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read up on my good friend Ryan Seacrest - old chap's getting serious with someone! For ex-American idol watchers like myself, this is kind of a big deal.
He has dated people before, including but not limited to Terry Hatcher, Sheryl Crow, Paulina Rubio, and Sophie Monk. Never before, though, has he really gotten lovey-dovey; apparently, this girl might be "the one"!
She's Julianne Hough, one of the skilled dancers on "Dancing With the Stars." Their meeting is self-explanatory - dance partners (sigh...that's romantic). They've been going out of their way not to let the media know that they're together, but who are they kidding? They couldn't hide forever.
They've been spotted all over Los Angeles together, cozying up at romantic dinners and strutting side-by-side down the street. Ryan even flew to New York for Julianne's dance performance at the CMA Music Festival on June 11th (a source told New York Daily News that he tried not to let anyone he was going for her because he didn't want anything to get messed up, "their relationship is still in the early stages and Ryan really, really likes her").
What I just love about this is that I really, truly factored Ryan Seacrest into my decision to stop watching American Idol. I swear he began to change over time. He was lively and entertaining throughout the first couple of seasons, but by season 4 he had dark circles under his eyes, his skin was paler, he looked tired and rundown and (while the effort was still there!) he seemed to have difficulty smiling.
He made me sad - I even said it to my mom at the time. I'll never know what was going on in Ryan's life when these changes started to happen, but their visibility got me thinking about what I did know - his age. Strange to me at the time (being half his age), but stunning Ryan was hitting age 30...he was getting old! Not old like physical capacities start to diminish, but old like pressure to get married sets in. And hey - I bet that pressure is depressing!
Recent posts have talked about marrying-age, and I want to talk just a little bit more. It seems to me that the little ones who scamper down the aisle find themselves running in quite the other direction only a short while later, while good things come to those who wait.
Take celebrities' lives, for example (we love 'em!) - the early marriages tend to result in cheating and break-ups, while we don't hear much about the later-weds (they all move to their romantic island getaway houses together and escape the spotlight forever!).
The part about your twenties being better spent on self-devotion aside, I'm beginning to think it really must be important to fully mature and grow before joining up with someone else. Perhaps the more frivolous and frantic relationships we zoom through, the better prepared we are for the real thing. Perhaps it's not just the twenties, but some or all of the thirties too that we need to devote to self-development.
At age 35, Ryan may have found the one. Or, maybe he didn't - but he's probably not even halfway through his life yet. He - we all - have time to wait.
What do you all think - is waiting to marry a good idea? How long is the well-lived single life?
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Celebrities have to be some of my least inspiring interactions. Most of the time, good things come to those who know and the rest of us get trapped due to financial things with the love of our ignorance in early years. Not me, and I won't ever date. Of course, then I 'm the one who they said couldn't and while they're tangled in the arms of love, I'll rise past them and they become angry and try to tease me with wasted years -- all mine to waste equally, theirs are.
Correction: She hasn't been on DWTS for the past couple of seasons.
Ok, he has waited until he is 35 and maybe wants to settle down. But, he has found someone who is 21 to settle down with? Based on the premise of the article, shouldn't she be waiting until she is in her 30's to settle down, too?
There is something about them together that just seems wrong to me.
@Neimann - perhaps his high metro-traits / borderline homosexual vibes?
She's so goregouss.. i agree it just seems wrongg
@Neimann - Woah! I probably should have looked into that....yeah, she's a bit young for him.
I say if it really is a relationship, more power to him. I wish him the best of luck. Age is just a number after all. He can't help who he likes.
But back to the point. Yeah waiting for marriage is worth it. Who the heck wants to be married at 21 anyways? There's too much stuff going on. Get yourself financially stable and get your career going, then you can make room for someone to spend the rest of your life with. Ryan is doing the right thing by waiting. He doesn't seem to care that he is 35 and not married.
He's 35?! I think age can be a factor but Ashton and demi work out, people can't speak for everyone. He kind of looks like jeffrey dahmer and that's sexy.
it must suck for a celebrity to find someone.
he's at his prime!
I agree on the Ryan comments in this post, but definitely not on the Julianne Hough parts. Ryan is 35, he's been working really hard for a really long time on his career (clearly having made much success for himself). He loves his work and that will never go away and always be a major fixture in his life. Yes, he's matured like a fine wine over the years and is probably more ready now than five years ago or so for a real solid relationship. His time of being alone has better ready him for marriage. BUT, I strongly disagree that he will find that with Julianne Hough. She's only 21, FAR from having aged to perfection as suggested in this post. She was already engaged once at 18, had a serious relationship with Chuck Wicks that ended late last year, and she has a habit of blasting her relationships (in which she makes ALL of them serious) to the public. I don't doubt for one second Ryan is more into her than she is him and that her main interest isn't for Ryan as a person, but is in Ryan and what he can do for her career since no one really knows her as a country artist and actress. People really only recognize her for dwts. So considering her age, that makes this entire entry hypocritical. Since I do agree with the Ryan parts though maybe Julianne is just a warm up and Ryan is finally showing he IS ready for the real deal. Once this fizzles out Ryan will find "the one" in someone closer to his own age who's probably had a little but more time to mature like he has, unlike Julianne.
@Jolie4life - It saddens me to hear that Julianne would use someone for her career. This is not the first time that I have heard that. I never been a fan of Ryans, he just seems so arrogant and I don't care for that trait in people. But I hope her career is not what she is in this for.
It does seem to me though that Julianne hooks up with guys that are far more ready to settle down than she is. I guess if she continues to hook up with men who are older than she that is more likely to happen. Watching her on the videos with Ryan, she couldn't get out of the way of the lens fast enough though. She said recently that she has learned that talking about her relationships was not the smart thing to do. So perhaps she is wanting more than Ryan to keep this quite. She has even denied having a boyfriend trying to keep from answering the question. I saw an interview with Jewel recently and she said in the past interviewers only wanted to talk about her nail color. With Julianne, it is only about who she is dating.
She has also compared herself to one of her new songs, Wildfire. It is about a girl who gets scared and runs (hurting the guy) when things start to get serious. I think she is the type of girl who does not like to be alone but is not looking for long term with anyone at this point in her life.
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