Brigette macron hits Emmanuel

[Stressedout150]

has anyone seen this on the news?! What do we all think, it’s all a bit bizarre

Now do we think it's a slap by a woman or a punch by a man?

I agree, I highlighted the ‘if’ in my post just in case in the future something comes out about him abusing her, but honestly anyone who supports such a man has serious issues to me. He’s gross, she clearly thinks he’s gross, but she stays. There is no amount of money in the world that would get me to touch that man with a hundred bargepoles (not barebones!!) all tied together.

Apologies, you're right. Doesn't change the fact though that Melania was a full grown adult and EM was 15.

People will always comment on large age gaps especially (unfairly) where the woman is older, but the situation with the Macrons is more than that.

What was the first spate please

For me a slap or wack is open handed a punch closed fist.

i just saw that, they say it was a joke but unlikely!

It should have been, but I'm wondering whether the law was the same then?

Unfortunately, I can think of instances back in Scotland in the '70s when male teachers finished up married to former pupils.

I can also think of one reprobate who got off with being a serial groomer in the '90s because his victims' parents wished to preserve their anonymity. He moved abroad - I'm assuming to escape his actions.

There's a certain amount of police laziness which contributes to this type getting off with their despicable behaviour. In Scotland, it normally takes action by the General Teaching Council to get anything done.

Only last month, a local teacher got off with Community Service for his behaviour towards former pupils. He'd sent them pictures and videos of himself and had spoken in an inappropriate manner to one of them while he was signing her leaving form.

The only reason that the matter even went to court is that three of his victims compared notes in their '20s and went to the police together.

Incredibly, in his summation the judge implied that the predator's behaviour had somehow been accidental. How does a grown man accidentally take videos of himself and then send them to teenagers?

I did not see an "aggressive act". I am not minimising because I saw nothing that I could reasonably interpret in that way.

We don't need to agree, you are absolutely entitled to your own opinion.

However you cannot state what it actually was, because the reality is you do not know. If you continue to insist that your opinion is the only objective truth then there is no point in continuing this exchange. Wishing you a good day - and may your pause button always land on the absolute truth.

we will have to ask t he air crew

I have no idea what that last sentence is meant to mean but you too.

If he'd done it to her he would have had to resign by now.
Not OK and makes you wonder what happens in private.

There was a famous case in the 60s where a French teacher was sent to prison for grooming a pupil. She eventually killed herself.

If that was joke what does she do when pissed off.

The French government has confirmed it was an argument.

I hope Macron has someone close who can talk to him.

shes his beard. Everyone knows it. Shes sick of it now

Gross thing to say.

Never in my lifetime has it been my reflex to lash out and hit.
Not once.
This isn’t the first time for Mme. Macron.

It reminds me of the photo of Saatchi with his hands around Nigella’s neck. This incident has now been confirmed as an argument by the French government. Putting your hand on your partner during an argument is physical abuse. How can she remain as the French first lady?

Unfortunately, I can think of instances back in Scotland in the '70s when male teachers finished up married to former pupils.

Letizia the queen of Spain married her high school teacher - they started going out when she was her student, a teenager. They got married 10 years later (her first marriage, obviously. It didn't last long).

She decided when she was 39 to act as beard for a 15 year old? Right.

Agreed!

DH and I have been married for almost 10 years and neither have ever shoved each other - because neither of us are abusive

The only time I have witnessed something that looked vaguely similar was when my grandfather had advancing dementia/Alzheimer's. If I didn't see her walking down the steps with Macron later, I would have guessed something similar but then she appears composed. To go for someone's face is not something to be minimised and questions have rightly to be asked.

remember nigella lawson?

I’ve just been looking at photos of them together. Their body language is odd. She is often looking at him and he’s not looking at her. Or she has a fixed grin in her face which does not look natural. In photos where they are holding hands, there is often a physical distance between them.