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... to think Gary Lineker is odd?

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KatherineSwynford1403 · 25/07/2023 13:33

Or more correctly his relationship with his second ex-wife is odd? They split and divorced years ago yet he's on holiday with her. They never had children together but she has a (now adult) child with her first husband and one with her second to whom she's still married, happily I understand (as much as I can understand from the papers).

Lineker says they speak three times a day and text all the time. If this was happening to any Mumsnetters they'd be on here complaining about it and rightly so.

What does Danielle Bux's husband think about this I wonder and how does he put up with it?

It's all most strange.

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newnamethanks · 25/07/2023 13:54

Blimey. People acting like normal,people. Whatever next?

Hufflepods · 25/07/2023 13:56

If this was happening to any Mumsnetters they'd be on here complaining about it and rightly so.
Why “rightly so”?
People have different relationships and not everyone is immature enough to need to cut an ex out of their lives entirely. Who cares? They are all adults, they can have whatever friendships they want.

Justcallmebebes · 25/07/2023 13:58

newnamethanks · 25/07/2023 13:54

Blimey. People acting like normal,people. Whatever next?

Well, it's not really normal is it? OP I'm sure I read an interview with him some years ago when he explained they split because of her desire for a baby. He absolutely wanted no more so they split, but remain good friends

Justcallmebebes · 25/07/2023 13:59

Not sure I'd be so thrilled in her current husband's shoes tho

SallyWD · 25/07/2023 13:59

If he's odd then she is too right? She's the one that's still married. It's a slightly unusual set up but if everyone's happy with it then fine.

TypicalCoach · 25/07/2023 14:01

I wouldn't say odd but more lucky he has his reputation intact and laughable to consider him a man with morals.

Was an awful womaniser and cheating on his first wife and yiung children throughout the 90's up to his divorce but somehow it never stuck.

Think sir Alex Ferguson hinted at it one tome.when Linekar criticised him for issues he was having. with the media

cryinglaughing · 25/07/2023 14:01

Her 2nd husband was Lineker, they didn't have a child.

JeandeServiette · 25/07/2023 14:03

She must have an extremely relaxed husband. Or it's a lavender marriage.

JeandeServiette · 25/07/2023 14:04

cryinglaughing · 25/07/2023 14:01

Her 2nd husband was Lineker, they didn't have a child.

I didn't think she was married to her first DD's dad. Not sure how I know that, though, so might be wrong.

GoodChat · 25/07/2023 14:05

Maybe her husband's there too and they're all good friends?

RudsyFarmer · 25/07/2023 14:07

My understanding is she wanted another child and he didn’t. So he let her go and she immediately went off to America, got married and had another child (that’s the but I find odd, not the friendship). .

JeandeServiette · 25/07/2023 14:07

GoodChat · 25/07/2023 14:05

Maybe her husband's there too and they're all good friends?

I can actually imagine my DH and my ex on holiday together, which must be fairly unusual in itself. What I can't imagine is wanting to be there. Grin

RitzyMcFitzy · 25/07/2023 14:08

Speaking to your ex spouse three times a day suggests one of the ex couple would rather they weren't exes.

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KatherineSwynford1403 · 25/07/2023 14:16

Justcallmebebes · 25/07/2023 13:58

Well, it's not really normal is it? OP I'm sure I read an interview with him some years ago when he explained they split because of her desire for a baby. He absolutely wanted no more so they split, but remain good friends

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It's not and I can't imagine anyone being happy that their current spouse's ex is messaging them day in and day out. It is as far from normal as I can imagine. I wouldn't have it.

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MargotMoon · 25/07/2023 14:25

What the fuck has it got to do with any of us, eh? I'm sure we've all got situations in our lives which to other mumsnetters might be unusual but to ourselves are perfectly normal.

RitzyMcFitzy · 25/07/2023 14:26

I'd feel suffocated with a current partner phoning me three times a day and messaging me multiple times too, never mind an ex

StaunchMomma · 25/07/2023 14:26

Some people divorce due to circumstances they can't control and don't feel the need to hate each other.

If they both wanted different things then there's no need for animosity.

My Mum & Dad remain friends after divorcing (married 20 years). It makes life so much easier for me.

Ethelwulf · 25/07/2023 14:28

Define "odd". Having trouble? Yeh, me too. Now define "normal". Even more of a problem.

IcedPurple · 25/07/2023 14:29

TypicalCoach · 25/07/2023 14:01

I wouldn't say odd but more lucky he has his reputation intact and laughable to consider him a man with morals.

Was an awful womaniser and cheating on his first wife and yiung children throughout the 90's up to his divorce but somehow it never stuck.

Think sir Alex Ferguson hinted at it one tome.when Linekar criticised him for issues he was having. with the media

Gary Lineker also has a reputation for smarminess so yes, strange that he gets away with the 'nice guy' image.

He does have 4 sons from his previous marriage, so I can imagine he wouldn't have wanted more kids in his 40s or 50s. That could be the reason for the split, but remaining such close friends seems odd given that she's been married for years to someone else.

fancifulmanciful · 25/07/2023 14:30

My dad and mum are friends, they speak and hang out without me but they've not been together for 39 years. Yes they have me, but my dad is also good friends with his ex and her bloke and babysits their kids, but he is a very odd man.

HedgehogB · 25/07/2023 14:31

JeandeServiette · 25/07/2023 14:07

I can actually imagine my DH and my ex on holiday together, which must be fairly unusual in itself. What I can't imagine is wanting to be there. Grin

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This! My DH and my exH are the best of friends. This has grown over the 14 years I have been with DH. They chat, ex now works for DH, they ride out on their motorbikes. This doesn’t include me, I’m fine with it and it’s lovely for DS whose dad is exH . Ex’s GF is lovely, sometimes joins them on bike trips although I don’t go. She’s better suited to him than I ever was. No one is threatened or silly about it. It’s called being a grown up. I doubt they ever discuss me or even give me a thought when chatting.

XDownwiththissortofthingX · 25/07/2023 14:33

Sounds to be like this thing called 'being friends', which mumsnet seems to be totally incapable of grasping is a thing that grown up men and women can do without wanting to shag each other senseless behind their spouses' backs.

Radical, but there you go.

Ballsacks · 25/07/2023 14:34

Gary obvs didn't want another child and she did so looks like it all works for them

WeetabixTowels · 25/07/2023 14:35

Gary Lineker is a hideous, vile human and a hypocrite of the highest order. The skeletons in his closet would have you scraping you chin off the floor. I can’t help but think a man as dodgy as him has dodgy reasons for having this relationship with his ex

WeetabixTowels · 25/07/2023 14:36

TypicalCoach · 25/07/2023 14:01

I wouldn't say odd but more lucky he has his reputation intact and laughable to consider him a man with morals.

Was an awful womaniser and cheating on his first wife and yiung children throughout the 90's up to his divorce but somehow it never stuck.

Think sir Alex Ferguson hinted at it one tome.when Linekar criticised him for issues he was having. with the media

Joey Barton has too - I do wish that the revelations would come out. The hero worshipping is tedious

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