The great French writer Balzac said in The Comedy of Man: "Love is our second rebirth." ”
Good love is desirable, so many people are willing to break through the shackles, regardless of the world's eyes, want to come to a rebirth, what teacher-student love, old and young matching, etc. is not strange.
The romantic country of France is inseparable from romantic love. And macron and his wife Brigitte's love is shocking, they are both teacher-student love, or old and young match.
There is a Chinese saying: "Female junior, hold a gold brick." ”
Looking at it this way, Macron seems to be holding eight gold bricks because his wife is a full 24 years older than her.
In the eyes of the world, men are more than ten or twenty years older than their wives, which is no big deal. Of course, some people will also be prejudiced against women who marry old men, thinking that she is marrying for money.
When a young, strong, promising man marries an old woman who is 24 years older than him, what is he for? Is it fame and fortune? Or desirable love?
Macron and Brigitte fell in love until they got married, and they were always pointed out, even in romantic France, they were not exempt from vulgarity, first their families obstructed, and then there was the insults of the world.
When Macron ran for president in 2017, the pressure was not generally great, and much of it came from the criticism and insults of the French and French media against his wife, because they were a young and old couple. The French media even unceremoniously called Brigitte "France's first grandmother", "menopausal Barbie doll" and so on, which was too lethal and insulting.
How did Macron respond to such insults and insults?
In December 1977, Macron was born into a middle-class family in Amiens, somme province in northern France, the eldest son of a family who was very intelligent. Influenced by his grandmother, he read a lot of French literary classics since he was a child, and his thinking matured earlier, and he was not very willing to play with his peers, because he felt that "young people are very boring" and preferred to communicate with teachers.
At the age of 15, Macron attended secondary school at the La Providence Jesuit School in Amiens, where he met his teacher, Brigitte.
Brigitte teaches French and Latin at school and also runs a theatre workshop. She comes from a very good background, has a very decent husband, and has a son and two daughters, and her eldest daughter is a classmate of Macron.
At the age of 17, the precocious Macron fell madly in love with his teacher Brigitte and confessed to her. In his eyes, the teacher is his life mentor and the one who inspires him. Of course, this is not unrequited love, and unconsciously, Brigitte is also responding to his liking.
At first, Macron's parents thought their son was in love with the teacher's daughter, but when they learned that their son's favorite was 41-year-old teacher Brigitte, they dropped their jaws.
Macron's mother approached Brigitte and asked them to stay away from Macron until he became an adult at the age of 18. However, the latter is not guaranteed.
Macron's parents saw that the obstruction was useless, so they chose to move, and when Macron was in his junior year of high school, the family moved to Paris.
During the separation, Macron told Brigitte: "Whatever you do, I will marry you." ”
Even if the distance is far away, there is no way to hinder this pair of teachers and students who are in love, and they rely on telephone porridge to relieve the pain of lovesickness.
Brigitte would have suspected at first that it was just the restless hormones of Macron's youth, so the older boy, who knew what love was? What is marriage? Maybe in a few days he'll fall in love with a good woman his age.
As an old aunt in her early 40s, you can't be as rebellious as someone under 20 years old, and there are too many things to bear.
But after constant contact and talk to Macron, Brigitte felt that there was love between them, and the feelings were still very deep. So she made a big decision, divorced her husband, and then went to Paris, where she continued to be a teacher while accompanying Macron.
Macron knew what he wanted, and the promise he made at the age of 17 wasn't a youthful irresponsible remark. In order to integrate into Brigitte's life, he gets along well with her children, although they are about the same age as the children, but also have the appearance of a stepfather. Before deciding to propose to Brigitte, he specifically consulted the children, which showed their respect.
The eldest daughter also joked: "I think of you as a classmate, but you want to be my father." ”
In October 2007, at the age of 30, Macron, who was already a political elite in France, married the teacher he had loved for 13 years, when Brigitte was 54 years old and the grandmother of seven grandchildren.
French tabloids often publish intimate photographs of Macron and Brigitte, as well as pictures of him holding bottles and pushing strollers and being willing to be grandpas. In the eyes of many people, they are a pair of soulmates who transcend age and prejudice.
In 2014, Macron returned to politics and was appointed minister of economy, and for a while, he was favored by many young and beautiful women, and his mailbox was full of various courtship letters and large-scale photos, which upset him and directly called the police.
In 2016, Macron decided to run for the 2017 French presidency, while his wife Brigitte became his informal adviser to help her husband run for the campaign.
Brigitte often gave Macron advice. For example, in a rehearsal for a campaign speech, she shouted to her husband: "Your voice sounds a little weak, you have to raise your voice." She also advised her husband to focus on issues such as gender equality.
During the campaign, Macron's marriage became the target of some media attacks, and his wife Brigitte was also scandalized and insulted.
The British Vogue magazine described Brigitte bluntly: dark-skinned, with a delicate hairstyle dyed blonde, carrying an expensive designer handbag and wearing high heels that walked the red carpet.
These descriptions, while bland, are permeated with malice.
More vicious malice comes from the French media, who call Brigitte "France's first grandmother", "menopausal Barbie", etc., which looks not a little malicious, but a complete hatred.
Brigitte's age is still the most concerned and most concerned issue for people.
But Brigitte is a brave and strong woman, otherwise she would not have ignored the strange eyes of everyone and resolutely fell in love and married Macron. In the face of those insults and insults, she did not back down, always by her husband's side, she said self-deprecatingly: "He (Macron) really needs to fight in 2017, if in 2022, his problem will be my face." 」 ”
She uses her wit and love for her husband to fight back at those who are full of malice.
In the face of the criticism and insults suffered by his wife, Macron was heartbroken. During one campaign, he hugged Brigitte in public and said apologetically, "I owe my wife a lot." She was a vital person in my life, and she made me who I am. He also said that if she became president, Brigitte would not be hidden, she would definitely have a position, a role.
On May 9, 2017, the dust settled, the 39-year-old Macron became the youngest president of France.
Macron did what he said, and after he became president, he did not hide what some people thought was "old and ugly" wife, who became the first lady of France, and on important occasions, he held Brigitte's hand, husband and wife love. Although the years have left marks on her face, her happiness has also been infinitely magnified.
This is Macron's response to the insults to his wife and his marriage, like a loud slap in the face of those tongue-chewing. It's amazing!