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Do you wish you had ended up with your heart throb from when you were 12?

273 replies

Snog · 12/12/2020 18:48

Mine was Sting. The tantric sex sounds alright tbh.

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SapatSea · 12/12/2020 21:06

David Bowie who had replaced Marc Bolan in my affections.
But big NO to David Bowie, he slept with underage girls, totally unforgivable for me. So many old idols whose music I can't listen to anymore. I read an article by David Baddiel a few years back, crowing about meeting Bowie on holiday and how Bowie kept propositioning two 16 year olds, one of them apparently did spend the night with him and Baddiel was outraged at the other girl because "who wouldn't want to lose their virginity to David Bowie?"

I used to work in the music industry (briefly) when younger - famous guys were a bunch of total narcissists and toxic sociopaths.

Spongebobsquarefringe · 12/12/2020 21:07

@VienneseWhirligig I like Jason Donovan too he seems alright now, think we’d of hit a rough patch, almost divorced, had to chase paps from the front door etc for a bit, make or break holiday after rehab, vowel renewal and all sorted.

Quite liked Shane Filan westlife but typical me picked the one who went bankrupt

AndNoneForGretchenWieners · 12/12/2020 21:07

Patrick Swayze - was clearly destined to be a young widow Sad

DH's sister was at school with Clive Owen.

TAKESNOSHITSHIRLEY · 12/12/2020 21:26

well my love at first sight has never gone away and im 39,even now he still makes my heart miss a beat

trouble is hes gay and dead

he was/is Stephen gately

HiGunny · 12/12/2020 21:29

@Spongebobsquarefringe Shane Filan was my actual 12 year old crush, I was in a stage school show with him...He was 13 at the time and gorgeous even then.

Barmyfarmy · 12/12/2020 21:30

I had a weird thing for Tom Selleck and Monty Don... (Still would Grin )

MrsWarleggan · 12/12/2020 21:32

@TAKESNOSHITSHIRLEY

Awww Steo. So sad 😢

AdditionalCharacter · 12/12/2020 21:33

Arnold Schwarzenegger Xmas Hmm

Although he is a funny old bloke now. Would probably work.

ChorleyFMcominginyourears · 12/12/2020 21:47

Mine was ronan keating when I was 12, he's still really good looking but the way he treated his poor wife has put me off for life!

EssexGurl · 12/12/2020 21:48

Simon Le Bon - yes, please!

cologne4711 · 12/12/2020 21:53

Mine was Gary Lineker - maybe.

Olivia Wilde is stunningly beautiful and much better looking than any of the blokes. If I were younger I could have a girl crush on her but she's much too young for me!

CounsellorTroi · 12/12/2020 21:56

Woody from the Bay City Rollers. He actually hasn't aged badly at all and is a folk musician nowadays. I might....

grassisjeweled · 12/12/2020 21:56

Peter Barlow Confused

Peakedin1997 · 12/12/2020 21:59

Philip Schofield - I don't think I'm his type Grin

WhatTheFuckHappenedHere · 12/12/2020 22:00

Jarvis Cocker! I absolutely still would..

Pipandmum · 12/12/2020 22:00

No. It was Rupert Everett and I don't think it would have worked out...

ProfessorRadcliffeEmerson · 12/12/2020 22:00

Mine was Leonard NImoy as Spock, he's a bit dead now..

gottakeeponmovin · 12/12/2020 22:07

Oh I love this
Morten - yes
Don Johnson - yep
Matt Goss - no way what a twat

GrolliffetheDragon · 12/12/2020 22:07

Hmm, can't think of anyone from when I was 12. A bit older though and River Phoenix, Kurt Cobain, both dead. Richey James, missing (legally declared dead now I think?) and the underage girls thing is disturbing enough on its own to be a definite no even if you don't believe anything worse. Johnny Depp, nope.

Miki Berenyi, Leslie Rankine, Justine Frischmann. Can't see it.

I think what I find attractive in a person has changed a lot...

bitheby · 12/12/2020 22:13

Mine was probably Philip Schofield. Would've been a disaster.

Conkergame · 12/12/2020 22:16

Yes my primary school crush is actually doing quite well for himself! But I love my DH so still wouldn’t swap them!

OneMoreForExtra · 12/12/2020 22:19

Oh, and, when I eventually moved on from Mark Hamil aka Lake Skywalker, then Rob Lowe... hell yes, still would.

Funny how my sleb crush taste is so much better than my real life taste...

Iminaglasscaseofemotion · 12/12/2020 22:19

Mine was Johnny Depp so probably not.

RolandSchitt · 12/12/2020 22:21

Stephen Gateley, God rest him. I loved him, and his wee curtain haircut. I'd like to think he was always a lovely man. I had many a nice evening poring over my Boyzone album, and especially his pages.

I also had a giant poster of Ryan Giggs. Which is weird because I am A. From nowhere near Manchester, and B. not a football fan. Very glad I didn't end up with a man like him!

Dannydevitoiloveyourart · 12/12/2020 22:22

Mine was Thierry Henry. I wouldn’t mind to be honest. He’s still very attractive.

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