His wife was a baby
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Dreamsville — 9 years ago(November 22, 2016 09:25 PM)
That falls way under the commonly-acceptable-minimum-age-date-ratio
You mean it falls way under
your
commonly-acceptable-minimum-age-date-ratio (when-discussing-people-you-don't-know-whose-romantic-lives-are-none-of-your-business-anyway). -
gmastropietro — 12 years ago(August 15, 2013 11:43 AM)
As a father of a young daughter I do have serious issues with this. Jeffrey Donovan (45), whom I used to love I just can't seem to get over the fact that his wife is 23 years younger than he is and he started dating her when she was only 16/17 years old. Guys like this bother me. I have a young daughter. I could never imagine having anything in common with a teenager. If you're in your 40's (he was 41 when he met her) and can't get into a good mature relationship with a woman (even someone in their 20's is better than a teenager) because they need to have a teenager to control, you have some serious mental issues. This is my opinion. IF they are happy fine, but it still bothers me as a father. I also wonder how he will feel when his daughter is ready to date at 16/17 and she wants to get into a relationship with a guy in his 40's? He can't really say no now can he? I am going to sit back and wait for her to file for divorce and claim he abused her. I can see this happening as she was only a child when he took advantage of her. I wonder about her parents and his for that matter.
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tater6008 — 12 years ago(October 10, 2013 05:31 PM)
I don't think anyone here is judging him based on the age difference. It's more about the fact she was 17 (underage) when he started dating her. He was 40 or 41 at the time. In my opinion, 17 & 41 is very different than 25 & 50.
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Kristina710710 — 12 years ago(September 14, 2013 11:28 AM)
This is definitely disturbing. I am close in age to Jeffrey, and I can't even imagine being friends with a high school student, let alone dating one! Marriage to one is not only beyond the pale, but unimaginable.
Sure, I can appreciate how physically attractive some of them are, but that would be the extent of the appeal. There is no way I would find any teen to be emotionally, psychologically or intellectually compatible with myself. Anyone who is around my age or older and would have any interest in entering a serious relationship with a teen has serious issues. -
bpvalentine — 12 years ago(October 21, 2013 12:25 AM)
Really none of our concern. If he wasnt famous, you wouldnt know. You wouldnt care. In any case, unless youre implying hes abusive and bullying her into a subservient life, whats the outrage? He seems like he has more to offer than many potential husbands.
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jacksakes — 11 years ago(May 11, 2014 09:20 AM)
That's wrong. I know a lot of younger girls that love to be with older guys. What 16 or 17 year old wouldn't want to be with an older guy to make them think and feel more mature? I'm not saying it's right, but I'm saying this happens. A LOT.
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Jamminj003 — 11 years ago(August 15, 2014 04:36 AM)
Although i dont agree with someone that old dating someone that young the age of consent is 18 what is the difference? A 17 or 18 year old is old enough to make adult decisions for themselves. shes not 12 or 13 shes a woman. We baby our children in our culture which is really a disservice to them. The legal drinking age is 21 and our country has the highest percentage of drunk drivers. other countries where people are aloud to drink at younger ages don't have as many issues because they learn self control.
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borninthewrongcentury — 11 years ago(August 22, 2014 11:14 AM)
You know honestly I flinched at first when I read your post. As a mom to a son and daughter I get where those feelings come from. We see our kids at well kids even when they are grown up. However I also can't put aside that I was engaged at 17 and married at 18. My husband however is only 4 yrs older than me. But ot wasn't inappropriate. Everyone agreed with and appreciated our relationship. We were both very mature. I had many other friends who were engaged and married right at the same time. We all are still married and none of us were pregnant or anything. We were all just very mature and I guess ready to start our lives and didn't need to sow our oats or experience all yhe craziness out there. Most of us had already experienced that stuff and knew it wasnt for us. 14 yrs later.
But still I do hesitate when I hear about a celebrity who is over twice her age and has so many women to choose from. I am curious if anyone has a picture of her.
It also seems to make me womder more if this is why he had absolutely 0 chemistry with Gabrielle Anwar. Not just Fiona but I think he just had 0 chemistry woth Gabby. He seemed to always be at such a distance from her. Touched and looked at her like a sister or just some stranger. It has always been odd to me. -
youpifish — 11 years ago(October 15, 2014 01:12 PM)
You guys see it from a parent's perspective. I'm not a parent yet, so I had different thoughts.
My Dad's wife is actually 26 years younger than him. They've been together for ages and happily married now. I totally love her. But she was 27 when they met.
So my first thought was, what would I have thought if she had been 17 when they got together? And honestly I would have had a few things to say.
So, yeah. My respect for Donovan is out the window.