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Eamonn Holmes -reap what you sow

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RosePetalsRose · 31/05/2024 11:29

Just want to say that I love Eamonn Holmes so it's not a bashing thread. Just an observation.

I was thinking about his ex wife and children. He left his young family as his career was more important.
He met (allegedly after they split) this beautiful younger attractive exciting Ruth. Got with her.
But now what does he have? He has ailing health and no wife to be with him in sickness and in health?
Who knows if he had made an effort and put his first family first rather than his career he could have been with someone who would have loved and cared for him in his old age.

It's quite sad.

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ArcticBells · 31/05/2024 21:03

I never gave him much thought until he did that annoying advert on television about a leg pain device. Put me right off him

Myblindsaredown · 31/05/2024 21:00

RaverQuavers · 31/05/2024 20:30

You should have put a vote on this OP as I bet it would be a case of most people agreeing with you but just a few idiots being weird in the comment

Bet it wouldn’t, I’d even bet good money, read the comments, wanting it to be true doesn’t make it so.

Myblindsaredown · 31/05/2024 20:59

There was no speculation op. It was two years later. Stop trying to gaslight us. Writing stuff then denying you meant what you wrote.

its clear you’ve some odd issue, possibly divorced and projecting . Repeatedly telling us how he’d have been better with his first wife, how he reaped what he sowed, then saying oh no, I didn’t say that, it’s just a discussion.

but we can all read your comments, there is a written record.

RaverQuavers · 31/05/2024 20:30

You should have put a vote on this OP as I bet it would be a case of most people agreeing with you but just a few idiots being weird in the comment

MohairTortoise · 31/05/2024 20:13

RosePetalsRose · 31/05/2024 20:07

Yes maybe I was projecting. You got me! 👍

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You seem quite defensive. I wasn't attacking you. I was trying to understand your view point. It doesn't make sense to me that a first wife is somehow deemed to be more committed or possibly more resilient than a second wife.
Why would you think this? 🤔

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RosePetalsRose · 31/05/2024 20:12

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Ok if it makes you feel better that's fine. But I would rather you stopped as I am happy to discuss the topic but not keep being picked at and insulted.

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RosePetalsRose · 31/05/2024 20:10

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You are bullying me and picking at everything I am saying. You need to stop. I'm happy to have a discussion but not be attacked.

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RosePetalsRose · 31/05/2024 20:07

MohairTortoise · 31/05/2024 20:06

Still struggling to understand why you believe his first wife would take care of him if he hadn't divorced?
She may have decided to divorce him when he developed health problems too!
What makes you think she would be more likely to look after him for longer than Ruth?
I really don't understand this!
Unless you are projecting OP? 🤔

Yes maybe I was projecting. You got me! 👍

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MohairTortoise · 31/05/2024 20:06

Still struggling to understand why you believe his first wife would take care of him if he hadn't divorced?
She may have decided to divorce him when he developed health problems too!
What makes you think she would be more likely to look after him for longer than Ruth?
I really don't understand this!
Unless you are projecting OP? 🤔

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RosePetalsRose · 31/05/2024 20:06

showerjelly · 31/05/2024 20:02

@RosePetalsRose do you run the his fan club?

Is there a reason you are trying to be horrible to me and pick at everything I'm saying?

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RosePetalsRose · 31/05/2024 20:05

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I think you are bordering on trying to bully me now. I think you need to stop.

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RosePetalsRose · 31/05/2024 20:04

MaryFuckingFerguson · 31/05/2024 19:59

It’s a bit daft to think so simplistically.

Maybe he’s happier outside of an unhappy marriage? Maybe he’s got a new partner? None of us know. It seems odd to me to relish the idea that someone is unhappy because of marriages that ran their course.

Not daft: it was just a view/discussion. Just as yours is a view. But I won't say your view is daft as that is not a nice way to have a discussion.

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showerjelly · 31/05/2024 20:02

@RosePetalsRose do you run the his fan club?

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RosePetalsRose · 31/05/2024 19:59

@BirthdayRainbow oh good. I'm glad.

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MaryFuckingFerguson · 31/05/2024 19:59

It’s a bit daft to think so simplistically.

Maybe he’s happier outside of an unhappy marriage? Maybe he’s got a new partner? None of us know. It seems odd to me to relish the idea that someone is unhappy because of marriages that ran their course.

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RosePetalsRose · 31/05/2024 19:58

showerjelly · 31/05/2024 19:46

@RosePetalsRose what do you like about him?

It seems like you think he is an awful person?

I think he's a great journalist, handsome, funny etc. is that ok for you?

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Springwatch123 · 31/05/2024 19:56

I actually think your first post is quite distasteful. We know nothing about their relationship and they’ve not released any information, apart from ‘growing apart’. They’ve been very private.

BirthdayRainbow · 31/05/2024 19:51

RosePetalsRose · 31/05/2024 19:41

@BirthdayRainbow it's not nonsense. But yes you certainly want a 'challenge' rather than a discussion.

I really don't. This is no challenge. Just saying what I think.

showerjelly · 31/05/2024 19:46

@RosePetalsRose what do you like about him?

It seems like you think he is an awful person?

tkwal · 31/05/2024 19:44

S(he)

tkwal · 31/05/2024 19:43

AFAIK..
He left his first wife because she wanted to stay where she felt at home.
Now he wants to return to Belfast and Ruth didn't want to abandon her mother and the place where he felt at home. I have no doubt that there's a lot more to their separation but I don't think we all need to know the gory details. Everyone has flaws.

Zanatdy · 31/05/2024 19:43

given we don’t know both sides of the story re his first marriage breakdown I will reserve judgment. Being a TV journalist will come with a lot of sacrifices but we don’t know for sure what was going on with his marriage. Life is too short for staying in unhappy relationships. Maybe she is floating, maybe she’s beyond caring given a few decades have passed.

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