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  • #121
    Anyone think it is a bit ummmm not right that Athina (17) is dating a man who is 29? Goodness she is only 17.

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    • #122
      I don't think you want me to comment, num1train.

      <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by num1train:
      Anyone think it is a bit ummmm not right that Athina (17) is dating a man who is 29? Goodness she is only 17.

      <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

      Alas, I meet and fell in love with a Brit when I was a stupid, naive 19 (which prolly translated to a lot younger than Athina's these-days 17). He was a divorced 33 year-old, with teenaged kids.

      We've been married, oh, about 20 years now. So I can't really say that that factoid stopped me.

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      • #123
        Hi Beezer

        19 is at least legal and not underage.

        17 seems just so young to be dating a man so much older.

        Only my humble opinion though. I wish her the best in life.

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        • #124
          I understand your point and wasn't trying to be flip. I think you have to keep in mind, though, that for 17-year-olds in Europe and elsewhere, the rules/laws are a lot different, i.e. the legal drinking age is much lower. At 17 and thisclose to her 18 birthday, she's pretty much an adult.

          None of which lessens her father's apparent concern about the dating, I'm sure.

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          • #125
            GOOD GOD.

            17 dating a 29 year old???

            I don't care if you're God's daughter and you have a bank account with no end, that's STILL ridiculous. What could this girl POSSIBLY have in common with someone like that? Ooh. Riding. That's like saying I should date Mclain Ward.

            Geez.

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            • #126
              <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by num1train:
              Hi Beezer

              19 is at least legal and not underage.

              17 seems just so young to be dating a man so much older.

              Only my humble opinion though. I wish her the best in life.

              Don't just appear in life, STAR in it!<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

              17 actually, is legal though. In most states the age of consent is 16. So, technically she's not breaking any laws.

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              • #127
                That was an interesting look at the Chronicle demographics, Lizviola, but I have to wonder where their info is coming from. I've been a subscriber for decades and I don't remember ever responding to anything that would give them that kind of information about me. Also, too, when surveys ask my household income, I'm rather inclined to leave that answer blank, and I imagine I'm not the only one. Why would I want to tell a bunch of strangers something like that?

                So even though those numbers don't look out-of-line to me I somehow have a hard time believing that large numbers of Chronicle subscribers would have been so forthcoming about their assets. Maybe there was some guesstimating going on?
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                • #128
                  Or - maybe the couple that DID respond made that sort if money, and they only had a half dozen or so respondees to pull from?

                  "Spot"

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                  • #129
                    Buy, if I was a rich parent, I'd much rather have my kids turn out like Alison Firestone than those Hilton girls.

                    I think a lot of rich kids suffer from boredom - they need something to do. I bet riding really helps them - it's year round and requires a pretty good amount of effort to be good at it. I doubt Paige Johnson parties all day and sits on her horse once a week - I'm sure she spends a lot of time in the saddle!

                    I wish I had the money and time to ride all the time, but I don't......... which gives me some push to be more successful and find a better job - I doubt I'll ever do Florida - my goal is to be able to afford a horse and some local shows. It's a strong motivator as I plow through grad school working 40 hours a week at low paying internships - so I can graduate with the skills I need to get a job that pays.

                    I'm glad there are rich people that can afford to keep the trainers and barns in business!

                    And I don't think horse stuff is that outrageous - In a society where we'll pay $75.00 for a $10.00 t-shirt that says Tommy on it, why would anyone look down on someone spending $1200 on hand crafted, high quality leather boots?

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                    • #130
                      Here, here Beezer.

                      When I was 22 I feel in love with a man who was 13 years my senior. I married him a few years later, we've been married for 5 year this July, and frankly it's going great. THough we don't have the same memories of certain world events (I was alive when, say, Nixon left office, but my main reaction to this news would have been increased drooling), it turns out in many ways I have far more incommon with him than many of the boys my own age I dated. THough, if truth be told, I'd almost always dated older men--frankly guys my own age never seemed interested. While I was waiting for someone my own age to get off their a$$ and ask me out, several guys 15 years their senior would beat them to the punch.

                      We both ride, work in the same field, enjoy having lots of pets, have similar upbringings and lifestyles. So, we really have quite a bit in common--the main area of disconnect is musical tastes, LOL.

                      I can't say whether Athina's man is a lech after young tail or if they are perfect for each other, but I don know that I would NEVER judge a relationship based on age alone.

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                      • #131
                        <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by *Bebe*:
                        What could this girl POSSIBLY have in common with someone like that? Ooh. Riding. That's like saying I should date Mclain Ward.
                        <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

                        LMAO! Not that I'm current on all the gossip or anything, but I don't think McLain Ward was a good example with which to make your point, Bebe!!!! LOL.

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                        • #132
                          Oh. I'm just saying that the likelihood of a wealthy 17 year old heiress and a 29 year old showjumper with a CHILD (Daddy, why is your girlfriend only 10 years older than me?) have anything in common OTHER than riding is slim to none.

                          Just like McLain Ward and I. Riding. That's it.

                          (Just stole a rider, that's male)

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                          • #133
                            I'll one up ya, Bebe, and take George Morris.

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                            • #134
                              Or Kelly and Calvin Klein. Wasn't that an odd couple?

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                              • #135
                                <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by magnolia:
                                And I don't think horse stuff is that outrageous - In a society where we'll pay $75.00 for a $10.00 t-shirt that says Tommy on it, why would anyone look down on someone spending $1200 on hand crafted, high quality leather boots?

                                The witchy witch witch of south central NC.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

                                good point, magnolia. And besides, people don't buy custom $1200 tall boots just to brag about it. In fact, it seems as though it's the opposite way in horseback riding. People love to brag about the GREAT deals they got....

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                                • #136
                                  Bebe, unless you know Athina Onassis and/or her boyfriend personally, I would say it was a little presumptious to criticize their relationship because of what you think they have in common. I'm not trying to pick a fight, but plenty of my friends' parents are 10 or more years apart. While I personally would feel that dating a thirty-year old while I'm eighteen would be a little weird, I'm not going to assume that just because they have an age gap they must have no common interests.

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                                  • #137
                                    I don't think anyone is criticizing either one of them personally. I think most people feel that a 17 year old girl is still very much a child. Being 17 and dating a 29 year old with a child requires maturity that I do not believe any 17 year old can possess. Again just my humble opinion.

                                    I think Paige is awesome!

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                                    • #138
                                      <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by maggymay:
                                      Kachoo- the Olsen twins totally freak me out, no matter how old they get I keep waiting for them to go all Children-of-the-Corn <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

                                      Uh huh! Those Olsens give me the willies, too. They have my vote as "most likely to grow up and be as old and slutty looking as Suzanne Sommers". Actually, they look like her already..... creepy!
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                                      • #139
                                        I am so glad to be able to contribute to the Chornicle's average income. As someone calculated, it takes a number of people to make $20 k a year and another to take make millions to come up w/ the average posted by the Chronicle. Also this is probably the only instance in which I will ever be construed as being rich. Wow, I feel so rich. But really the way I am able to afford horses is by cutting back on things that other people take for granted like: movies, dvds, clothes (not horse clothes), a nice car or home etc. I don't care that some people have enough money to own 4 really expensive horses and compete at high levels, but I do mind when individuals try to "tell" me that I am rich or well off when I am not. Yes my life is comfortable b/c I was lucky enough to be born in the USA, so I am better off than those people born in third world countrys and I do appreciate that fact. W/in the US,however, I am definately in the poor category realistically.

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                                        • #140
                                          Emma, SOOOOOOORRY.

                                          I'm generalizing because it's unlikely. That's what people do.

                                          I know I shouldn't make judgements and yadi yadi yadi, but can anyone blame me for observing that the vast majority of 17 year olds would not be in the same place of their lives as a 29 year old????

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