# Do they always flock together?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-they-always-flock-together/455563>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [July 7, 2008, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-they-always-flock-together/455563 "2008-07-07T15:48:19Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![FlyingRat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/59ef9b/32.png) [@FlyingRat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlyingRat)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2008, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-they-always-flock-together/455563/21 "2008-07-08T10:38:00Z")

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Bono married his high school sweetheart, Alison Stewart, in 1982 (after U2’s second album was released, so they weren’t exactly famous yet, but still). They had dated since he was 15, she 14. They’ve been together ever since.

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**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2008, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-they-always-flock-together/455563/22 "2008-07-08T12:16:30Z")

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Fran Drescher married her high school sweetheart Peter Marc Jacobson. They met when they were 15 and were together for 17 years, surviving the whole “starving actor” thing, a hideous home break in, robbery, and brutal rape, and fame & fortune.

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**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2008, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-they-always-flock-together/455563/23 "2008-07-08T14:17:39Z")

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[QUOTE=Antinor01]  
And if I misspelled Barbra…my gay card would not only be revoked, it would be shredded, buried until it was mulch and then scattered to the four winds.  
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😃

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**Author:** ![Caprese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9a28c/32.png) [@Caprese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caprese)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2008, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-they-always-flock-together/455563/24 "2008-07-08T14:24:07Z")

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Jeff Bridges married a fairly regular girl in 1977–and is still married to her.  
[link](http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/article/makeup%20artist%20captures%20bridges%20first%20moment%20with%20his%20wife_1068264)

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