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

Are you stating that most young women date men 21 years older than them?

Really? You're saying I'm wrong and the actual majority of them do this? 🤦‍♀️😂

Maybe hes super masculine and protective outside of costume 🤷‍♀️

Its how I became attracted to Shane Richie

'theres someone for everyone' is bang on 😄😄😄😄

What a crass and shallow comment.

Look around you. Women in their 30s are in loving relationships with partners of all shapes, sizes and physical appearance.

Attraction has many dimensions not just physical

Yes, my BFF met her DH when she was 30 and he 52 and she got accused of all sorts and sneered at, snubbed, patronised etc.

It's 24 years later and they are still blissfully happy and a perfect match. Ironically, she's the breadwinner and inherited money. But there are still some arseholes in our village who speak ill of her.

Well, when I look around me, I see plenty of couples who seem very physically mismatched (in terms of both looks and age). None of them are rich or famous and all seem very happy.

So I'm not sure your 57 years on earth really matter much.

I can kind of get my head round it more than Carrie and boris

This, it’s a big age gap for sure, but at those ages not problematic, just an ages/stages thing, which is entirely their business. He seems like a lovely guy, good for them.

Because I've been on this earth for 57 years and I can state with certainty that most women young enough to be the daughter of most tubby little men, don't tend to date them, especially when they're earning minimum wage.

Look around you, you also know it's true even if you don't want to admit it.

How do you know what other people do/don't find appealing?

There is nothing most women young enough to be his daughter would find sexually appealing about this man, and even less so if he stacked shelves in a supermarket.

My best friend is 20+ years older than me. We have tons in common.

The only thing that’s shocked me is it’s a woman.

I thought he was gay?! I thought he was previously with the man who plays Little Cook.

My first husband was 23 years older than me. The failure of our relationship had nothing whatsoever to do with age and everything to do with the fact his ex had cheated on him and as a result he was wildly insecure although that didnt come out until after we got married. So on the surface I don't think the age gap is that much of an issue. I was 30 and he was 53 when we married. We had been together for 5 years when we got married.

The marriage ended because his insecurities become violent and it breached my line in the sand. Nothing to do with the age gap.

It may work out, it may not. But good luck to them.

When I was 19y0 I was dating a 40yo who wasn’t famous, didn’t have money and was overweight and not overly good looking. But he had a wicked sense of humour and was great in bed. I was head over heels in love. I’ve always had a thing about older men. 🤷‍♀️. I’m not a gold digger. I can happily believe she loves Justin for who he is.

I genuinely thought he was gay.

He seems like a lovely man, we enjoy watching him. As for the age gap, I do think it's a lot. My parents have a 10 year age gap and they have always been at different stages in life, so a 21 year age gap seems to be too big. Having said that, it's their life, as long as they are happy then good on them x

Idk maybe he has mad game, some men who are less conventionally attractive home their craft and can spit immaculate game…

One of my best friends husbands is an actor who worked with Justin Fletcher in a pantomime several years ago. We went to meet him backstage before the panto, I thought he was lovely, great with the kids, very charming. My friend has always said he was one of the nicest,most genuine actors he's worked with.

Mr Tumble is a character, not the man.

They both work as actors in children’s tv. I would imagine they have more in common with each other than they would with someone who has a 9-5 office job who was in the same school year.

I read they bonded over a love of musical theatre.
He's not my type at all but he's a grafter and i admire that - i saw him being interviewed on a chat show a few years ago and was struck by how much he appreciates and enjoys the career he has, and works hard at it. He came across as pretty low key and affable. And as someone with an autistic child i appreciate how much he's done to expand mainstream children's entertainment for those with special needs. So if he's finally found his 'better half' I hope they're very happy together.

I'm sure his bank account is sexy as fuck 🤣

Not sure why its had so much attention. Age gap relationships aren't new. Good luck to them.

Same, I’m so surprised at this thread.

They work in the same industry.
So they have that in common 🤷

I don't think it's remotely unusual or suspicious for two people who work very closely together in a specialist, more or less unique business and spend a ton of time together to end up dating. They've probably got absolutely loads in common and will have got to know each other really well by working and travelling together for a long time. They're not Anna Nicole Smith and J. Howard Marshall, ffs.

Also - even if she actually was only with him for his money - which I doubt is the case - what's to say they couldn't be happy together anyway? And more to the point, what the hell has that got to do with anyone else? They're a pair of complete strangers and whatever their relationship is built on is nobody else's business.