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90-year-old former US senator is marrying a man 50 years younger than him

hip_young_gunslinger [Edit] [Delete] 12:51, 27 April '16

Saw this story doing the rounds recently - quite amazing, he was married to a woman for decades, then when he was 70, after her death, he met this man, fell in love, and now they're getting married:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/a-part-of-the-magic-of-love-how-harris-wofford-fell-for-a-man-50-years-his-junior/2016/04/26/2385603c-0b1d-11e6-8ab8-9ad050f76d7d_story.html?postshare=9101461689413592&tid=ss_tw

I found it pretty heartwarming, but then noticed a lot of reaction has been "if the younger person was a woman, we'd be totally creeped out by this and think he was a predator the younger partner was a gold digger." Seems a bit mean spirited, but I guess we might see it differently?


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