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To ask what it’s like to have a famous DH?

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GigiToday · 22/06/2019 12:28

I’m just being nosy really, I bet there’s a few posters on here with partners who have achieved some level of fame. And no I don’t expect anyone to reveal identifying information!

What is it like though, knowing that random people admire your DH? Does it make them cocky, or make you feel uncomfortable when other women take an interest in them? I think I’d find it quite exposing and difficult tbh. I have a friend who was in a similar situation with a musician for three years and I know she found it hard.

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BlamesFartsOnTheNeighbour · 22/06/2019 13:26

My DH used to have his own fan club and fanzine! This was years ago though, well before I met him.

OralBElectricToothbrush · 22/06/2019 13:28

he looks beautiful onscreen, he looks quite odd in the flesh

Yeah, my mate is very skinny! His eyes also look brown on screen, but they are dark blue. But he's tall and looking back, I can see where a lot of the male actors he's worked with on screen are about 5ft., 8in.

midsomermurderess · 22/06/2019 13:28

I was thinking Stephen Graham too. Small ordinary village in Leicestershire, isn' it?

TheFatberg · 22/06/2019 13:31

No one is going to be daft enough to tell you who their famous partner is - guessing will just put other people off posting their own stories.

SchadenfreudePersonified · 22/06/2019 13:33

He told me that most people in the profession are quite short with relatively big heads, because that’s what works best on screen!

Funny you mention that DuMonde - one of the things that often strikes me about actors of both sexes is how large many of their heads are in proportion to their bodies. (Not noticed the shortness thing particularly, though - but now I'll watch out for it! Grin)

I get on DH's wick saying "Hasn't X got a big head?!" "How would you know? - you've never met them." "No - their head. It's big. Big for their body."

Though if it's a bloke I will often be muttering "Still sexy, though . . . "

I'd aways just assumed that their brains had stretched their skulls because they had to learn so many scripts. (Not really . . . )

CaptainButtock · 22/06/2019 13:40

Aaaah man. This is gonna KILL meAngry

Tell me who they are or the puppy gets it!!!!! Grin

Yabbers · 22/06/2019 13:43

I hate threads like this because I really really want to know who people are taking about!

Which I think is rather the point of them.

HelloGabriel · 22/06/2019 13:45

I think @RonnieOnions is married to Jamie Dornan - he's the only male film star I've seen papped in the airport recently Grin

Lucky you, if so Wink

JacquesHammer · 22/06/2019 13:48

I’ve dated a couple of famous sports people.

Mainly it used to perturb people in clubs or pubs Grin

Both really nice normal guys.

My FWB was in a band that had various albums.

my2bundles · 22/06/2019 13:48

That would make Onion Amelia Warner.

sqirrelfriends · 22/06/2019 13:53

I think @RonnieOnions is married to Jamie Dornan - he's the only male film star I've seen papped in the airport recently *

Lucky you, if so* 

Ooh, I wonder! Double lucky as his wife is equally gorgeous.

I used to date a semi-famous (in the right circles) band member. This was when we were teenagers and he was quite big headed even then. I can't imagine the small amount of fame has helped matters.

Menarefrommarsitwouldseem · 22/06/2019 13:55

My cousin is married to a PL footballer.
She was a teacher before she met him but doesn't work now and is as far from a 'wag' as you can imagine.

He's recognised when they're out and about but it doesn't appear to he very intrusive. He would only be famous to those into football.
They were at my house a couple of months ago to drop a birthday present in. My friend and her DH were also there. My friend was totally oblivious to who he was where as her DH knew as he follows football.

nippsout · 22/06/2019 14:00

I had a fling with a gp2 driver. He cheated on me at every opportunity.

Littlepond · 22/06/2019 14:01

My DH is very well known in a specific circle and by a pseudonym but the circle is niche and many wouldn’t recognise his face! He does have a PO Box for fan mail though! The kids find it hilarious.

NoBaggyPants · 22/06/2019 14:04

I have a famous ex partner. At home everything completely normal, but it's hard work going out and later finding pictures of yourself on Twitter etc. He's very photogenic, I'm not! Got to the point where I wouldn't go "out out" with him, too much hard work.

LarryGreysonsDoor · 22/06/2019 14:05

I think the reason no one on these threads says who they are or who their DP etc is is because we would all say ‘who’ and it would shatter the illusion that they are famous.

problembottom · 22/06/2019 14:13

DP isn’t famous in any way but he does get recognised as he’s relatively well known in the sport he works in and does quite a bit of telly. Blokes in particular think he’s amazing and say really nice things although he also gets some hate! It’s annoying as you can never get away from the said sport - we’ve been on some really romantic and secluded holidays but he still gets cornered at the bar/by the pool and asked a million questions.

NameChangedF0rThis · 22/06/2019 14:17

I've name changed for this.

Many years ago when I was at school a very close friend's DF was quite well known in the singing and acting world and was also on TV etc (he even has his own wikipedia page and his obituary was printed in The Guardian).

We would often be round at their house and their DF just seemed a perfectly ordinary dad - I never did realise that he was famous until I was older. Blush

And just coincidentally, as well as having a well known dad they also lived next door to Ernie Wise (of Morecambe & Wise fame) and I met him a fair few times.

This was back in the day when the Morecambe & Wise show was a big thing on TV for those too young to remember it.

Like others have said, these two just seemed to be perfectly ordinary people when I met them at home. I have no idea what their showbiz life was like.

PatMullins · 22/06/2019 14:20

I’m not a fan on the intrusion when out eating etc but other than that it’s ok. It’s a bit weird.

Jenasaurus · 22/06/2019 14:21

Stephen Graham. Was he in Line if Duty or is that someone else

GidgetGirl · 22/06/2019 14:26

Actually, here’s a weird thing which is morbid and awful but it does cross my mind sometimes. My DP is quite a bit older than me and although he’s not old and is certainly very fit and vital, chances are he’ll die before me. Hopefully not for many many years, but still.

I do wonder how I’ll feel when/if this happens. Seeing all of the obituaries and people talking about him on social media, and seeing it on the news and stuff. It’s a really horrible thought, although I’m sure people would only be saying lovely things. I do wonder how it affects the process of grief, if at all?

8feet12paws2fins · 22/06/2019 14:28

Ronnieonions couldn’t be married to Stephen graham because she said she didn’t want people to know they lived in a little village and it’s no secret that the Graham’s live in a village! Everyone around here knows, sees him in town and also it’s available on the internet readily! That would also make Ronnie - Hannah Walters (graham).

NameChangedF0rThis · 22/06/2019 14:29

My DH used to have his own fan club and fanzine! This was years ago though, well before I met him.

I'm guessing he was perhaps in the Bay City Rollers or similar?

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NameChangedF0rThis · 22/06/2019 14:32

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justasking111 · 22/06/2019 14:38

My friend asked us to meet her at a nightclub, we went round as a group on weekend nights, she warned us that she was with someone she rather we did not gawp at. He was famous but because we were pre-warned we acted normally, he was a lovely guy but a tad boring. We were not surprised when it fizzled out. He was the most beautiful man I have ever seen in the flesh.