“I've never been married, though I was engaged once back in college ...but that ended back in 2001. I'll be completing my masters Dec. 2008. While I'd like to complete my ten years where I'm working at now (after I graduate it'll only be 2.5 years left)... for the right guy, I'd be willing to move before then.”
“I like to think of myself as mellow and friendly. I have solid priorities but respect people of all backgrounds. I've always been proud of the fact that I count among my friends conservatives, liberals, republicans, democrats. The variety can be a little challenging but also extremely rewearding. I feel very blessed!”
“A curious introvert. I've been around the world on mission trips and for work, but most weekends I prefer to sit home with my cats, a cup of coffee and a good book. I've worked as an Interpreter for the deaf in public schools, a robotics programmer, and a janitor. I absolutely hated English in school but now I write (one book of poetry finished and one fantasy novel looking for a publisher/agent.) I'm not good at creating art but I do appreciate it.”
Do you and your significant other share an age gap a la Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta Jones? Remain happily unmarried like Goldie and Kirk? What celebrity relationship is most like your own?
Admit it: you may be obsessed with the tawdry – and even the tame – details of celebrity couples. We live vicariously through the ups and downs of famous relationships. Under the looking glass of the public, the love lives of luminaries are on display. Yes, these popular partners are people, too, and their lives actually parallel our own, at least when it comes to love. What celeb couple does your relationship mirror the most?
Bridging the Age Gap
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Several stars are romancing their elders and still going strong. Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones share a 25-year age difference, while Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher note a 15-year deviation. Much has been made of the age inequality in these couples, as each of the elders have children closer in age to their beloved. It’s true, generational gaps must appear at times in these age-blind cases, but it’s a good sign that these lovers can look past the superficial number of years on Earth. May–December couples must beware of the parent-child relationship, but can also delight in the complementary blend of age’s experience with the vigor of youth.
Low-Profile Partnerships
Healthy celebrity coupledom is sometimes attributed to a pair’s ability to keep low-key about the ins and outs of their durable interdependence. It’s evident when celebs put their relationship and family first, before their careers. Some couples who seem to exhibit the successful low-profile formula are Tim McGraw and Faith Hill, John Travolta and Kelly Preston, and Julia Roberts and Danny Moder. With children to hold it all down, these couples seem to focus on their family, their values, and their work together both on and off the stage.
My husband is 12 years older than myself. We have been togther for more than 10 years and married for 6 of them. They have so far been the best years of my life, and I only see it getting better. There have been SO many ups & downs, including a life threatening illness, but we only get stronger.
In this day and age where divorce seems so easy, I don't think it matters if you are married or not. Marriage is the path we chose and it works for us. However it works for the couple & their family is what matters. Even though Gene & Shannon and Goldie & Kurt aren't married, their relationship works for them. Gene is right on that score, if it ain't broke...
i agree with you here
[LEFT][COLOR=#000000]... I think living together as boy and [B][COLOR=#ff0000]girl friend[/COLOR][/B] is much better than any marriage. I would rather have a boy [B][COLOR=#ff0000]friend[/COLOR][/B] or partner than a husband and I certainly would rather be a [B][COLOR=#ff0000]girl friend[/COLOR][/B] than a wife.
i just lost my best friend well was my best friend/girl friend to this guy that stolen two cars and was dealing drugs and he proposed to her she never told me till a year latter they been togther having sex and about to be marrid i told her never contact me again her mom and dad dont like me so i dont need the drama in my life i feel a liltte bit better i would feel great if i had someone in my life marige means nothing to me just the feeling of having a lady in my life there is three boys i'm one my older brothers one is in the army the other used to be i get ssi income my names nathan i'm 25 years old i live in oak grove ky if you have yahoo messnger my id is nate dogg i know how you feel about the marige thing i wanna live alone with my woman some time when i get one take care hope to here a reply:)
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Gene Simmons has both of best worlds, he's in a "relationship" with a woman, and yet can pretty much have sex with whoever he wants. Tom Jones has the same deal with his woman, except he's actually married (high school sweetheart I think), but he can only be with other women on hte road, not when he goes home to Wales.
My wife and I have an eleven year difference in age, she is older than I. She was a widow with three boys and we have a girl of our own. I have never felt that the age difference was a big issue. We have the same likes and dislikes and have been married for over 40 years. Commitment is very important to a good marriage and each one must be totally committed to the other. Marriage is not 50/50. It is 100/100!!!!!! I also feel that "Hollywood" is not the perfect scene to be held up as an example of anything. The good ones, true. But there are so few. I noticed that there wasnot a large list of any Hollywood couples for any of the examples. I also noticed that each celeb in their own way is financially independent and do not depend one on the other for financial support.
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