# 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:** 10\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2010, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/72-year-old-woman-marries-26-year-old-man-and-then-it-gets-weird/537779/41 "2010-05-01T01:48:20Z")
> [@bobkitty](#): > > **Kyla** , there are a lot of ‘Britishisms’ throughout- the use of ‘s’ instead of z, the phrase ‘fell pregnant,’ ‘mum’ instead of mom… odd indeed (though not the oddest thing about the story, certainly..). Well, the other words are part of the narration, and the switching of “mom” to “mum” isn’t particularly strange, since they’re practically the same word anyway. Those don’t tip me off that the story is fake, just that the writer is from the Commonwealth. But no American, unless they’re an unbearable Anglophile, is going to describe a couple as “brilliant”. It’s a hoax, and not even a very well-perpetrated one. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2010, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/72-year-old-woman-marries-26-year-old-man-and-then-it-gets-weird/537779/42 "2010-05-01T02:33:25Z")
> [@](#): > > ‘I am finally going to be a mum and not forced to give up my child. Phil’s going to be a great dad. I never in a million years thought at 72 I’d be “pregnant” and in love with my grandson. I make no apologies and I believe God’s given me a second chance.’ When reached for comments, God stated “I had nothing to do with this one.” ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2010, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/72-year-old-woman-marries-26-year-old-man-and-then-it-gets-weird/537779/43 "2010-05-01T17:37:25Z")
What’s wrong with this guy that he can’t attract a woman his own age? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2010, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/72-year-old-woman-marries-26-year-old-man-and-then-it-gets-weird/537779/44 "2010-05-01T19:52:49Z")
> [@Mahna\_Mahna](#): > > Something smells a little fishy here, and it ain’t grandma’s chicken salad. Why did you use those two descriptions together? _blows chunks_ ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2010, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/72-year-old-woman-marries-26-year-old-man-and-then-it-gets-weird/537779/45 "2010-05-01T22:47:32Z")
> [@](#): > > I agree, sick as hell. Although I can’t quite articulate why it’s sick. I think it has to do with the little fact that HE’S BANGING HIS FREAKING GRANDMOTHER. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2010, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/72-year-old-woman-marries-26-year-old-man-and-then-it-gets-weird/537779/46 "2010-05-01T23:10:01Z")
> [@](#): > > Fun side note: Their relationship is not counted as incest under the law of Ireland - it is legal. How in the world does Ireland define incest, then? Anything beyond siblings or parent-child is OK? They’re related to the same degree as half-siblings, or uncle-niece, both of which are considered incest in most of the civilized world. ---
**Author:** ![adhay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecd19e/32.png) [@adhay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adhay)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2010, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/72-year-old-woman-marries-26-year-old-man-and-then-it-gets-weird/537779/47 "2010-05-02T01:22:29Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Hey, I posted this thread and I’m not even sure it’s real. The more I look at it(I can’t look away), the faker I feel it is. > > Please be fake. It does have a whiff of The Onion but I hope not. I’m a sucker for good love story. ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2010, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/72-year-old-woman-marries-26-year-old-man-and-then-it-gets-weird/537779/48 "2010-05-02T01:42:12Z")
“Well, just remember, boy, no matter how badly you get treated in this world, your grandmother will always love you.” 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Audrey\_Levins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Audrey\_Levins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Audrey_Levins)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2010, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/72-year-old-woman-marries-26-year-old-man-and-then-it-gets-weird/537779/49 "2010-05-02T06:32:31Z")
This is AWESOME. No, I’m not sure why. _thumbs up_ ---
**Author:** ![Laudenum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Laudenum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laudenum)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2010, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/72-year-old-woman-marries-26-year-old-man-and-then-it-gets-weird/537779/50 "2010-05-02T17:20:32Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > How in the world does Ireland define incest, then? Anything beyond siblings or parent-child is OK? They’re related to the same degree as half-siblings, or uncle-niece, both of which are considered incest in most of the civilized world. Incest in Ireland is governed by the Punishment of Incest Act 1908. The Act makes it illegal for a man to have sex with a woman who he knows to be his granddaughter, sister, mother or daughter. A woman is not allowed to have sex with a male who is her grandfather, father, brother or son. Brother and sister include half-siblings. Max punishment for a woman is seven years, max punishment for a man is life. (which sucks). The act would probably be unconstitutional if challenged due to the difference in punishment for the genders. A granddaughter-granddad relationship is forbidden, but not a grandson-grandmother relationship, as the main focus of the Act was to prevent the corruption of the blood, not as a moral judgment - a grandmother is unlikely to become pregnant whereas in the case of a granddad there may be life in the old dog yet;). Think of it as Ireland being all liberal, progressive and non-judgemental:D. The reason that there is no inclusion of same-sex incest is that when the Act was passed, sodomy was still illegal. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/72-year-old-woman-marries-26-year-old-man-and-then-it-gets-weird/537779.md?page=2)