Radar Online and In Touch earlier this month that James was working to weasel his way back into Sandra’s heart. We can only hope that this story is either speculative or based on false information from Janine, who is trying to get to Jesse to keep the upper hand in their custody battle. Whatever Janine is doing, it’s not working. We heard last week that Jesse was on board with granting visitation rights for Janine for their six year-old daughter, Sunny. This week he’s claiming that she can’t be trusted alone with Sunny. TMZ reports that his lawyer will go to court today “armed with evidence that his ex-wife Janine Lindemulder is a hard-core drug addict and cannot be trusted with unmonitored visitation.” So is this payback for Janine talking to the press or does Jesse have a legitimate beef with her? She claims to be sober and says she hopes to gain 50/50 custody.