Richard Gere, 68 yrs., and His Wife Expecting A Ba... - Page 7

bathina · ‎03-14-2010

@CAMOGIRL wrote:
Notice how this happens to the Hollywood types! No one in the real world would ever do this craziness!

(And, why quite frankly is that woman with the old man anyhow???)

You know everyone in the real world? Wow! Your Facebook friend's list must be uuuuuuuuuuge!

Pearlee · ‎06-11-2011

@this is my nic wrote:
Good luck to them. In recent years it's been discovered that the sperm of older men is less healthy than that of younger men. It's always been thought the chance of conceiving a baby with defects was due to the woman's age. Of course, it's always the woman's fault! However, recent discoveries have proven older fathers are also a problem.

@this is my nicNot so recent. I remember my mother, who was in the medical profession, telling my sisters and me that way back in the late 1960s!

Pearlee · ‎06-11-2011

@Sooner wrote:
@Pearlee wrote:
@Sooner wrote:
Nobody thinks about the child. The child is probaby generations younger than any cousin. The child if an only child will grow up lonely, with out much family, and perhaps taking care of or worrying about very elderly parent that they possibly never really knew when they were VERY young. The child probably will grow up without family except ancient relatives, so the child grows up in an adult world.

Your 73 year old dad takes you to kindegarten. Your 85 year old dad goes to gaduation. High school. Really? What on earth are these people thinking.

Rich? Money can't fix everything. May wind up a millionaire when they are 8 with very little protection for their health, happiness and fortune.

Little guidance and love. And don't talk to me about accidents when we're talking about probability here. And forethought (or lack of).
@Sooner That's a lot of "mights" and supposition. Even with your pessimistic scenario, IMO it's better than not being born at all!
That's real easy to say. You haven't been alone, haven't carried all the burdens, and haven't experienced it. Remember all those threads from people dealing with elderly parents? All the anguish, the responsibility and the fact that so much of it you can't do anything about? Well, try that at 20 or 30 years old. Try starting out in life with that on you back.

I'm just saying people don't worry about what they will be putting on that kid. Have your kids when you are younger. You owe it to them.

@Sooner You know not of what you speak - you don't know me or anything about me. I was 25 years old when my father died. So yes, I "tried that" in my 20s.

Pearlee · ‎06-11-2011

@Shelbelle wrote:
@Pearlee wrote:
Tony Randall loved his first wife very much (from what I've read) but they never had children. He was so happy when he remarried at a ripe old age and his new wife had two children. I was happy for him - he always seemed like a nice man and he had a lot of joy in his later life which so many people don't.
Tony Randall came into my mind too, he was married for 50 years, no kids, then suddenly his wife passed away, and he found love again, much younger love. Sadly, his kids really did not get the chance to know him.

@Shelbelle Hi, Shelbelle. I still say that's better than not ever having been born at all!

I don't know what happened with his widow, but many of the kids can later have stepfathers as dads if an elderly father has passed away.

Shelbelle · ‎03-09-2010

Randall's second wife was 50 years younger than he was, when they got married she was 25, he was 75, he was married to his first wife for 54 years.

Shelbelle · ‎03-09-2010

And how old was Cary Grant when he became a first time father? He was 62.

Pearlee · ‎06-11-2011

@Shelbelle wrote:
Randall's second wife was 50 years younger than he was, when they got married she was 25, he was 75, he was married to his first wife for 54 years.

@ShelbelleI meant in my post above that I didn't know whether his much-younger widow had remarried so the kids have a stepfather, or not.

deepwaterdotter · ‎03-09-2010

Page Six is reporting that Mr. Gere is considering a career change that would take him to D.C.

shoekitty · ‎03-10-2010

@Mz iMac wrote:
@kittyloo wrote:
i'm glad that wife alejandra is young enough, that she will have the opportunity to enjoy and support her baby if richard cannot.
Richard's net worth is $120 million. I do not believe "support" will be an issue

@Mz iMac

Lol! Good one. True, true true!