to think- harry redknapp-true love or co-dependency/needy?

[cloobydooby]

just catching up on I'm a celebrity and seeing everyone so touched about Harry Redknapp loving and needing his wife so much. people often applaud when 2 people cant cope without each other later in life and still seem so in love 50 years on-but when you're younger this level of need gets labelled as needy, co-dependency, etc -not sure what to think (as I've been labelled needy in the past for a lot less than this)

I think a lovely nice man such as Harry is what every girl needs, he loves and respects her, we all need a Harry Redknapp in our lives, girl goals!

I think a lovely nice man such as Harry is what every girl needs, he loves and respects her, we all need a Harry Redknapp in our lives, girl goals!

I for one, woikd find a relationship like that utterly stifling.

Rockingthelook as I said to my father in law today I would bloody hate it!

why did I start the thread? just curious about different attitudes-reading the thread running now about the lady boiling with rage about her partner not cooking and the responses, this is not how Harry and Sandra would operate as she's always done everything for him!

I don't do everything for my husband and neither does he do everything for me, we are both perfectly capable apart. Our lives are enhanced by being together, we're not co-dependent, we just like having each other around and enjoy our time together.

I think it's just nice. 53 years is a fucking long time, they should b celebrated not labelled as some kind of something bad or derogatory like co dependency.

I think he seems lovely.

He was in football for most of his life. Realistically, they would have spent far more time apart than together for the majority of their married lives. Maybe he now appreciate a their time together.e

@Patroclus ... LOL!

Well he's in the jungle and she's out exercising or whatever, so clearly not joined at the hip. And fearing you will lose your partner after all those years sounds very normal for someone of that age to me. They sound lovely.

If they were truly co-dependent he wouldn't be in the jungle would he? They obviously like spending a lot of time together, but can function apart. It's a nice way to be imo.

When DH works away we talk every day that we can. Sometimes twice. On the days we can't we get on with our days and cope just fine, we just prefer being in close touch with each other.

Jack Dee was the same when he was on CBB. He missed his wife Jane terribly. He eventually won it.

I expect it is love not co-dependency. As others have said, when he was managing (and to an extent) playing, he was apart from his wife for long parts of the day. He still lived near Bournemouth when managing Portsmouth which is not five minutes away.

I don’t think it’s that unusual after 50+ years together, and how they have lived their lives together eg her cooking, him having the support to follow his passion has obviously worked well for them. I think it’s sweet, and as other posters have said, he wouldn’t be away from her in the jungle if he was abnormally co-dependant.