{"id":24806,"date":"2015-09-01T12:15:18","date_gmt":"2015-09-01T16:15:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/rugby-player-sam-stanleys-boyfriend-is-not-who-youd-expect-and-this-is-why-its-a-very-good-thing\/"},"modified":"2015-09-01T12:15:18","modified_gmt":"2015-09-01T16:15:18","slug":"rugby-player-sam-stanleys-boyfriend-is-not-who-youd-expect-and-this-is-why-its-a-very-good-thing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/rugby-player-sam-stanleys-boyfriend-is-not-who-youd-expect-and-this-is-why-its-a-very-good-thing\/","title":{"rendered":"Rugby player Sam Stanley\u2019s boyfriend is not who you\u2019d expect, and this is why it\u2019s a very good thing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Rugby player Sam Stanley\u2019s boyfriend is not who you\u2019d expect, and this is why it\u2019s a very good thing<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Sam Stanley has become the first English rugby union player to come out, and at the age of 23 has probably got the pick of <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">twinks<\/a>, twerkers and gym-obsessed twats.<\/p>\n<p>But the England Sevens player is already taken, and it&rsquo;s not who people might expect.<\/p>\n<p>Meet Laurence Hicks.<\/p>\n<blockquote data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-version=\"4\">\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/p\/5moY5ViJVP\/\" target=\"_top\">La spiaggia <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/1f1ee-1f1f9.png\" alt=\"&lt;img src=\" http:><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/1f1f9.png\" alt=\"&#127481;\">&#8221; class=&#8221;wp-smiley&#8221; style=&#8221;height: 1em; max-height: 1em;&#8221; \/&gt;&#9728;&#65039;&#10084;&#65039;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/72x72\/1f46c.png\" alt=\"&#128108;\"> @lorenzo_uk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A photo posted by Sam Stanley (@samstannerz) on <time datetime=\"2015-07-26T15:00:33+00:00\">Jul 26, 2015 at 8:00am PDT<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Sam&rsquo;s boyfriend is, let&rsquo;s be fair, a little older. While we&rsquo;re not entirely sure how old he is, he looks to be a friendly-looking <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">guy<\/a> in his 40s. He might not be playing rugby or training in the gym everyday like Sam, but he is attractive. <\/p>\n<p>The funny thing is, is that Sam has been gently coming out of the closet for the past three months. You just had to know where to look.<\/p>\n<p>This is from an end of season awards dinner. <\/p>\n<blockquote data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-version=\"4\">\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/p\/4aSg8RiJY6\/\" target=\"_top\">Great evening at the end of season awards dinner! Was awesome getting to share it with this guy! @lorenzo_uk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A photo posted by Sam Stanley (@samstannerz) on <time datetime=\"2015-06-26T23:27:08+00:00\">Jun 26, 2015 at 4:27pm PDT<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>This is them at a Bette Midler concert.<\/p>\n<blockquote data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-version=\"4\">\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/p\/5U92WXiJY2\/\" target=\"_top\">VIP at the O2 tonight to see Bette Midler thanks to my man @lorenzo_uk<\/a> A photo posted by Sam Stanley (@samstannerz) on <time datetime=\"2015-07-19T18:21:45+00:00\">Jul 19, 2015 at 11:21am PDT<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>This is at a family BBQ, where Sam explicitly refers to Laurence as his &lsquo;other half&rsquo;. <\/p>\n<blockquote data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-version=\"4\">\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/p\/5SZIXXiJVp\/\" target=\"_top\">Family BBQ! Nice to spend time with my sis and cousin and other half of course @lorenzo_uk @oliviastanley.x @dejstanley #family #love #cousins<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A photo posted by Sam Stanley (@samstannerz) on <time datetime=\"2015-07-18T18:22:25+00:00\">Jul 18, 2015 at 11:22am PDT<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>They seem like a pretty happy <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">couple<\/a>. Laurence works for a travel company, has two kids in their 20s, and, quick reminder, he takes Sam to see Bette Midler concerts. That is a good <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">guy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Why are people surprised by this pairing? Age gaps have been a part of <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> relationships for centuries &ndash; just ask the Greeks.<\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s not like people mind (that much) about Tom Daley and Dustin Lance Black, where there&rsquo;s a 20 year difference. Or what about Ellen DeGeneres and Portia De Rossi? There&rsquo;s 15 years between them. Stephen Fry and his husband Elliott Spencer? 30 years.<\/p>\n<p>In Sam&rsquo;s coming out interview to the Sunday Times, he said he considered committing suicide four or five years ago. After that moment, four or five years ago, he met Laurence.<\/p>\n<p>&lsquo;I was standing on a bridge&hellip;overlooking a motorway in Essex,&rsquo; he said. &lsquo;However, looking back, the idea that I would jump was ridiculous but it was as if I was thinking that I could get rid of the pain in one go.<\/p>\n<p>&lsquo;You are so worried about what people will think and I thought I couldn&rsquo;t be a macho rugby player the way I was, and there was nothing else I wanted to do with my life.&rsquo;<\/p>\n<p>When a lot of <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">men<\/a> and <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/?mp_code=akftr\">women<\/a> come out, starting to navigate their sexuality, it&rsquo;s natural for a lot of them to seek older people to date. These relationships may last a short while or it may last a lifetime, but it&rsquo;s not as uncommon as you might think.<\/p>\n<p>Sam is at a point where he may still be figuring himself out, and he might need someone more mature to help him out on his personal journey, or he might have simply just found someone that makes sense to have in his life.<\/p>\n<p>This isn&rsquo;t to say Laurence hasn&rsquo;t had his own journey, he&rsquo;s had two kids after all, but he might be the stability that both of them need. But who knows? It&rsquo;s their relationship.<\/p>\n<p>When people look at relationships with an age gap, some think the older one is always sleazy or the younger one is always a gold-digger. That&rsquo;s judging at face value. And if you know anything about relationships, judging at face value can be a mistake.<br \/>\nSam Stanley&rsquo;s coming out will undoubtedly change the world of rugby. But it should also help to change our expectations of what a relationship is and what it should look like. As long as the love is there, who cares?<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gaystarnews.com\/article\/rugby-player-sam-stanleys-boyfriend-is-not-who-youd-expect-and-this-is-why-its-a-very-good-thing\/\">Rugby player Sam Stanley&rsquo;s boyfriend is not who you&rsquo;d expect, and this is why it&rsquo;s a very good thing<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gaystarnews.com\/\">Gay Star News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Joe Morgan<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gaystarnews.com\/article\/rugby-player-sam-stanleys-boyfriend-is-not-who-youd-expect-and-this-is-why-its-a-very-good-thing\/\" class=\"autohyperlink\">www.gaystarnews.com\/article\/rugby-player-sam-stanleys-boyfriend-is-not-who-youd-expect-and-this-is-why-its-a-very-good-thing\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rugby player Sam Stanley\u2019s boyfriend is not who you\u2019d expect, and this is why it\u2019s a very good thing Sam Stanley has become the first English rugby union player to come out, and at the age of 23 has probably got the pick of <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">twinks<\/a>, twerkers and gym-obsessed twats. 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