ha - I just came across this news article; and its a shame Fred Niles children are so disapproving their fathers happiness ...
...while I feel for them; and appreciate how they must feel, they should let their father live on...
... what once was; cannot be reclaimed - the person is most likely in a better place; and life and love must go on ...
... I say good luck to him - a man has a right to appreciate the finer things in life and nature - and rightly so ...
... sometimes opportunities do not come as rarely as they sometimes do, and one must have the wisdom to see them and accept them ... appreciatively ...
... 3 cheers for Fred - he obviously as a male - regardless of his age - knows a good thing when he sees it ...
EXCLUSIVE
Changing times: The Reverend Fred Nile proposes to bride-to-be Silvana Nero. Photo: James Alcock
He is the 78-year-old Christian Democratic Party leader who champions religious moral values and the traditional family.
She is the single mother of three from the northern beaches who, despite being 23 years his junior, swept him off his feet.
Fred Nile and Silvana Nero are proof that love moves in mysterious ways. However, since the couple went public with their romance and engagement last month, there has been growing resentment among the Reverend Nile's four children, who are ''hurt and angry'' at how quickly their father recovered after the death of their mother Elaine.
Nile and his late wife Elaine. Photo: Supplied
''I have a very bad feeling in the pit of my stomach,'' one of the children, who did not wish to be named, said. ''The family and extended family are not happy about this relationship, not least the idea of marriage and the closeness in passing of our mother.''
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In a candid interview with Fairfax Media on Saturday, Mr Nile confirmed that there was ''friction'' between him and his children. ''They're still grieving the death of their mother, they were very close to her and they thought that Silvana was going to try and take her place,'' he said.
''I've made it clear that Silvana does not want to do that. It's why she will retain her surname when we get married. She will not become the new Mrs Nile.''
Mr Nile revealed another ''unsettling factor'' was the age gap. ''Most of them have said they would be happier if I was marrying someone my own age,'' he said.
Mr Nile was married to his childhood sweetheart Elaine for 53 years before she died of cancer in October 2011. In the days after her passing, he said through tears: ''I have a big gap in my life. We were a partnership. People might think I was the senior partner but Elaine was. I think in a way she gave the purpose to what I was doing.''
Four months later, he spotted Ms Nero at a Christian Democratic Party meeting. In his own words, it was ''love at first sight''.
Since then, the pair have been inseparable. In a recent media interview, she hailed him as her ''knight in shining armour'' while he crowed like a love-struck teen about her ''beautiful legs''. He has also thrown his weight behind Ms Nero's fledgling political career and backed her ambitions to run as a CDP candidate in the federal seat of Mackellar.
Mr Nile revealed that prior to them going public, he spent considerable time trying to prepare his children for the ''changes'' ahead. ''I visited them all to discuss it, arranged for them to meet her, but so far she's only met one son.''
None of his four children attended either of his two engagement parties. ''We were invited twice but none of us went,'' confirmed the family member, adding: ''Had I gone, I would have been saying 'I support this marriage' and I don't.''
But Mr Nile insists his former wife Elaine would approve of Ms Nero and hopes in time, his children will too. ''I'm working on a plan to try and make things better,'' he said.
Read more: Nile's happiness not shared by children
...while I feel for them; and appreciate how they must feel, they should let their father live on...
... what once was; cannot be reclaimed - the person is most likely in a better place; and life and love must go on ...
... I say good luck to him - a man has a right to appreciate the finer things in life and nature - and rightly so ...
... sometimes opportunities do not come as rarely as they sometimes do, and one must have the wisdom to see them and accept them ... appreciatively ...
... 3 cheers for Fred - he obviously as a male - regardless of his age - knows a good thing when he sees it ...
EXCLUSIVE
He is the 78-year-old Christian Democratic Party leader who champions religious moral values and the traditional family.
She is the single mother of three from the northern beaches who, despite being 23 years his junior, swept him off his feet.
Fred Nile and Silvana Nero are proof that love moves in mysterious ways. However, since the couple went public with their romance and engagement last month, there has been growing resentment among the Reverend Nile's four children, who are ''hurt and angry'' at how quickly their father recovered after the death of their mother Elaine.
''I have a very bad feeling in the pit of my stomach,'' one of the children, who did not wish to be named, said. ''The family and extended family are not happy about this relationship, not least the idea of marriage and the closeness in passing of our mother.''
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In a candid interview with Fairfax Media on Saturday, Mr Nile confirmed that there was ''friction'' between him and his children. ''They're still grieving the death of their mother, they were very close to her and they thought that Silvana was going to try and take her place,'' he said.
''I've made it clear that Silvana does not want to do that. It's why she will retain her surname when we get married. She will not become the new Mrs Nile.''
Mr Nile revealed another ''unsettling factor'' was the age gap. ''Most of them have said they would be happier if I was marrying someone my own age,'' he said.
Mr Nile was married to his childhood sweetheart Elaine for 53 years before she died of cancer in October 2011. In the days after her passing, he said through tears: ''I have a big gap in my life. We were a partnership. People might think I was the senior partner but Elaine was. I think in a way she gave the purpose to what I was doing.''
Four months later, he spotted Ms Nero at a Christian Democratic Party meeting. In his own words, it was ''love at first sight''.
Since then, the pair have been inseparable. In a recent media interview, she hailed him as her ''knight in shining armour'' while he crowed like a love-struck teen about her ''beautiful legs''. He has also thrown his weight behind Ms Nero's fledgling political career and backed her ambitions to run as a CDP candidate in the federal seat of Mackellar.
Mr Nile revealed that prior to them going public, he spent considerable time trying to prepare his children for the ''changes'' ahead. ''I visited them all to discuss it, arranged for them to meet her, but so far she's only met one son.''
None of his four children attended either of his two engagement parties. ''We were invited twice but none of us went,'' confirmed the family member, adding: ''Had I gone, I would have been saying 'I support this marriage' and I don't.''
But Mr Nile insists his former wife Elaine would approve of Ms Nero and hopes in time, his children will too. ''I'm working on a plan to try and make things better,'' he said.
Read more: Nile's happiness not shared by children
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