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The person you dreamed of marrying

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Tweedle24 Thu 13-Apr-23 14:17:00

Whom did you dream of marrying when very young?

At the age of four, having discovered that my dad was not available (already married to my mum!), I decided Bing Crosby was the man for me. I now realise it was because he looked a lot like my dad.

Problem not a bad choice - could have been a lot worse.

Callistemon21 Thu 13-Apr-23 14:20:20

Anyone with an interesting surname which went well with my forenames 😁

Iam64 Thu 13-Apr-23 14:22:01

An interesting question. It’s prompted me to reflect on never dreaming of marriage. Maybe if I had, I wouldn’t have made a poor choice when I married at 18. Divorce then I met absolutely the right man. I was wiser about the qualities to look for in a good life partner . Two years later I married him, best thing I ever did 💖

Grannybags Thu 13-Apr-23 14:23:22

I didn't dream of marrying anyone. The last thing I wanted was a husband, mortgage and children.

Ended up with all of the above and it wasn't as bad as I thought!

AGAA4 Thu 13-Apr-23 14:24:24

I was besotted with Clint Eastwood in my early teens. I would have married him.

pinkquartz Thu 13-Apr-23 14:25:55

I announced at a young age that I would never marry. Never wanted to.

Fleurpepper Thu 13-Apr-23 14:25:56

Grannybags

I didn't dream of marrying anyone. The last thing I wanted was a husband, mortgage and children.

Ended up with all of the above and it wasn't as bad as I thought!

Same here ... and I could never ever imagine becoming a teacher either.

Norah Thu 13-Apr-23 14:28:12

I married my perfect man at 16, we knew as quite young children.

Ailidh Thu 13-Apr-23 14:37:40

I always assumed I would marry but had no clear views on whom.

I still haven't married, although I guess there's time, though not that much. Heck, if got on with it, I could just about get a silver anniversary in.

I don't think I'd give up my "freedom" but I like the idea of knowing what it feels like to want to marry someone, and vice versa.

Unfortunately, I have a habit of falling for gay men, which makes marriage unlikely.

Juliet27 Thu 13-Apr-23 14:45:45

As a child I wanted to marry a Romany gypsy with a horse and caravan. The man I did marry couldn’t be further from that image. Safer but nowhere near as adventurous. 😩

Callistemon21 Thu 13-Apr-23 14:47:42

Fleurpepper

Grannybags

I didn't dream of marrying anyone. The last thing I wanted was a husband, mortgage and children.

Ended up with all of the above and it wasn't as bad as I thought!

Same here ... and I could never ever imagine becoming a teacher either.

I wanted to be a teacher because I thought it would be better to be called Miss M...... rather than always by my first name.
Not a good reason and I was only about six or seven at the time.

Dickens Thu 13-Apr-23 14:53:24

Peter O'Toole, but someone beat me to it.

Having looked at photo's and articles about him in later life, I'm rather glad she did. grin

Grandma70s Thu 13-Apr-23 14:54:13

I never dreamt of marrying anyone. I dreamt of being a ballerina.

Kate1949 Thu 13-Apr-23 14:58:08

George Harrison.

Blondiescot Thu 13-Apr-23 15:02:00

I don't really remember dreaming about marrying anyone, to be honest. Then when I was around 14/15, I saw this boy and knew he was 'the one', but thought he was completely out of my league. He obviously didn't think the same though - we went on our first date the week after my 16th birthday and will have been married 40 years next year!

Shelflife Thu 13-Apr-23 15:03:03

My first love who I wanted to marry , married someone else. Having said that I married a lovely man and we are coming up to our 49th year of near perfect happiness!

Lexisgranny Thu 13-Apr-23 15:06:46

I know this sounds very odd……..Lester Piggott, though in my defence I was very ‘horsey’!

Germanshepherdsmum Thu 13-Apr-23 15:10:48

Paul McCartney, when I was about 13.

Tweedle24 Thu 13-Apr-23 15:17:03

I suppose ‘dreaming’ was the wrong word when I posted. I was thinking more of the unrealistic hopes of young children.

I was four when I wanted to marry Bing, but I don’t think that lasted long

Callistemon21 Thu 13-Apr-23 15:18:21

Germanshepherdsmum

Paul McCartney, when I was about 13.

Well, I claimed him first, then along came Jane Asher.

Looking at him now, he hasn't aged that well.

Yammy Thu 13-Apr-23 15:18:30

My friend's boyfriend when I was 16. She told me after a few weeks I might as well have him as all he did was ask questions about me. At the time I was going out with his friend.
We both split with respective partners and he offered to walk me home. I thought he was a bore and a swot and his chat did not match his looks.
Six weeks later I got a letter asking me out and we were together for seven years on and off until we married 50 years ago next year. He's still duff at chat-up lines and certainly no smoothy.smile

crazyH Thu 13-Apr-23 15:18:31

Donny Osmond - I actually dreamt that I was dating him - dream on H, dream on 😴

Esmay Thu 13-Apr-23 15:20:46

Adam Adamant !
Lucky Juliet Harmer acting with him .

Patrick McNee was okay too .
Lucky Diana Rigg !

I really thought that Gerald Harper was the bees knees and sexually attractive .

I notice that I still like that English gentleman type .

Being absolutely horse mad -
I wanted a husband with a farm and stables .

Forget love .

It was the idea of having a stable that attracted me !

I thought on the lines of Black Beauty so I'd have a black , a grey and a Ginger horse as well !

By 15 wearing jodhpurs / boy clothes all the time became the thing of the past - pretty dresses and make up became my new look .

Yammy Thu 13-Apr-23 15:22:02

If it had to be someone unrealistic Gregory Peck when I was about 10. His smooth dark looks and manners. I got the dark looks and manners but not the smoothness.

MrsNemo Thu 13-Apr-23 15:27:50

I adored Roger Moore - watched Ivanhoe as a small girl, and seeing him on other TV programmes growing up I fell for his looks, his smooth, sexy voice, and his sense of humour. I still thought he was wonderful as an elderly man - if you've got it, you've got it - for life, it seems!