# Those crazy kids, Elton and David, have rushed into marriage! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 22, 2014, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-crazy-kids-elton-and-david-have-rushed-into-marriage/707864 "2014-12-22T00:29:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2014, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-crazy-kids-elton-and-david-have-rushed-into-marriage/707864/1 "2014-12-22T00:29:23Z")
Oh sure, just because it’s legal now. Always want to be trend-setters… But are they really committed? I mean, they’ve only been civilly hitched for what, nine years? And living together for several years before that? I think they should have taken their time on it… 🙂 [http://m.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-30568634](http://m.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-30568634) ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2014, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-crazy-kids-elton-and-david-have-rushed-into-marriage/707864/2 "2014-12-22T00:43:56Z")
At least it isn’t going to be televised, like Lance Bass and Michael Turchin’s will be. ---
**Author:** ![Archeonomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7cd45c/32.png) [@Archeonomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Archeonomist)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2014, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-crazy-kids-elton-and-david-have-rushed-into-marriage/707864/3 "2014-12-22T00:56:03Z")
Maybe they _had_ to marry? ---
**Author:** ![JackieLikesVariety](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackielikesvariety/32/296_2.png) [@JackieLikesVariety](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackieLikesVariety)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2014, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-crazy-kids-elton-and-david-have-rushed-into-marriage/707864/4 "2014-12-22T01:08:13Z")
Bless Them, it’s True Love! ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2014, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-crazy-kids-elton-and-david-have-rushed-into-marriage/707864/5 "2014-12-22T01:28:35Z")
Totally undermining the sanctity of Britney Spears’ drunken 55 hour marriage. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2014, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-crazy-kids-elton-and-david-have-rushed-into-marriage/707864/6 "2014-12-22T01:28:43Z")
I see they’ve been hosting the ceremony at their Windsor estate in Berkshire. Perhaps, with a double income, they can afford that cold-water starter flat they’ve been dreaming of. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2014, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-crazy-kids-elton-and-david-have-rushed-into-marriage/707864/7 "2014-12-22T01:32:16Z")
> [@Archeonomist](#): > > Maybe they _had_ to marry? Are you saying somebody already has a “hotdog in the bun”? ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2014, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-crazy-kids-elton-and-david-have-rushed-into-marriage/707864/8 "2014-12-22T02:31:30Z")
> [@Archeonomist](#): > > Maybe they _had_ to marry? Well, they did have two kids “out of wedlock”!:D:p:) ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2014, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-crazy-kids-elton-and-david-have-rushed-into-marriage/707864/9 "2014-12-22T03:13:15Z")
Huh, I thought they got married years ago. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2014, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-crazy-kids-elton-and-david-have-rushed-into-marriage/707864/10 "2014-12-22T06:22:01Z")
I saw this. Lulu [posted](http://photos-e.ak.instagram.com/hphotos-ak-xaf1/t51.2885-15/10865248_394573820692204_1500242274_n.jpg) [pictures](http://photos-d.ak.instagram.com/hphotos-ak-xaf1/t51.2885-15/10844302_314393762087203_430397406_n.jpg) to [Instagram](http://photos-h.ak.instagram.com/hphotos-ak-xaf1/t51.2885-15/10844131_1390727174555823_228595402_n.jpg) from the event. I saw them because Kate Bush was in them. ---
**Author:** ![Sr\_Siete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@Sr\_Siete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sr_Siete)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2014, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-crazy-kids-elton-and-david-have-rushed-into-marriage/707864/11 "2014-12-22T08:16:11Z")
They weren’t? Well, I’ll be. And they looked such a traditional and conservative couple. ---
**Author:** ![Becky2844](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2014, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-crazy-kids-elton-and-david-have-rushed-into-marriage/707864/12 "2014-12-22T08:21:24Z")
Well, ya know _Christopher Walken voice_…sometimes the mad flush of the holidays makes us do crazy things. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2014, 8:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-crazy-kids-elton-and-david-have-rushed-into-marriage/707864/13 "2014-12-22T08:31:21Z")
The kids are alright. ---
**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:** [December 22, 2014, 8:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-crazy-kids-elton-and-david-have-rushed-into-marriage/707864/14 "2014-12-22T08:46:16Z")
Wait a second… Elton John’s middle name is Hercules? ---
**Author:** ![usedtobe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ec9cab/32.png) [@usedtobe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usedtobe)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2014, 9:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-crazy-kids-elton-and-david-have-rushed-into-marriage/707864/15 "2014-12-22T09:03:58Z")
Poor Bernie… Gave the best years (and music), and is left old and alone. Heartless bastard… ---
**Author:** ![SanVito](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sanvito/32/2805_2.png) [@SanVito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanVito)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2014, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-crazy-kids-elton-and-david-have-rushed-into-marriage/707864/16 "2014-12-22T12:01:57Z")
> [@outlierrn](#): > > Huh, I thought they got married years ago. They got [Civilly partnered](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_partnership_in_the_United_Kingdom) 9 years ago. Full marriage only became legal in the UK for same sex couples earlier this year. ---
**Author:** ![scoots](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b77776/32.png) [@scoots](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scoots)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2014, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-crazy-kids-elton-and-david-have-rushed-into-marriage/707864/17 "2014-12-22T12:31:26Z")
Ah yes. I remember the Sun’s headline when they got civilly married: [![](http://www.classicheadlines.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/EltonTakesDavid.jpg) ](http://www.classicheadlines.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/EltonTakesDavid.jpg)