Perfect. I was 42 when I met my husband in 1992, he was 14 years younger and we are still together.

Had I been in my 30s and he in his teens I don't think it would have been as acceptable.

Good characterisation of her, but I don't think he's praying on that. I don't think he's like that at all.

BUT if I wanted to character assassinate Chris I'd refer you to the movie "The Silence of the Lambs"? They eventually got the killer from the line "you learn to covet what you see every day"

JOKING

thats not how its figured out. Its about GOALS, Monetary equality, Same stage of mental maturity etc.

I know of two couples in which the wife is FOURTY years younger then her husband. Both are very VERY rich.

In both relationships the woman is accomplished and educated in her own right and they have TONS of things in common, such as hunting fishing and just plain love of the "good life".

as for regular folk, I dont believe that any more then a 10 yr age difference is Compatible for LONG TERM happy marriage.

For instance, my ex'es Sister married a 25 yr old when she was a Hot cougar 35 yr old.
By the time she was a haggard saggy 45 yr old, He was in the prime of his life 35 and with an eye for 25 yr old.

i dont know if they are still together.

a person NEEDS TO have the same goals in life and are willing to put their KIDS above their own selfish needs.

IF a person has that maturity, I dont think it matters how far apart in age they are. Mutual respect and Mutual Goals makes arranged marriages work in many countries around the world.

Absolutely because no older 'less attractive' man has ever had a relationship with a young beautiful model EVER.

they do if they PAY them , have Connections / networking to BRIBE them with , sometimes all it takes is a House, a place to live and a Beautiful young woman will trade her Dignity and Gynecology with some icky creep.

its better then working a job like Helen did

He's an old 33, quite stodgy and not classically good looking. She's a young 18 and beauty pageant pretty. That's why it seems odd. Should 30 something bloke, heck even a 40 something bloke that looks like Clooney or Pitt date a much younger nobody would give it much thought.
Having said that. I think he's more infatuated with the idea of her than actually sexually attracted to her.

As she is a teenager i think more than 5 years is too much. But when you are 30 then 15 years is nothing. 30 and 55 would be no problem for me.

And if you believed that you'll believe anything.

Are you telling us that Chris has 10 mill hidden away in a Zurich bank account?! Beyond that, you believe Ashleigh might be attracted to the dosh and his quiet success as the power behind productions?!

ETA - you also brought age into the equation again - I never did. I said he was a podgy unemployed actor who seems to be going nowhere in life vs a bright model

As long as two people are of legal age and love one another then who is anyone to say they shouldn't be together and judge them. In the case of Chris and Ashleigh they both say they are just friends and she has a boyfriend so this question hasn't really got anything to do with their friendship. In general I'm sure there are plenty of relationships where there is a large age gap in which both partners are a lot more happy than some relationships where they are of a similar age.

I think many of the posts on this thread do women a disservice. The implication is that women, especially beautiful ones are only concerned with the superficial aspects of a man. What happened to being attracted to humour, kindness, intellect, passion, competence etc? Surely the outer appearance is less important than the man within.

A sense of humour is essential to a good relationship imo.

are you attracted to podgy unemployed 'actors' who seem to be going nowhere in life and appear to have little 'get-up-n-go' - did you get that bite? Sweet

Just that people have spoken about him being creepy for allegedly fancying an 18 year old, so I'm asking in a general sense, not really about them, specifically.

If a woman of 16 (the legal age in this country) wants to date anyone of any age, it is none of my business.

I wonder how old Ashleigh's boyfriend is, she's far too mature and clever for the average 18yr old boy and I mean that in the nicest possible way

She's an immature bitchy little brat.

I thought it was funny that English proper Emma couldn't understand his NI accent on the phone-in and ended up lost - gave-up asking him to repeat himself and just became a blank nodding dog reading from cards.

He is not doing that he cares for her nothing wrong with that

On the contrary, I think he probably is sexually attracted to her but with the knowledge that she is unlikely to reciprocate. He's a guy......she's a sexy girl............It happens.

That was purely to bring him down to make room for there fav to win the game is played outside the house as well as in
I for one do not like name calling of the hms just to reach an end in my book it is Curial and uncalled for I am sure there will be people that think it's ok I don't

Immature is making remarks like............. she's an immature bitchy little brat.......... about an 18 year old girl............

I totally agree with you beauty will get very boring after a time if there is little else connecting two people together What's that saying. it's no good loving the chocolate cake in you are allergic to the filling well something like that

Very true

Hmmm , that's known as lust and you are absolutely right.