Mira Sorvino marries 22 yr old!

Ailin · Post by **Ailin** » Tue Jun 29, 2004 7:27 am

Sorry to break the news if you hadn't already heard, Dale!

Mira Sorvino Marries 22-Year-Old Beau
Tuesday, June 29, 2004

LOS ANGELES — Wedding bells have rung for Oscar-winner Mira Sorvino (search) and her 22-year-old beau.

Sorvino, 36, married actor Christopher Backus (search) June 11 in a private ceremony at the Santa Barbara courthouse, Sorvino's publicist, Mara Buxbaum, said in a statement Monday.

It's the first marriage for both, Buxbaum said.

Sorvino won a best supporting-actress Oscar for Woody Allen's 1995 film, "Mighty Aphrodite." She also appeared in the films "Romy and Michele's High School Reunion" (search) and "The Replacement Killers."

She is the daughter of actor Paul Sorvino.

Backus has appeared on the NBC sitcom "Will & Grace."

emmline · Post by **emmline** » Tue Jun 29, 2004 7:52 am

cool. When I got married one of us was 36, and one was 22 also. We've made it 20 years. What are their odds?

Byll · Post by **Byll** » Tue Jun 29, 2004 8:11 am

Very cool, Em. When asked, I tell my middle school students that when I was their age, my wife was not born yet. 14 years difference is just about perfect, is it not?

Best to you...
Byll

Chuck_Clark · Post by **Chuck_Clark** » Tue Jun 29, 2004 8:22 am

Question: How could anything about Miss (now Ms.) Mira Sorvino be off-topic on THIS board?

emmline · Post by **emmline** » Tue Jun 29, 2004 8:49 am

Byll wrote:Very cool, Em. When asked, I tell my middle school students that when I was their age, my wife was not born yet. 14 years difference is just about perfect, is it not?

Best to you...
Byll

Dunno Byll...I'm afraid he still has the same 3 Stooges mentality he had when I was born...I think I've long since passed him maturationally.

Whatever the age difference, the important thing is someone who lets you change and grow, and whom you can adapt to in reasonable synchronicity. We seem to have managed that.

blackhawk · Post by **blackhawk** » Tue Jun 29, 2004 8:54 am

I'm glad to see Mira has finally healed from our breakup. I was worried that she'd overcompensate by going after a younger man....wait..never mind.

Actually there are 12 years between my wife and myself, too. She keeps hoping I'll grow up some day. Yeah, that'll happen.

Post by **Dale** » Tue Jun 29, 2004 9:04 am

Ok, let's run the math.

Let M = Mira
Let M(age)=Mira's age in years
Let H = Mira's Husband
Let H(age)=Mira's husband's age
Let D=Dale
Let D(age)=Dale's age

Please try to keep up.

M(age)=36
H(age)=22
D(age)=48

M(age)-H(age)=M-H(age)
36-22=14

M(age)-D(age)=M-D(age)
36-48= -12

Therefore, had Mira married Dale(me), she would have married a man closer to her own age. This would have reduced the "scandal factor" (sf).

Not that I WOULD have married or anything. Mrs. Undisputed, as we approach our 25th anniversary of happy marital union, would have rightfully objected. And sued.

MarkB · Post by **MarkB** » Tue Jun 29, 2004 9:06 am

Dale surmised?

would have rightfully objected. And sued.

I may happen to think that you have put it to mildly Dale.

MarkB

amar · Post by **amar** » Tue Jun 29, 2004 9:12 am

<img src = "http://images.google.com/images?q=tbn:y ... .jpg">yeah baby yeahhh<img src = "http://www.menstime.com/images/mira_sorvino.gif">

Tony · Post by **Tony** » Tue Jun 29, 2004 9:13 am

emmline wrote:cool. When I got married one of us was 36, and one was 22 also. We've made it 20 years. What are their odds?

What are the odds one of you will resent the other getting seinor citizen discounts from 'The House of Pancakes' breakfast?

emmline · Post by **emmline** » Tue Jun 29, 2004 9:30 am

Tony wrote:
emmline wrote:cool. When I got married one of us was 36, and one was 22 also. We've made it 20 years. What are their odds?

What are the odds one of you will resent the other getting seinor citizen discounts from 'The House of Pancakes' breakfast?

Well, here's the cool thing. When the old dude joins AARP, the youngster automatically gets a spouse's membership. Unfortunately(?) as my hubby has failed to look his age thus far, it's somewhat laughable if either one of us tries to pull off the Sr. discount.

Caj · Post by **Caj** » Tue Jun 29, 2004 10:41 am

Well, can I take this moment to shed a tear?

Mira, why??

Caj

[Or to be more specific, why not me?]

brewerpaul · Post by **brewerpaul** » Tue Jun 29, 2004 4:38 pm

Byll wrote:Very cool, Em. When asked, I tell my middle school students that when I was their age, my wife was not born yet. 14 years difference is just about perfect, is it not?Byll

My wife Charlene and I are 12 years apart, and it works for me....