This is in part why I’m incredibly conflicted about having kids…the bullying was bad enough when I was in highschool (from 2001-2005) which was minus without today’s social media and the exorbitant consumerism pushed on children - it’s genuinely distressing.
It’s easy to be absolutely anything you want to be when you’re from a family with billionaires within it. Take financial stress out of the lives of anyone and they’ll generally always be happier, look healthier and leading a life without much trouble.
@reannon I think it’s a bit like Shrek in that the references and nuance of anything kids don’t naturally understand would go over their heads and the obvious storyline being rather sweet
@vickim I assume Brady’s motivation is to use her experience as a teaching tool for other (often less fortunate) people. Abuse within relationships is regularly excused by perpetrators through antics similar to what Hill’s appear to be and with women dying as a result of abusive relationships with misogynistic men it’s great to see she is regaining her identity and feels empowered enough to expose the darker side to their relationship. In a world where the voices of harmful men are amplified, women need to have access to the opportunity of being heard.
@rush reminds me a little of when sports stars (I’m thinking AFL) don’t want to be ‘role models’ because they just want to play the game. They experience discomfort when the rest of their life/behaviour is viewed critically simply because they “kick a ball” - that’s the double edged sword of a career which depends on popularity and recognition from the general public…sure he could be an actor with privacy but the loss of that anonymity is what landing the roles necessary to financially support himself costs.
My first thought? There’s obviously something wrong with Leo DiCaprio.
I’d HATE to be proposed to on a TV show. Potentially if we had a unbelievably magical connection and we’d had serious and in depth conversations throughout all of the time I spent with the guy I’d not even consider accepting the proposal and if the guy knew me enough to even consider marrying me he’d know not to propose to me.
As for age or 22 being ‘too young’ I think that’s a modern perspective of it because my nana was seen as ‘old’ as she was 22 or 23 when my grandparents were married. Though she went on to have 5 children(all single births) in 7 years time.
The judge who granted the no knock warrant should be held accountable as they are who have the officers who ultimately did the wrong thing permission to do that wrong thing.
A relationship which seems it was the product of just how patriarchal the world was in the sixties, a man who’s a celebrity and ultimately marries the child he’d met…then he goes on to no longer desire her sexually after she’d given birth. Hate to say it but I lost a lot of respect for Elvis’s memory in reading this.
I think that the issues/complaints raised in this article are completely legitimate though I have the feeling that much of it comes down to many minimally or even unqualified beauty practitioners alluding to being university qualified when what they’re qualified in is a certification in the beauty world not a nationally or internationally recognised education accomplishment.
This is where the American option to ‘plead the fifth’ comes to mind for me - to refuse to talk as it may incriminate yourself…and then he ‘disappears’
I just wonder why her parents gave their permission for her to be married to a man so much older than her when she was 16!? If my child came to me wanting to marry anyone (especially someone considerably older) at 16 I’d tell them they need to wait until they’re 18 and hope they’d come to their senses in that time and not go through with it (I’d be actively discouraging it in that time too)
I had no idea who she was as we don’t really have that code of football in WA. She sounds like a very desperate woman who needs to stay out of the public eye and revive psychological help in order to move on from the mistakes she’s made.
On holiday in London in 2007 age 19 I had a holiday romance with a successful( top 5 in the world) Real Tennis (goggle it)player. I was a naive blonde Aussie who he took to dinner with his friend Jude. We’d been joked for days about Jude Law’s house being close by and he surprised me with at dinner when Jude Law met me as my date was running late. Kate Moss stopped by later in the night too. Both were lovely, I thought Jude was old (I was 19🤦🏼♀️)and Kate Moss was teeny tiny.
I think two big contributing factors haven’t been included/considered/addressed. The environment/pollution/overpopulation and finances. On a level where all a person thinks about is their personal experience the article is relevant but given the state of the world there are far bigger (and more important) issues than having someone to look after you when you get older or to make you laugh.