Harrison Ford and Calista Flockhart

According to a CNN blog:

Harrison Ford and Calista Flockhart have tied the knot after 8 years together, Flockhart's rep confirmed to CNN. The couple wed in New Mexico on Tuesday, where Ford is filming "Cowboys and Aliens," according to People. The wedding was performed by New Mexico's Governor Bill Richardson, under the legal supervision of the state's Chief Justice Charles W. Daniels. The couple's 9-year-old son, Liam - whom Flockhart adopted in 2001 - was also in attendance.

Ford, 67, proposed to Flockhart, 45, on Valentine's Day in 2009. This is marriage number four for Ford, and the first for Flockhart.

1. Actually giving birth as an unwed mother is for the “small people” (to use the words of BP Chairman Carl-Henric Svanberg). Rich actresses adopt.

2. Harrison Ford is old enough to be Calista Flockhart’s dad.

3. “Cowboys and Aliens” is a cool name for a movie.

Comments

[outlaw josey wales]

Marriage number four. Amazing. I guess the first three divorces didn't teach him anything. I'm sure he's got a prenup, but even with that, I bet there's some payoff for the ex. It's not even his child. Doesn't make any sense at all.

[DCThrowback]

High IQ people tend to be very self-centered. Move them to Hollywood, and it multiplies exponentially. Enduring the pain and time of raising kids is for the "small people".

[Coyote]

Cowboys and Aliens is a cool name for a movie. I hope the plot involves a showdown between vigilantes and illegals.

[JohnM]

if the equation to determine non-creepy dating range is x/2 + 7 harrison ford should be in the clear
67/2 + 7 = 40.5

[HS: So that means a 14-year old dating a 13-year old is creepy.]

[Curious]

Why do aged actresses adopt? I mean, I understand why actresses often fail to bear children of their own. But why do they later adopt? What's the point? Are they bored (since aged actresses get less work) and looking for a hobby?

[bbartlog]

Why would Ford marry skeletor-wannabe Flockhart? I mean I grant he's not aged as well as some actors and is not as big a star as he used to be, but he's still plenty rich and famous and could get action from lots of women both younger and better-looking than her. Epic fail IMO.

[ice hole]

Maybe he cares about her . . . or something.

[DaveinHackensack]

"High IQ people tend to be very self-centered."

What does that pronouncement have to do with Harrison Ford and Calista Flockhart?

[ironrailsironweights.wordpress.com]

"if the equation to determine non-creepy dating range is x/2 + 7 harrison ford should be in the clear
67/2 + 7 = 40.5

[HS: So that means a 14-year old dating a 13-year old is creepy.]"

The half-your-age-plus-seven rule doesn't really apply unless the older partner is 16 or so. It also doesn't make much sense for people over 45 or 50.

Peter

[JohnM]

actually when I started high school (14) it would be kinda creepy to be dating a girl in middle school (13). Then as you get really old, most people are fair game (i.e. anyone over 47 for an 80 year old).
Then again, I think this rule just applies to guys.

[John]

[HS: So that means a 14-year old dating a 13-year old is creepy.]"

The half-your-age-plus-seven rule doesn't really apply unless the older partner is 16 or so. It also doesn't make much sense for people over 45 or 50.

I disagree. 13 year olds shouldn't be dating at all.

[Sheila Tone]

"if the equation to determine non-creepy dating range is x/2 + 7 harrison ford should be in the clear"

"The half-your-age-plus-seven rule doesn't really apply unless the older partner is 16 or so. It also doesn't make much sense for people over 45 or 50."

It's not a rule! It doesn't apply ANYWHERE! It's creepy! And isnt it a Muslim thing? The first I heard of it was in the movie "X."

The real formula should calculate the man's money and handsomeness, and translate it into a number of years to deduct from his age over 30.

[ironrailsironweights.wordpress.com]

[The half-your-age-plus-seven rule doesn't really apply unless the older partner is 16 or so. It also doesn't make much sense for people over 45 or 50.]

"I disagree. 13 year olds shouldn't be dating at all."

In that case the prohibition on dating should be expressed in terms of a minimum age rather than the half-your-age-plus-seven rule. Two 13-year-olds could date each other without violating the half-plus-seven rule.

Peter

[Trumwill]

Sheila: It's not a rule! It doesn't apply ANYWHERE! It's creepy!

How is the rule creepy?

Anyhow...

I actually think the half-plus-seven rule is about right with the exception of the loophole that HS points out. It's not that it can't be done. More that it's just kinda offputting when it does.

"And thirdly, the code is more what you'd call "guidelines" than actual rules." -Barbossa

[Jack]

"It's not a rule! It doesn't apply ANYWHERE! It's creepy! And isnt it a Muslim thing? The first I heard of it was in the movie "X.""

Everyone guy in my fraternity house, and every guy I know in law school, knows this rule. It's universal for guys, being a minimum socially acceptable age to date.

P.S. "creepy" is a term best used by 15 year old girls, not adults.

[tehag]

"Cowboys and Aliens" -- I know nothing of this film. Is it an attempt to mine the same ground as "Bricoe County?"

[Jack]

"It's not a rule! It doesn't apply ANYWHERE! It's creepy! And isnt it a Muslim thing? The first I heard of it was in the movie "X."

The real formula should calculate the man's money and handsomeness, and translate it into a number of years to deduct from his age over 30."

Every guy knows the rule - we all knew it in the frat house. It's "creepy"? Why? Because it allows us to date substantially younger women? Well then it's reality you're against.

[Sideways]

"Why do aged actresses adopt? I mean, I understand why actresses often fail to bear children of their own. But why do they later adopt? What's the point?"

The more advanced primates are well known for stealing babies of other females of their species. We have a powerful instinct to raise children, ours or not.

[TR]

"Because it allows us to date substantially younger women? Well then it's reality you're against."

Since most men neither date nor marry women substantially younger than themselves, it's not really "reality".