Well... there WAS this one....
Posted on 01/15/2015 12:43:27 PM PST by Kaslin
Social media is agog over George Clooney's tribute to his wife, Amal, at last weekend's Golden Globe Awards in Hollywood. Women, especially, are swooning in their tweets and Facebook postings.
Said Clooney, "Listen, it's humbling to find somebody to love, especially when you've been waiting your whole life, especially when your whole life is 53 years ... Amal, whatever alchemy brought us together, I couldn't be more proud to be your husband."
I admit the tribute was sweet and his wife is drop-dead gorgeous, but Clooney, twice named "The Sexiest Man Alive" by People magazine and known for his numerous relationships with women, has only been married four months. Maybe in Hollywood four months is considered a long-term relationship, but let's see if they make it to their 49th anniversary, as my wife and I did today.
What produced such a mushy reaction from women to Clooney's remarks? I think part of it is that in our modern "relationship" era where people have "partners" not spouses, it is a rare thing to see a famous man publicly expressing love for his wife. As Phil Collins put it in a song, "Doesn't anybody stay together anymore; I wonder why, doesn't anybody stay together anymore?"
I think the answer to "why" is that our culture has redefined "love." In 1984, when Tina Turner sang "What's Love Got to Do with It," that song might have been the anthem for a generation.
What is "love"? If it isn't more than feelings, a superficial sugar rush that occurs when one is near someone special, what happens when the feelings subside? No marriage can be sustained at the level of teenage romance (cue the late Ricky Nelson): "A teenager's romance is fickle or true; a teenager's romance is red hot or blue; you're either in misery or high on a crest; a teenager's romance is like all the rest."
Uh, not exactly Ricky.
Some years ago I introduced my wife to a colleague at a Christmas party this way: "I want you to meet my first wife." Later he sought me out and asked with a serious expression, "Why did you bring your first wife to the party?" I replied, "It's the only one I've had." He looked at me surprised, as if I were a dinosaur at the Museum of Natural History.
Maybe I am, but it has worked for us. Has it always been perfect? Of course not. No marriage is and anyone who says so isn't telling the truth. When two imperfect people marry you double the imperfections. Someone recently asked me how we have managed to stay married. I answered, "forgiveness." If you admit you are far from a model man and husband and look for the good in the other person you will find it. Fault doesn't require a long search. It begins in the mirror.
So, happy anniversary, Charlotte Ray. I don't look like George Clooney, but I'm grateful you find me appealing. Besides, in a very short time, George and Amal won't look like they do today. I hope they stay married. I know we will. As the old Perry Como song goes:
"Till the end of time
Long as stars are in the blue
Long as there's a spring of birds
To sing I'll go on loving you."
Sure does
Maybe he just didn't get or like your little joke.
No; the dialog did!
Islamic porn.
I have been unmarried for decades, to the same person.
For the females, too! LOL
How about George Kennedy, granny?
Aunt Rosemary was more talented, but they both shared love for the Democratic Party and the “democratic process”.
Well, if George doesn’t ring your bell I guess I don’t stand a chance either. I could have been his stand in if I had been closer to his age. The man has nineteen years on me. I do admire George as a real man, he actually went into the Army during WWII and served sixteen years before returning to the entertainment business. He was like Glen Ford, James Stewart and some others who actually lived the he man role in real life. Come on now, how could you not like this guy, in this video at age forty two he looks much as I did at the same age. Naturally I was better looking though;>) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-Fe6nF5mcU
You’re still feisty!
You have a great sense of humor, that is the most attractive thing a man can have. LOL I just remember George as an much older man. A far as acting goes, Glenn Ford and James Stewart went, they didn't impress me. Steward was ok in Bell, Book and candle, with Kim Novak, and Jack Lemon I didn't like his movies but James Dean was ok, Marlon Brando in The Wild One was good...personally he was a little strange. Every one in The Godfather was great
What I find interesting is some actors when younger were not interesting, but my favorite actor on TV is Mark Harmon in NCIS but as a young actor he was not interesting at all. He was too pretty, now he is handsome...I'd ask you who your favorite actress was, but knowing men, I'll bet you'd have a hard time picking a favorite...they are all gorgeous..
Seems most of my boy friends were a little on the bad boy side. My husband got kicked out of catholic school, and he went to a trade school, aero-mechanics and was ask to leave, but was liked by everyone he ever worked with. Met him his last semester in High School. Public schools will take anybody LOL. He passed away when we had the farm, his first and only heart attach....My 4 sons I nagged about their health...One had his first heart attack in his mid 40's and a minor stroke in his 50's. Second son also has had major heart problems...It ran in my husbands family. He ignored his health or he might still be around. I have been a widow for 25 years, After raising 5 kids, living alone is quite pleasant....:O). But until recently I always had a dog. They are easy to live with...
>>>“Boy, it is hard to hate him. He really seems like a good guy.”
He is an actor. He is acting.
Not all women love him. Some can’t stand him. He’s been a fornicator all of his life.
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