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bananas

(27,509 posts)
Mon Apr 25, 2016, 02:56 AM Apr 2016

Widowed former senator remarries at 90. This time to a man.

Source: Washington Post

When they first met on a beach in Fort Lauderdale, Fla ., former senator Harris Wofford was 75 and his soon- to-be husband , interior designer Matthew Charlton , was just 25.

Now , 15 years later, the Washington couple plans to tie the knot April 30, exactly three weeks after Wofford’ s 90th birthday and 68 years after his first wedding , to Clare Wofford, to whom the former politician was happily married for 48 years before her death.

If all that math is more than confusing , Wofford recently provided a simple common denominator : “ It is based on love ,” he wrote in the New York Times on Sunday .

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Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/reliable-source/wp/2016/04/24/widowed-former-senator-remarries-at-90-this-time-to-a-man/

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Widowed former senator remarries at 90. This time to a man. (Original Post) bananas Apr 2016 OP
I will view this just as I would any other similar pairing.... 7962 Apr 2016 #1
The Ghost houston16revival Apr 2016 #2
I agree. However gerontophila is real TexasBushwhacker Apr 2016 #3
silver beavers. mopinko Apr 2016 #4
I figured granny porn was for when you give up trying to get a 30 yr old 7962 Apr 2016 #13
It is based on love ...what a great story Person 2713 Apr 2016 #5
Love of money is my guess. Akicita Apr 2016 #7
Love. That's it. Sienna86 Apr 2016 #6
50 year difference?? Demonaut Apr 2016 #8
75-25 when they met 15 years ago and fell in love Mosby Apr 2016 #9
75-25 is 50 years Demonaut Apr 2016 #12
Robbing the cradle LOL, If this was man/woman tone would probably be different- snooper2 Apr 2016 #10
people would think it was for money JI7 Apr 2016 #11
 

7962

(11,841 posts)
1. I will view this just as I would any other similar pairing....
Mon Apr 25, 2016, 06:51 AM
Apr 2016

Wofford must have money.
Cynical yes, but come on, FIFTY yr difference??

TexasBushwhacker

(20,205 posts)
3. I agree. However gerontophila is real
Mon Apr 25, 2016, 09:31 AM
Apr 2016

Gerontophiles are sexually attracted to the elderly. They've found that some had a history of sexual activity with a much older person when they were young. There's even "granny" porn.

 

snooper2

(30,151 posts)
10. Robbing the cradle LOL, If this was man/woman tone would probably be different-
Mon Apr 25, 2016, 02:10 PM
Apr 2016

90 year old married a 40 year old woman!

DRAMA!

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