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

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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.

@RonnieOnions How did you meet DH? Was he already famous?

No, he was a jobbing actor and I was a teacher. Met in a pub.

My DH works with (not in) a music band so is known to some of their fans. He's only ever stopped for a handshake or a selfie when we go to their gigs so no intrusion. Online he gets a lot of randoms wanting to befriend him on Facebook so my only stipulation is he doesn't post pics of our DD - but that's a general rule I have for social media more generally.

The main thing I think is a good sign is that, if he wanted it, there are lots of opportunities to go to awards ceremonies and showbizzy things like that and, in some cases, even be nominated for an award (a boring production-y one tho), but he has absolutely zero interest in putting himself forward for stuff like that (although I do want to get dressed up and walk a red carpet so am trying to convince him).

I've always felt that I would end up marrying someone famous and it would be a massive pain in the arse so reading this thread with interest

Also I love trying to work out who everyone is, that's half the fun surely.

DS' dad is very, very well-known - and a bit of a hero - in his field but most people wouldn't recognise him if they fell over him because he keeps his face out of the papers, etc.

I am borderline famous in some circles and sometimes get recognized if I'm somewhere relevant.
And I have a few mates who are either slightly famous or were pretty famous about 20 years ago: this is a London-media-job sort of thing where everyone gets to know everyone else at some point, or they used to. I remember being at a film event with one of my pals and running into a Bloke I Knew From Work (an expert in his field but... just a bloke). My pal and I had pulled a couple of younger men and introduced them to the workmate, and the younger men nearly wet themselves with excitement as he was a big hero of theirs.

I went out with a cricket player, his ego was rather inflated. I couldn't bear all the preening...

Littlepond, Banksy or The Secret Barrister?

meline is your other half Benedict Cucumberpatch?

An ex and close friend is famous in particular circles, people coming up to you when doing everyday things is very unpleasant, you also have to be careful that you aren’t seen together on things like instagram etc to avoid trolling. For people who are well known it must be really hard at times.

Weirdly fascinated by these threads! I think I’d hate to be married to someone famous tbh although you all make it sound very ordinary

Menarefrommarsitwouldseem
Marc Albrighton by any chance??

My dh is internationally famous but not a household name.
he is famous for being world class at a certain genre of music.

Oh I love these kinds of threads.
Onions and Jamie Dornan doesn't work because Amelia was never a teacher.

My DH is well known in his industry and (relatively) famous. It's not as interesting as you might imagine. A lot of our friends are (relatively) famous too and you really don't notice after a while.

DH knows he wouldn't be able to have a family without me sacrificing my career to raise our kids, and his career has really taken off recently, so I am left with a lot of the drudge work.

We are not rich. We live in a 3 bed semi. I don't have a cleaner, nanny, etc. We drive a mid range car. We don't have foreign holidays or anything and our kids attend state schools.

No I won't say what industry or who we know.

Onions I’m thinking Paddy Considine! If so, my Mum lives in the same village!

I get a bit hacked off when people sing my DH's praises to me and I think, yes, he did all that stuff while I was holding DC's head over a bucket to catch vomit, or wiping their arse for the 1000th time.

Ooof I had a sex dream about Paddy Considine the other night.

For my Money I think @Meline is Mrs Adam Driver.

I had a fling years ago with an actor/ director who is now a Sir! We worked at the same place, and it was quite a long time ago. My dh & ds laugh now when we see him in anything. The six degrees of separation thing means that I am connected to Keanu Reeves, not closer unfortunately!

Had a girlfriend in the 90s who was superstar famous but I couldn’t go out in public with her, as being gay would have ‘destroyed’ her career according to everyone who was making money off her. Various men, usually at the start of their careers, went with her to public events. I broke up with her. She’s still pretty much in the closet 20 odd years later. Wouldn’t swap places with her for all the money and fame in the world.

Come to think of it isn’t 6 degrees , it’s only two😃!

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.

I think a lot of very beautiful people, male and female, are a bit boring because, as people are attracted to them because of their looks, they’ve never had to try very hard to be interesting.

My DH was a little bit famous within his niche back when we first met. Things which struck me was how much people assume or project into the WAGs

• we're just skinny blonde superficial man-eating shopping-obsessed vixens. (One of his colleagues gently advised me to dye my hair away from its naturally blonde shade - was grateful for the tip)

• we're always the Other Woman, and only with them for the money and/or career advancement (His XW ended their marriage ten years before we met, my family has always been far wealthier than his, I'm in a different field and doing fine without a partner there)

• we'll copy and parrot - or at least, share - their views (Our religious, philosophical and ethical beliefs can be light years apart, and I've never been afraid to express mine)

In other words, I guess, the challenge is kind of being treated or related to by others as someone or something one isn't.

@GidgetGirl

Is your DP named "James"?

I'm very into comedy so very intrgued!

I dated a tv actor with a bit of a cult following briefly, he was very normal and didn’t get a lot of attention Day to day but occasionally got spotted and stopped by fans. Because it was a cult show too the fans, although very sweet, were quite intense. I found it difficult at times because we’d be out for dinner and occasionally I’d catch people staring or they’d come over and chat which was a bit tricky when you’re trying to have a nice meal together or you’re in the middle of a conversation. Once we were having a quiet disagreement in the corner of a pub and a fan came over and started telling him how much he loved the show. It wasn’t unbearable and we weren’t a long term match in the end, but it made me realise how much I enjoy being anonymous in a big city and being able to eat/drink/row in peace!

Not DH but I've been on TV a few times as a child. I used to be on a well known soap and still get asked for pics when we go out.