Love Is Love, but…

~ MaryG

I just read an article about Trump’s 27-year old mouthpiece Karoline Leavitt. I was surprised to learn she’s from nearby New Hampshire. (I guess I thought she’d be a Tri-Delt from ‘Bama.)

She recently had a baby and immediately returned to work, which is fine. But this fact led me to do a bit of a deep dive on her husband. Turns out he’s a 59-year old real estate mogul.

I’m sorry, but that gives me the icks. A 32-year age difference in your twenties is too much. If my daughter had a baby with a man in his sixties, I’d want my husband to punch him.

Even grosser, 72-year old Bill Belichick is dating a 23-year old. He could be her grandfather. 🤮

And while I’m at it, I read that Elon Musk’s father Errol Musk has fathered two children with his own stepdaughter. (A mere 20-year age difference between them, but still 🤮🤮)

I’ve read that “half your age plus 7” will avoid making people cringe. (So, a 60-year old could date a 37-year old.) By that rule, even if Bill Belichick lives to 100, it would not be OK for him to date a woman 49 years younger than him.

Dear Leader is 78. Melania is 54. So I guess they’ve reached the point of respectability now, but when they met he was 52 and she was 28. Borderline.

Yeah, this is a catty post. But fuck it.

13 thoughts on “Love Is Love, but…”

  1. It’s strangest because we’ve grown up in a time where marrying for opportunity hasn’t been praised or highlighted as common or modern. We look at countries where old men can marrying child brides as backwards (and gross/immoral/heartbreaking too, yes). But some of these monied men aren’t disgusted by these ideas at all. They look at women, even in our so-called modern times, like another marketplace to wheel and deal in, or something. It’s been obviously undesirable. I can imagine the calculations the women make, but also wonder about actual deals and contracts. I say that as someone who has been attracted to older men before, in one instance by 20 years, so it isn’t always the case certainly, but these gaps are vomitable.

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    2. “but also wonder about actual deals and contracts” fascinating…now I wonder too! The main response I heard from men re: Belichick is “good for him.” But I wonder if the girl (and her parents) negotiated for something specific. Or maybe she just gets a shit ton more followers which she can monetize later…

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      1. These are things you definitely can’t rule out these days. Trump and Melania seem to be quite contracted to me, however things started at first.

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      2. Oh yeah, there’s got to be a contract there. I heard they negotiated a new “postnup”before he ran again. And to think we could’ve had a nice, supportive, age-appropriate couple in the White House. I miss Doug. ☹️

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