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A little bit strange relationships
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ArnoldJRimmer wrote: »Bill Wyman and Mandy Smith. He was 47 and she was 13 when they started seeing each other
How did he get away with that
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There were jokes going around about Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta Jones for years. There may be an age gap but she's clearly an adult.
Stephen Frys husband on the other hand looks like a child. I don't think I've heard a single joke about them. No one wants to be accused of sounding homophobic for saying this looks creepy as fuck.
I also suspect the likes of Mock The Week, Have I got News For You and all the other BBC panel shows wouldn't allow anything to be said about him out of fear of him quitting. They're exactly the kind of programs that have been making jokes about Michael Douglas being a pervert for years.0 -
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Irish Guitarist wrote: »There were jokes going around about Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta Jones for years. There may be an age gap but she's clearly an adult.
Stephen Frys husband on the other hand looks like a child. I don't think I've heard a single joke about them. No one wants to be accused of sounding homophobic for saying this looks creepy as fuck.
I also suspect the likes of Mock The Week, Have I got News For You and all the other BBC panel shows wouldn't allow anything to be said about him out of fear of him quitting. They're exactly the kind of programs that have been making jokes about Michael Douglas being a pervert for years.
His husband is 30. Build a bridge and get over it.0 -
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There was a thread about that recently and it didn't end so well.maudgonner wrote: » Most of this thread is about straight men hooking up with much younger women.
I think the greater the disparity between lots of different variables in a relationship leads people to instinctively make value judgements. Where there is a wide gap between age, looks, education, social status, socioeconomic background, finances etc In general people tend to be drawn towards the status quo and couples falling outside of what's considered a normal range tend to come under more scrutiny simply because they stand out more but there's probably no magic formula to determine if certain relationships will endure more than others.0 -
maudgonner wrote: » Most of this thread is about straight men hooking up with much younger women.
But what about the opposite situation?
Emmanuel Macron and Brigitte for example. But I have no idea if one or other or both of them is gay or straight. I have my thoughts though. Maybe it's a "beard" thing, look it up on Urban Dictionary. :P0 -
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maudgonner wrote: » Most of this thread is about straight men hooking up with much younger women.
But they don't get personally attacked by that poster the way Fry did.0 -
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Irish Guitarist wrote: »I know what age his husband is. What I said is it looks creepy.
I don't need to get over anything. I don't give a shite about Stephen Fry. My point is the 'comedians' that appear on these BBC panel shows have been taking cheap shots at Michael Douglas and calling him a pervert for years but they would never say that about Stephen Fry even though there's a similar age gap. I've never seen anyone rushing to the defence of Michael Douglas either.
It's not only that. It looks creepy because it's clear Fry is a bit of a creep.
He wrote a play celebrating the love of a teacher for a 13 year old student. In the play the teacher elopes to Morrocco and takes the child with him to contunue their sexual relationship.
He decided to make a joke about paedophila at the BAFTAS.
He has been heavily critical of operation Yew Tree which is an investigation in to BBC pedos claiming that half of the allegations made by victims were false.
He also decided that on the night the whole extent of Jimmy Saviles crimes were revealed to go with a 'joke' reciting a limerick on QI that went as follows:
"There was a young chaplain from King's
Who talked about God and such things;
But his real desire
Was a boy in the choir
With a bottom like jelly on springs."
So it's not really too surprising that people raise an eyebrow when they see his spouse is a very boyish looking man 30 years his junior.
But God forbid anyone point it out, much less make a joke about it, as you've rightly noticed.0 -
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