To fancy the man running for French president

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Emmanuel macron? He is lovely

AIBU to move to France and persuade him to marry me and live in France as the French First Lady thing?

Well unless you are old enough to be his mother Pink, then you're not really his type.

I dunno, I think his relationship is pretty dodgy. Reverse the sexes and people would think their story was very sleazy.

He is pretty delectable. Sigh

It is very strange really.

She even looked old when she was his teacher, I have to say.

Mrs Robinson indeed. So he's 39 and she's 63.
But he was her pupil at 15. That crosses a line. She would have been prosecuted and put on the sex offenders' list here, non?
I wonder if they've lasted in spite of his parents, to spite his parents or whether it really was meant to be. At 15. And 39. Like you do
Bof.
At least he's not Le Pen.
But I prefer Justin Trudeau.

Cant imagine wanting to sleep with a 64 yo! But I have not seen a photo of her.

Gin Ooh yes, Justin Trudeau

I think she looks pretty damned good for 63 actually. But as a former teacher, no. Just no.

Yeah she is quite pretty really.

I can't imagine fancying a 15 year old at nearly 40. Hell I didn't even fancy 15 year old boys when I was 15.

Did they actually get together at 15?

They claim they didn't get together until he was 18, but I think that's just their spin on it as it would damage their reputation if they admitted to anything. The start of their relationship is just dodgy, you can't ignore it. Yes, it's stood the test of time so far, but I always think an adult who is attracted to a minor (I know he was 15 so nearly age of consent but still) is mentally ill. I know they're both adults now but it just doesn't seem like a healthy premise for a relationship.

Doesn't mean he'll be a shit president, I don't know his policies, I'm sure he'll be as good/bad as the rest of them. Just can't get over that dodgy start to the relationship, I'm sorry, call me weird.

Apparently they were only officially a couple once he turned 17. So that's alright then.

I think it is strange but not criminal

I agree, I don't think it's a sign of mental illness either!

^ It's just...with such an age gap, what do you talk about? What on earth do you have in common? I'm not being sexist (hate the term cougar) I wonder the same when geriatrics take up with women young enough to be their daughters. cough Donald Trump cough
But 15...it's predatory. His parents must have been disconsolate. And her daughter was in his class. And her grandchildren call him Daddy. I have no idea why. Mais they appear to have lasted, are happy and supportive of each other. Now of course the age gap whilst unusual isn't illegal but back then he was in her extra curricular theatre group so she "didn't see him as her pupil". That is not misogyny against older women rather wtf was she thinking at the time? Intelligent or not, he was under age by an oedipal degree.

Well, I was a few months shy of my 16th birthday when I met DH so I can't say much! I think it's different here given the teacher/ student relationship.

Yup, he's a hottie.

Him and Trudeau would make a good pair

And I do think the fact that they have gone on to have a long lasting monogamous relationship counts for something. She is clearly not a serial predator of underage boys'

The same age gap between Trump and Melania. But of course, they got together as adults. Definitely the start of the relationship is dodgy.

Still, gives me hope that when I'm older, I can still be glamorous and attractive and fun.

She was married and had children with her husband during her relationship with EM. She got divorced to marry him. It is a bit ugh tbh.

I also think it's a double standard where boys are concerned. Girls are seen to be vulnerable (apart from the misogynistic Lolita/jailbait stereotype) by and large grooming is seen as grooming.
Boys though, there tends to be less sympathy and more "jammy sod" mentality, because of the older woman femme fatale trope (which I added to no doubt when I mentioned Mrs Robinson).

Talking up with a teenager when you're 39 is grim. Sleazy. It's even worse when you were his teacher. I don't care how pretty she is.

But I hope he wins. I like a "centre" candidate, me. Le Pen appals me, I despise her politics.

His parents must have hated her.

Mine is not a "jammy sod" mentality.

I would think the same thing if the roles were reversed, that they obviously started their relationship under unusual and unconventional conditions but that their long lasting marriage hints that sexual predation was not the motive.