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No Marriage, No Kids -- No Problem

posted a year ago by roger1 (4026)
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Dana Delaney sure is great looking at 68.

Her resume reveals: no marriages(ever) and no kids, which is a choice for women - particularly women as famous and attractive as Delaney. And rich. (Aside from her acting money, I think she comes from money -- a great grandfather invented the toilet flush handle; as Delaney says "it may be shit to you, but its our bread and butter.")

There's hardly a point in casting societal aspersions on Delaney for these choices. We don't DO that anymore.

But that's quite an unmarried record. EVen Warren Beatty got married eventually -- to Annette Bening -- and it took. Jack Nicholson did one marriage early when he was young. But Jack never married again. However, he sired many kids and paid off the mothers (that's known as "Hollywood male movie star birth control." See also Clint Eastwood and Eddie Murphy.)

I believe that Marisa Tomei has also lived long with no marriages or children. This is probably a great choice for women who have no interest in such things slowing down their career.

Also, Dana Delaney -- in accord with some of her male counterparts -- has spoken long and proudly of having a great sex life with the many men in her life so far -- who are often younger than she is, she says.

So, hey, congrats! This woman is a role model for Leo DiCaprio...

[–] Where (1594) a year ago

Who is casting aspersions? No marriage, no kids, nobody’s business.

[–] roger1 (4026) a year ago

Not me. I do think it is interesting, though. And still rare.

[–] Where (1594) a year ago

Not that rare in my world. I know a good sized group of people who are single, childless, and hellbent on living out the rest of their lives solo.

[–] roger1 (4026) a year ago

Not that rare in my world. I know a good sized group of people who are single, childless, and hellbent on living out the rest of their lives solo.

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Yeah, me too. Likely a trend in this modern world.

The other trend I've seen: people get married young, maybe have kids, maybe not. But when they have done it...they divorce their spouses, wish their kids well with their grown lives(while staying detached from them)...and live single for the rest of their own lives.

I've seen a LOT of this.

In the younger generation, a lot of stats out there about marriage and kids being rejected as an option, or very much delayed...

[–] Gd5150 (11948) a year ago

If it’s no problem then why the article and post?

She’s always been incredibly boring and vanilla. Mid by regular standards and a 3 by Hollywood standards.

She’s also not a good actress. She shakes her head side to side as she says her lines. It’s distracting and once you see it you can’t stop seeing it. You’re welcome.

[–] roger1 (4026) a year ago

If it’s no problem then why the article and post?

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Yeah, I worried about that when I chose to post it. I think it is because we seem to have a lot of male Hollywood stars who choose to stay unmarried and enjoying multiple sex partners over the decades...but its more rare with the women, so I find it interesting. But actually even some of those male stars have at least TRIED marriage(Jack Nicholson once, Warren Beatty in his old age) and sired kids. Leo DiCaprio is holding out right now, maybe forever. No marriage , no kids. Or he'll take the Beatty route and wait til he's sowed his wild oats. (Age 75?) I don't think Al Pacino ever married, just had relationships...and kids (one recently in his 80s.)

So...its interesting to me that here is a woman playing that kind of life out. It came to my attention in some recent article about her.

I suppose part of the reason she CAN play that role out is...her wealth. From her own career and her family.

But yeah, I put it on the table. I'm for it, not against it.

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She’s always been incredibly boring and vanilla. Mid by regular standards and a 3 by Hollywood standards.

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Perhaps that why she tried to sell herself as a sex person --in that bad movie "Exit to Eden" decades ago -- and in all sorts of interviews about her sex life(they popped up when I looked her up.) She is certainly pretty in that "girl next door way" than men dig.

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She’s also not a good actress. She shakes her head side to side as she says her lines. It’s distracting and once you see it you can’t stop seeing it. You’re welcome.

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And thank you.

I never saw her TV work. I've seen her -- many times -- in Tombstone as Kurt Russell's sassy and free-loving love interest(the character is ALSO from wealth). And yeah I was curious enough to see Exit to Eden and I recall it as a bad movie(Rosie O'Donnell in S and M leather? Dan ACKROYD?) in which she was indeed sexy.

And that is all I got on this gal.

[–] Techto (1388) 7 months ago

I, for one, feel the world would be a better place had Dana and Marisa’s genes been passed on to future generations.

[–] Luffy (1236) 7 months ago

Before you pray for this eventuality, Remember Rumer Willis.

[–] Techto (1388) 7 months ago

Dana Delaney sure is great looking at 68.

Indeed. The only actress of her era who gives her a run for her money in this regard, IMO, is Sela Ward.

[–] AmeriGirl26 (15062) 7 months ago

I hope she likes dying alone.