A chance for us old lads still??

[rgp]

It wasn’t bad luck, it was bad parenting, and pedophilia.

By 'bad-luck' I was referring to your being caught up in it all.

Everything in life is basically 'luck' .

I was lucky enough to be born in this country , but unlucky enough to be born to an abusive father , and a mother who continued to make bad men choices . [five of them] .

Could my parents have made better choices ? Of course. Could I have made better choices ? ... No. .... Bad luck.

 

[Geezer Garage]

Have you talked to a sixteen year old girl lately? Not in my wildest nightmare.

 

[Nathan]

If I was free right this moment, the youngest I would marry is probably 25 and up...

For me the bare minimum would be 60. I'd want someone that that's on-the-same-page as me...

 

[Capt Lightning]

There's a saying , "Many a good tune was played on an old fiddle"

 

[Knight]

in this case I believe it's all about monies each way and everway - he is worth billions!

Little doubt that money (his) is the driving factor for the teen to get married. According to the article it's not billions but 4.3 million if converted to Australian dollar value.

I tend to look at this kind of story as something odd to read about. Same as stories about Hugh Hefner or arranged marriages. It's not unusual for older men to wed younger women and this age gap isn't the largest, John Janeway & Gertrude Grubb Janeway hold the record.

Bottom line it makes zero difference in my life but is interesting as a story to read.