Sean Penn

[chonies]

Oct 9, 2016 10:31:14 GMT -4 carrier76 said:

Oct 9, 2016 9:43:46 GMT -4 chonies said:

Cousin marriage in modern times usually happens when a few factors are involved: ethnic lineage is important, especially when it's a really small minority; if it's a very small village and there are few options; when marriage is seen as a transaction to build wealth or alliances, or some other strategic decision.
To my knowledge there are no cousin marriages in my family in recent times because my people were of major ethnic groups and religions, and tended to live in cities.

Sean Penn: gah, still not much.

Mr. 76 used the small village defense, and said they didn't know anyone else. Except....they are from Queens, and it was the 1940s, soooooo... *shrug*

Ha! I wonder what his grandparents had to say about it. Maybe there were other extenuating circumstances...or maybe they were just into it.

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Regarding marrying cousins...It has happened in my own family (two generations ago), and as an ESL teacher, I see it a bit in my students' families. The ethnicity that I work with where I have seen it the most is Yemeni, but with the many Iraqi families I work with, it has come up that this practice is avoided. This is only anecdotal. Interestingly, most of my experience with Iraqis is with families from Baghdad, so maybe the urban-rural thing is playing a role here, while Yemen is more tribal.

[chonies]

I would totally believe it, especially because of the factors you said--less cosmopolitan, more rural and clan oriented, and so on. Cousins are also a bit more loosely defined because many families practice polygyny, too, leading to one dude having 40 kids. And, of course, once something is expected or normative (in either direction), then there's the layer of sociocultural expectations to deal with.

I had to look in the news to find something on topic: Sean Penn doing some sort of tedious-sounding artsy audiobook project.

[Martini Girl]

Given Hurricane Matthew, I'm surprised he's not ion his way to Haiti.

[mochakitty]

Per Page Six, he allegedly had a girlfriend when he hooked up with Leila George:

Many people were surprised to see pictures of Sean Penn kissing 24-year-old actress Leila George in Hawaii on Thursday — not least his girlfriend.

A source tells Page Six that Penn, 56, had been quietly dating a woman since the spring, and she believed that she and the star were in an exclusive relationship — until she saw the steamy shots of Penn and George smooching in the Pacific.

A pal of the scorned lover — who is said to be “heartbroken” by the development and doesn’t want to be named — was in the midst of planning a visit to Ireland to see the actor on the set of his next movie, “The Professor and the Madman.”

Throughout their relationship, “it was calls, flowers, dinners, having her over to his house,” said our source. “She was leery at first,” said the pal, but eventually became convinced that “maybe he’s not this jerky-actor type.”

[Ginger]

Really bad judgment on the part of anyone who can't tell that Sean is the jerky actor type. He even looks like jerky.

[MrsOldManBalls]

Oct 11, 2016 2:42:28 GMT -4 mochakitty said:

Per Page Six, he allegedly had a girlfriend when he hooked up with Leila George:

Many people were surprised to see pictures of Sean Penn kissing 24-year-old actress Leila George in Hawaii on Thursday — not least his girlfriend.

A source tells Page Six that Penn, 56, had been quietly dating a woman since the spring, and she believed that she and the star were in an exclusive relationship — until she saw the steamy shots of Penn and George smooching in the Pacific.

A pal of the scorned lover — who is said to be “heartbroken” by the development and doesn’t want to be named — was in the midst of planning a visit to Ireland to see the actor on the set of his next movie, “The Professor and the Madman.”

Throughout their relationship, “it was calls, flowers, dinners, having her over to his house,” said our source. “She was leery at first,” said the pal, but eventually became convinced that “maybe he’s not this jerky-actor type.”

Better she found out before flying to Ireland, but I'm sure it stings extra bad if she ignored her initial instincts.

I admit I'd have trouble dating an actor, how would I be able to tell the difference between sincere feeling and acting?

[chonies]

Wait, he's adapting The Professor and the Madman--the book about the story of the Oxford English Dictionary? I have so many feelings right now.

ETA: AND MEL GIBSON. WTFBBQOMG NOOOOOO

[discoprincess]

Oct 11, 2016 2:42:28 GMT -4 mochakitty said:

Per Page Six, he allegedly had a girlfriend when he hooked up with Leila George:

Let's hope 1. Sean Penn doesn't have any STDs and 2. he didn't transmit any STDs.

[Auroranorth]

Oct 11, 2016 8:40:05 GMT -4 chonies said:

Wait, he's adapting The Professor and the Madman--the book about the story of the Oxford English Dictionary? I have so many feelings right now.

ETA: AND MEL GIBSON. WTFBBQOMG NOOOOOO

*sobs forever*