Caroline Flack (32) and Harry Styles (17)

ElleEm

So Caroline Flack has admitted to having a relationship with Harry from One Direction.

http://www.mrpaparazzi.com/post/17248/Caroline-Flack-finally-speaks-out-about-her-relationship-with-Harry-Styles#disqus_thread

A couple of my friends are in relationships with people 10+ years older than them, so I don't usually care about age gaps but only when the younger person is an adult.

Seems strange that a 32 year old woman would have ANYTHING in common with a 17 year old boy.

What do you think?

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

Nice

ejmaztec

She's getting a lot of flak, and he's also getting a lot of Flack.

NuckyT

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgoXUzIwXk0

keano_afc

I imagine the reaction would be very different if it were a 32 year old man and a 17 year old girl.

Cavehill Red

Clear breach of the Italian rule here - half her age plus seven means she should restrict her cradle-snatching to the over 23s.

ejmaztec

Cavehill Red wrote: »

Clear breach of the Italian rule here - half her age plus seven means she should restrict her cradle-snatching to the over 23s.

The rule I heard was half + 1, but that could be the Pervert Rule.

missbelle

I read on another website that she wouldn't confirm a romantic relationship with him, just a friendship, but I just can't see it working. It's not the age gap, just his actual age.
So say,that the other rumours are right, and Niall is with Amelia Lily and Zayn with Perrie,what kind of group date would that be with one of the girls almost a generation older! :eek:

Cavehill Red

ejmaztec wrote: »

The rule I heard was half + 1, but that could be the Pervert Rule.

I've heard many variants (the French rule, etc) but all tend to specify half plus six or seven, which is a wee bit of a perv's charter anyway the older you get. The origin is supposedly that in Italian peasant culture it's unseemly to go gallivanting with someone younger than that sum. At 50, you're dating 32 and up, which is just about fair enough. If you're a 50 year old with a 26 year old then you're Salman Rushdie dogging after boobies in NYC. Not classy. Scale it back down the years and you could have a 30 yo with a 16 yo. Defo paedo territory in my book.

ElleEm

He's not even legally able to drink yet, and is only just legally able to have sex.

JP Liz V1

He is worst looking one of OD she could do better

ElleEm

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

He is worst looking one of OD she could do better

I couldn't even look at them in that way... they're children!!

JP Liz V1

ElleEm wrote: »

I couldn't even look at them in that way... they're children!!

Liam looks cute

ElleEm

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

Liam looks cute

Is he the over- excited Irish fella?

parker kent

I find it a bit odd. Age gaps wouldn't necessarily be an issue for me, it is just that he is 17. He isn't even legally an adult yet. I just can't see how they would have anything in common. He just should not be at the maturity level that a 32 year old woman would normally expect in a boyfriend.

I think she is definitely living out some form of fantasy she had in years gone by of snogging somebody in a boyband. Fine when she was 17, a bit odd when she is double his age!

tinkerbell

ElleEm wrote: »

Is he the over- excited Irish fella?

Nooo Niall is the guy with the blonde hair - he's from Mullingar Liam is from the UK. He had the Bieber haircut at one stage.

Dymo

Good man Harry, give her lead!. I hope she doesn't tell him about Santa Clause!

EdenHazard

Fair play Harry

Sugarlumps

How’s yer man going to handle that man eater? 32 are you kidding me, she looks 42 and that’s being generous.

What’s that twat going to do……. finger bang her? The lucky bastid! I’d say the Da can’t wait to meet her.

Arianna_26

I think that Caroline Flack must have some serious issues if she would rather go out with someone who is barely over the age of consent than someone her own age.

How can that in any way be an equal relationship when she is so much older?

She is either trying to get in early because she thinks One Direction will make a packet or else she is sick.

As for him, well he's a developing teenage boy - hormones etc.

washiskin

Arianna_26 wrote: »

I think that Caroline Flack must have some serious issues if she would rather go out with someone who is barely over the age of consent than someone her own age.

How can that in any way be an equal relationship when she is so much older?

She is either trying to get in early because she thinks One Direction will make a packet or else she is sick.

As for him, well he's a developing teenage boy - hormones etc.

Or else it could be the latest in the low levels X Factor sink to every year by releasing some "gossip" or "scandal" or "relationship" in order to keep the show in the top end of the ratings and people fall for it every time. See how long this "relationship" lasts after the final.

sojc2002

nice great

Richard Dower

Ah....not too fussed about this, zelebs commit worse offences imo.

Azureus

Really do not see what the big deal is to be honest. So she's 32? Hardly ancient is it. He's 17, he's an adult (yeah yeah barely etc etc) and hes able to make his own mistakes. Lets be honest, he's gonna be having sex etc anyway-so what difference does it make WHO hes sleeping with.

hunter164

Fair play to him I'd love to be giving it to her!

StupidLikeAFox

As pointed out to me the other day, she was getting her first period the same time his mother realised she missed hers!

JP Liz V1

ColHol wrote: »

As pointed out to me the other day, she was getting her first period the same time his mother realised she missed hers!

Oh god putting it like that, SICK!

Diabhal Beag

ColHol wrote: »

As pointed out to me the other day, she was getting her first period the same time his mother realised she missed hers!

I guess some people look at the menstrual cycle as half-full :pac:

Da Shins Kelly

If she was a bloke and he was the girl, I think there'd be more outrage over this rather than the 'nice' reaction that it seems to be getting. Not saying that people should be outraged - they can do whatever they want - but it's an interesting double standard.

EdenHazard

what about that cradle snatcher selena gomez she gets off lightly.

Penny Dreadful

If they were going to see a horror movie that was rated 18s he could be stopped going in to see it because he was too young.
He can still get the children's fare on the bus and other public transport systems (I think).

When this is a possibility you know the age difference is too much.