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Yes, Anna Nicole Smith and good ole Hugh comes to mind.
He was tall, dark and handsome when he was sitting on his money.
Yes, Anna Nicole Smith and good ole Hugh comes to mind.
True, but that's not the point. Also, allegedly they're back together.
Anywho, this isn't about where they went, it's about the function of icky-iness, they are just a good example.
What's icky about a 51 year old man? My husband is 51 and there is nothing icky about him.
I agree. Some of the best looking men I have seen are 50 and older. While I appreciate the point that OC is trying to make, I am increasingly becoming upset with his calling 50+ year old men, and May-December romances "icky," seeing as how mine has lasted for almost 19 years.
I think there should be no restrictions on the marriage decisions of legal adults. That being said, 16 is not a legal adult and this guy belongs in prison.
She looks pretty old for 16.
Why in prison?
No. The point of the thread is to show that some people are behaving irrationally by being against marriage on the notion of icky, aka, same sex marriage.
If it's okay for this obviously icky marriage to be approved....why not same sex? Just because we may find it unappealing and gross does not dictate that we prohibit such a marriage.
See WHC who voted no for banning but is strongly against same sex marriage. I guess it's icky but okay if they're straight, but its icky and not okay if they're gay.
Plus someone has to break the law to be in prison. He didn't break the law. Her mother consented.
It is, and what is even more disturbing (imo) is that so many people never even bother to get married and give their children an intact family environment in the first place.
My father was 18 years older than my mother. There was nothing icky about their union, and when my mother was 33 and my father was 51, I can guarantee she didn't consider him "icky". If she was only 16 the time, she still wouldn't consider him icky. She was in love, as I'm sure you are as well.
My dad was 18 years older than his second wife, too. Their marriage lasted till she died 28 years later and they were more in love on their 28th anniversary than on their wedding day.
It is, and what is even more disturbing (imo) is that so many people never even bother to get married and give their children an intact family environment in the first place.
You can't have 'an intact family environment' without being married. Tell that to SIL's mother, who lived with her partner for over 40 years until he went into a nursing home.
Totally OT, but your avatar is adorable.
Yup, love is from the heart, and it doesn't care how old the other person is. If you find your soulmate, it's not relevant if the person is 1 day younger than you or 30 years younger, assuming the younger person isn't 3.
Meh, a piece of paper doesn't make you an intact family unit. My husband and I lived together for 4 years before we got married, and our children were just as well taken care of before we got married as after. They were fed, they were clothed, and they didn't feel any less loved once we had the piece of paper than when we didn't have it. :shrug:
You can't have 'an intact family environment' without being married. Tell that to SIL's mother, who lived with her partner for over 40 years until he went into a nursing home.
It's really not the piece of paper itself that matters to me, but the commitment that it implies. I know there are plenty of people who never bother to marry who actually DO commit, but what I am talking about is the tendency to not even live together, not have a serious relationship, and not give children an intact family. I just view marriage and commitment (whether or not the piece of paper is there) as essentially the same thing.
Can you please tell me what you see as "obviously icky" about this relationship?
What's icky about a 51 year old man? My husband is 51 and there is nothing icky about him.
He's old enough to be her grandfather. You don't think that's icky at all?
He's old enough to be her grandfather. You don't think that's icky at all?
What's icky about a 51 year old man? My husband is 51 and there is nothing icky about him.
I agree. Some of the best looking men I have seen are 50 and older. While I appreciate the point that OC is trying to make, I am increasingly becoming upset with his calling 50+ year old men, and May-December romances "icky," seeing as how mine has lasted for almost 19 years.
My husband is 13 years older, and turned 49 last month. He is my best friend.
The only time it ever gets remotely "icky" is when we listen to old music together & do the "What/Where were you then?" routine...
I find it hilarious! I tease him endlessly with those questions. "1985? Let's see... I was 20." My response..."I was in 3rd grade!" :mrgreen:
I always say it was the "starting-to-go-gray" hair & Boston accent... I was done for! :2razz: