# 72 year old woman marries 26 year old man(and then it gets weird) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 29, 2010, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/72-year-old-woman-marries-26-year-old-man-and-then-it-gets-weird/537779 "2010-04-29T19:44:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2010, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/72-year-old-woman-marries-26-year-old-man-and-then-it-gets-weird/537779/1 "2010-04-29T19:44:24Z")
Hey, I have nothing against an elderly lady and a young man marrying, but this one seems different someone. Hmmm…what is it? [72 Year Old Woman Marries 26 Year Old Man](http://nz.lifestyle.yahoo.com/new-idea/real-life/article/-/7124792/im-in-love-with-my-grandson-were-having-a-baby/) ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2010, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/72-year-old-woman-marries-26-year-old-man-and-then-it-gets-weird/537779/2 "2010-04-29T19:45:24Z")
Now that I’ve made it mysterious, I’ll spell it out for you. She’s his biological Grandmother. ---
**Author:** ![Rhodes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhodes/32/273_2.png) [@Rhodes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhodes)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2010, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/72-year-old-woman-marries-26-year-old-man-and-then-it-gets-weird/537779/3 "2010-04-29T19:48:49Z")
Awww, look at them. They’re so in love! ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2010, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/72-year-old-woman-marries-26-year-old-man-and-then-it-gets-weird/537779/4 "2010-04-29T19:49:48Z")
I can’t imagine the shit their child will have to go through. At least the child won’t be biologically both theirs (nigh impossible anyway, what with her being 72,) but still, growing up and having your dad be the grandson of your mom? What the fuck?! So…the child’s mom is also his/her great-grandmother, and his/her dad is also their nephew. No, not weird at all. Edit: Now I sit and wait for all the dopers to come in here and say as long as they are in love,it sholdn’t matter what “society” thinks. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2010, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/72-year-old-woman-marries-26-year-old-man-and-then-it-gets-weird/537779/5 "2010-04-29T19:51:16Z")
So since he’s married to his grandmother, that kinda makes him his own grandpa… ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2010, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/72-year-old-woman-marries-26-year-old-man-and-then-it-gets-weird/537779/6 "2010-04-29T19:54:27Z")
She looks pretty good for 72. I had a great-aunt who married a teenager when she was in her 70’s. The kid stayed with her long enough to buy bicycles for all his siblings and then he left. (At least that’s the story the family told around the table at Christmas.) ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2010, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/72-year-old-woman-marries-26-year-old-man-and-then-it-gets-weird/537779/7 "2010-04-29T19:54:50Z")
> [@bouv](#): > > Edit: Now I sit and wait for all the dopers to come in here and say as long as they are in love,it sholdn’t matter what “society” thinks. :rolleyes: No, it’s sick as hell. But I’m not convinced it’s real just yet. ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2010, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/72-year-old-woman-marries-26-year-old-man-and-then-it-gets-weird/537779/8 "2010-04-29T19:56:51Z")
> [@Rigamarole](#): > > So since he’s married to his grandmother, that kinda makes him his own grandpa… He better avoid time travel. ---
**Author:** ![Rhodes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhodes/32/273_2.png) [@Rhodes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhodes)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2010, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/72-year-old-woman-marries-26-year-old-man-and-then-it-gets-weird/537779/9 "2010-04-29T20:01:29Z")
I agree, sick as hell. Although I can’t quite articulate _why_ it’s sick. It’s a donor egg, and they’re consenting adults. Still, sick as hell. ---
**Author:** ![Gagundathar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@Gagundathar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gagundathar)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2010, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/72-year-old-woman-marries-26-year-old-man-and-then-it-gets-weird/537779/10 "2010-04-29T20:08:53Z")
Urgh. My spousal-unit is older than I am and quite a few people have thought that I am her son instead of her husband (especially early on when I had very dark hair and no wrinkles), so I can’t say my reaction is actually rational or even fair, but this just freaks me out a bit. I guess it isn’t the age difference per se, but the incest angle that bothers me. However, I WAS reminded of this: > [@](#): > > I’m My Own Grandpa > > Lyrics: Dwight Latham, Moe Jaffe > Music: Dwight Latham, Moe Jaffe > > Played by Jerry Garcia with David Grisman > > ``` > Oh, many, many years ago > When I was twenty-three > I was married to a widow > Who was pretty as can be > This widow had a grown-up daughter > Who had hair of red > My father fell in love with her > And soon the two were wed > > This made my dad my son-in-law > And changed my very life > For my daughter was my mother > 'Cause she was my father's wife > To complicate the matter > Though it really brought me joy > I soon became the father > Of a bouncing baby boy > > ``` ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2010, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/72-year-old-woman-marries-26-year-old-man-and-then-it-gets-weird/537779/11 "2010-04-29T20:45:11Z")
> [@Rhodes](#): > > I agree, sick as hell. Although I can’t quite articulate _why_ it’s sick. It’s a donor egg, and they’re consenting adults. Still, sick as hell. That’s kind of what I thought about _Harold and Maude_. Stranger ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2010, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/72-year-old-woman-marries-26-year-old-man-and-then-it-gets-weird/537779/12 "2010-04-29T20:50:42Z")
I have removed most of the posted lyrics to “I’m My Own Grandpa.” From our rules: > [@](#): > > If you’re quoting from short works – such as song lyrics, poems, short prose, etc: please quote only what is sufficient to make your point. Generally, that would be a few lines at most. If you want to refer to long passages, provide a hyperlink to a site that has rights to reproduce the material. [Full details here.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=7696968&postcount=3) You might want to re-familiarize yourself, **Gagundathar**. **Ellen Cherry MPSIMS Moderator** ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2010, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/72-year-old-woman-marries-26-year-old-man-and-then-it-gets-weird/537779/13 "2010-04-29T20:51:22Z")
So the kid’s mom will also be his/her great grandma? Great. ---
**Author:** ![gardentraveler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gardentraveler/32/3576_2.png) [@gardentraveler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gardentraveler)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2010, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/72-year-old-woman-marries-26-year-old-man-and-then-it-gets-weird/537779/14 "2010-04-29T20:51:55Z")
If it were just the age difference, it wouldn’t bother me, but grandma/grandson? Ewwwwwww. ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2010, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/72-year-old-woman-marries-26-year-old-man-and-then-it-gets-weird/537779/15 "2010-04-29T21:40:22Z")
Yeah, there’s something mentally fuckered up about those two people. ---
**Author:** ![ShelliBean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f9ae1b/32.png) [@ShelliBean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShelliBean)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2010, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/72-year-old-woman-marries-26-year-old-man-and-then-it-gets-weird/537779/16 "2010-04-29T21:44:02Z")
I’m reminded of an episode of Friends where Joey claims that any phrase can be made to sound sexy if said correctly. The phrase he chose? “Grandma’s apple pie” - I think the kid saw the episode one to many times? ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2010, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/72-year-old-woman-marries-26-year-old-man-and-then-it-gets-weird/537779/17 "2010-04-29T22:07:27Z")
> [@Justin\_Bailey](#): > > No, it’s sick as hell. But I’m not convinced it’s real just yet. I’m not either. The only place name mentioned is Indiana, but the surrogate mother says at one point that they’re “a brilliant couple”, which is not typical American diction. Where are these people, the US or New Zealand? ---
**Author:** ![Dolukhanova](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c68b51/32.png) [@Dolukhanova](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dolukhanova)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2010, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/72-year-old-woman-marries-26-year-old-man-and-then-it-gets-weird/537779/18 "2010-04-29T22:31:41Z")
I refuse to even consider the possibility that this is not a hoax. ---
**Author:** ![emcee2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7bcc69/32.png) [@emcee2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emcee2k)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2010, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/72-year-old-woman-marries-26-year-old-man-and-then-it-gets-weird/537779/19 "2010-04-29T22:40:50Z")
Well, different strokes for different folks, I guess. And speaking of strokes, as far as weirdness for the kid, this might be one of those self solving problems. Although, like others have said, I’d be very surprised if this is even real. ---
**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2010, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/72-year-old-woman-marries-26-year-old-man-and-then-it-gets-weird/537779/20 "2010-04-29T23:01:37Z")
> [@emcee2k](#): > > Although, like others have said, I’d be very surprised if this is even real. Well, the author isn’t listed, but if we all chipped in we could hire the “spirit reader” featured in the next article on the same website to ask the souls in the great beyond who wrote it. I’m gonna go out on a limb and say you might be right. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/72-year-old-woman-marries-26-year-old-man-and-then-it-gets-weird/537779.md?page=2)