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Elton John to become a father again
grumpyscot
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http://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/elton-john-and-david-furnish-baby-1428450
Crikey, the guy is 65 years old - 25 years older than adoption societies like you to be. When his kid is only 15, Elton will be 80 !! (If he's still alive!).
Sorry, but I find this absolutely awful - merely an ego trip for Elton without any thought at all about the long term effects it might have on the child.
Crikey, the guy is 65 years old - 25 years older than adoption societies like you to be. When his kid is only 15, Elton will be 80 !! (If he's still alive!).
Sorry, but I find this absolutely awful - merely an ego trip for Elton without any thought at all about the long term effects it might have on the child.
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He is a liitle too old but I don't think his partner is.
It's obvious Elton and David love their little boy Zachary very much. They have time and money to spare and if they want another child they can have as many as they want. OK, Elton's in his 60's, but Des O'Connor had another child when he was 79, so what's the problem? If you can give a child love, age is immaterial really.
This.
Plus David is much younger than Elton and he's at an age where it isn't unusual to become a father.
Just googled and he turned 50 last month so there is every chance he'll still be around long after the new baby reaches adulthood.
This is a very good point (although a little bit of a sad one).
Seems that money talks!
That would be down to your local authority policy though and nothing to do with money. Friends of my family recent adopted a 6 year old boy. She's 44 and he's 47.
My nan had my mother at 44, and this was back in the mid 1950's! I know there's a difference between naturally conceiving a child and adopting one at a later age, but I'm sure people weren't telling her that she was too old to be looking after a young child.
If it was just a case of Elton bringing him up, fine — he might be being a bit selfish. David will be there if anything happens to Elton before Zach reaches 16 though.
Elton and David used a surrogate to have their baby. A baby that will have their blood running through its veins.
Yes. She'd be vilified.
I'm sure they have too. Elton has been saying for a while that he really wanted Zac to have a brother/sister. Nothing at all to do with an ego trip at all!
I wish them all the best.
I am delighted. xx