AIBU to think a younger partner could genuinely find Justin Fletcher attractive?

Mr Tumble is a children’s TV presenter whose whole identity is built around being accessible to very young children and their parents. A 20+ year age gap in that specific public relationship reads differently than a random couple meeting at a pub.

Firstly, so what? The woman Justin Fletcher is dating isn't your daughter, so this isn't something you have to worry about.

Secondly, the woman he's dating is in her mid-30s and is a colleague of his, not some random girl who only knows him as someone she watched on telly as a toddler.

Thirdly, I would have assumed that most parents get the ick from imagining their daughter fucking anyone, not just Mr Tumble.

I think if you can't possibly believe that two people couldn't have anything in common, just because they're not the same age, you maybe don't have much imagination.

I've had relationships with a man who was 20 years older than me, and two relationships with men who were around 15 years older than me. I had loads in common with all of them - that was why we clicked. Shared interests, same sense of humour, similar views, similar outlook on life etc. I also have friends who are older than me and friends who are younger than me - again, loads in common.

Sorry but what is your point? Your early 20s daughter doesn’t fancy Mr Tumble? Ok good, we’d all be concerned otherwise.

Justin Fletcher’s 35 year old partner did not fall in love with Mr Tumble, that’s just a character FYI

But your daughter is at least a decade younger than his girlfriend so I’m not sure of the relevance?

This. I'm in my 30s and I didn't notice JF on tv till I had my eldest child, who is 19. Anyone who's shocked at people in their 30s and 50s dating each other, get over it.

Characters, surely! It’s a million years since I watched any CBeebies as DS is now a teenager, but I thought Gail Force on Gigglebiz was genuinely well-observed.

I admit to finding the Mr Tumble persona a bit sinister, though — I didn’t think I had a clown phobia, but maybe I do! It’s the smile.

Apparently not 😂

Can people really not separate the character from the real man?

Isn’t Sean Penn currently dating someone 30 years younger than him?

Yes, several men in my academic department are married to former postgrads of the department with that kind of age gap — and their academic salaries certainly aren’t the draw…

Well lucky for you Mr Fletcher partner is a 34 year old woman he met through work and not some "early 20 something" 🤔

Untrue. I have a colleague who is getting married to a former PhD student. He didn’t supervise her but she was in our department. He’s in his early 50s and she’s my age- 33. They suit each other well. He certainly isn’t rich! He also isn’t conventionally attractive, she isn’t either tbf but they look good together.

Of course, I’ve read many’a thread on here over the years with mums gushing over the guy. He’s charismatic, talented, seems kind and witty. I don’t know anything about the guy beyond his public persona but I bet I’m right about that. Some people genuinely see beyond looks, or a person naturally becomes more attractive through their personality.

I also don’t see an issue with the age gap whatsoever. It would be weird if she was early 20s but she’s in her 30s so she can definitely make her own mind up about this!

He first appeared on the TV in 2002 by that time his partner while younger than him would have been well beyond watching CBeebies. She has only known him I would imagine as a colleague. Senior as he owns his production company I think. But colleagues.

I need a 🤢 button

Imagine the Tumble nose honk deployed at the wrong moment.

To be fair, lots of couples get to together through the workplace or because they go to the same hobby - it’s what they have in common that starts the relationship as opposed to something purely physical.

I worked retail for about a decade in various different shops and we had loads of mismatched couples getting together.

My daughter is early 20s and grew up watching mr tumble. The idea of her turning him on but not on the tv gives me the right ick. It’s not the age gap, that gives me the ick.

She doesn't "look like a teenager". God, puritans are weird.

I see your point, but, if we’re talking about it not being about looks etc, it’s rarely the man with a woman 21 years older… Anyway, good luck to them.

If you find other men 20 plus years older not on TV, no money, just working at the local shop attractive then might be a point. How often do older men get girls 20 years younger when they have no good looks but because they have a great personality. It’s money!

There was a highly disturbing thread about ten years ago where somebody wrote another poster into a Mr Tumble erotic story. I don’t remember the details, but I do remember she spent a large amount of time describing Mr Tumble’s dick in detail and I needed brain bleach afterwards, so I’m not looking it up again.

Must only be me but I thought he was going to be the next Jimmy Saville. He makes my skin crawl.

Why just a man? Aaron Taylor Johnson, now that one IS yuck.

Google search her, it's the first ones that come up. Paranoid much