[Humanist]

I find this interesting, the phenomenon of younger guys marrying older women who were famous teen idols when the guys were in their pubescent years.

Most famous example: Ashton Kutcher (born 1978) and Demi Moore (born 1962).

Less famous example: indie filmmaker Noah Baumbach (born 1969) and Jennifer Jason Leigh (born 1962).

According to Wikipedia, Leigh filed for divorce from Baumbach in late 2010, only months after giving birth to their first child. They married in 2005.

I wonder what is going on in these relationships. Is it just pure, old-fashioned love? Is the man fulfilling some sort of fantasy from his teen years? Is the idea of making love to a woman you admired on screen decades ago that entrancing? Or is it a careerist move? After all, everyone knows who Jennifer Jason Leigh is, perhaps attaching himself to her was a savvy professional gambit for an indie filmmaker.

Would you marry one of your teen idols if you had a chance?

Pics of Jennifer Jason Leigh and Noah Baumbach

   
   

Here's probably what Noah had in mind when he was marrying her

   

Here's Jennifer Jason Leigh, around the time of their divorce, after four or five years of marriage: