Hey folks, Bogey was I think 44 or so when he met 19 year old Bacall, and they went down in holl5b4ywood history!
Sure, I could see both sides here. Thankfully, I got nothing in common with the vast majority of younger generation gals. But if the right one came along and took a liking to me? I couldn't disqualify her just based on age. That might be terribly foolish!
Donovan's wife looks to be a smart young lady. Mature both physically and mentally/emotionally, to me. I wouldn't like a high school aged daughter going with an old guy much, I'm sure. But then again, have you seen how dumb and dangerous teenaged boys can be? I know I was a dummy back then. Took young gals for granted, too. Sometimes an older partner has more to offer a young adult of either sex.
I know I found older women sometimes intriguing when I was a young man. Still do at times, though my cut-off age might be around 55. And I'm sure many of you gals have found older guys interesting.
Most of the time I don't think it works, but if some older guys/gals find a younger partner they're compatible with, I just gots no place to judge.
As an aside, I was talking to a 42 year old, old friend a while back. He sounded all bummed out, which is the opposite of usual for him. Turns out a 56 year old woman had recently broke his heart! He said it was 10 x worse than when his ex wife done so. This guy never had probs getting gals so it sorta surprise me!

It is pretty awful. My thought is what would a 41year old man have in common with a girl of 17 Other than sex. She was definitely a trophy wife. She's gorgeous.

everyone was a baby, next.

She was not a baby, she was 17!!! Don't be such a f-ing prude.
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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.

Yeah, I flinched reading these too. I want my kids to
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be out of their teens before anyone over 40 proposes.

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.

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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Right. They are just jelous that they cant get with a hot model.

Really none of our concern. If he wasnt famous, you wouldnt know.
If he was a teacher you'd lose your mind.

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.
And you gotta admit, the dude is not ugly.

thing is, she probably wouldn't be interested in him if he wasn't an actor, nor would he have much of a chance with a 16/17 year old if he wasn't.

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.

Yuck, another Doug Hutchinson!
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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.

You have any idea how old Priscilla was when she got involved with Elvis? I don't recall ANYONE saying anything about that.

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.

My grandfather is 20 years younger than my grandmother. You have issue with that? They wound up being married 41 years.

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.

love is no respecter of age . She loves hol so let them do what they want

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).

The "commonly-acceptable-minimum-age-date-ratio" is what anyway
In the US at 17 she's old enough to enlist in the military with parental consent.

The claim that Jeffrey Donovan has some kind of emotional need to date immature young women is baseless. His previous committed relationship was a longstanding one with Catherine Novarik, who is much closer to his own age. She is not in show business and, unfortunately, celebrity is often tough on relationships. After their breakup, he dated a little bit, notably Moon Bloodgood, a Burn Notice guest star (Detective Paxson), who is also clearly not a teenager.
We don't know the circumstances around his marriage; he has kept his entire family's life very private to protect them. But whatever the circumstances are, it's really nobody's business. It's all legal and they appear to be happily married.
While I understand the discomfort the age difference can cause, I don't think it's exactly fair to project unseemly motives on his part. The celebrity life is different, the only people who understand the challenges that come with that are other celebrities. He has said before that he is pretty shy in real life and doesn't have much "game". His wife was a model and actress, they crossed paths, there was chemistry, a baby happened and the rest is history.
Here's some pics of his former GF, the lovely Catherine Novarik (demonstrating he doesn't have a need to prey on helpless young women).
http://www.wireimage.com/celebrity-pictures/Actor-Jeffrey-Donovan-and-his-girlfriend-Katherine-Kovarik-arrive-at/80518509
http://static3.imagecollect.com/preview/1498/deb5f2369eb3a97