Gravity bends space?

If gravity bends space (and therefore elliptic trajectories of celestial objects), then why do comets breakup due to tidal forces? Shouldn't they glide (stretching and shrinking) through the space as it is (bent or not)?

What does it mean for space to be bent? What does it mean for objects that exist and travel through that space.

Wtf, guize, I'm confused with relativity theory and all this gravity bends space thing.

nb4 troll. please, discuss.

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Ok. If indeed gravity bends space my assumption is: the objects "follow" the space curvature. They, do not escape it (as it becomes curved).

If gravity acts upon space and not objects directly then we would not experience tide (in all forms, including fragmentation of objects gone past Roche limit) because objects would retain their integrity within that space however curved it is.
Why would objects tend to escape space's curvature (favoring flat one)?

If however bent space results in objects being ripped or under tension then there is no space bending. There is only objects influencing other objects with gravity.

Is my understanding wrong or what?

Also: The fact that I don't understand something doesn't automatically make me a retard (unlike the fact that I'm discussing this on 4chan).

Thanks.