He was a child too.. Iam so sick of hearing this.. Iam the same age as sue and it was bloody common to go out with boys a few yrs older when we were 13 and 14..for gods sake.. It was different times.. So everyone I went to school with must also be a perv?
He is hardly Chris Ingram fgs! He has been married to the same woman and faithful as far as we know for 30 bloody yrs!
Or I could turn your romanticised view on their love story around and say he's been controlling the same woman for over 30 years now.
17 might still be a child in the eyes of the law but a 17 year old is above the age of consent, a 13 year old definitely isn't. A 17 year old know it is wrong to sleep with a 13 year old. More to the point, why would they want to? Despite the legalities, 17 year olds don't see themselves as children. They like to think of themselves as young adults. Whereas any 17 year old would tell you a 13 year old is still a kid. Noel definitely knew that what he was doing was wrong. He was sleeping with a child.
Unfortunately, because nothing was ever done about it at the time, Sue was never given the chance to get away from him and potentially lead a normal life. We all see how she comes across in the vlogs. She's still has the mentality of a teenager. She's never had the chance to grow up. We all know how their relationship isn't as rosey as she likes to make out on camera, and yet she knows she can never ever leave him with so many dependent children and no prospects. He has a complete hold over her.
We might all laugh whenever Sue says no more and think yeah right but actually I really have felt Sue has meant it after Archie and Bonnie, and probably this time too. She seems exhausted, her body has probably well and truly had enough of being pregnant. And yet Noel, who very much controls the family finances, knows how prosperous a new baby is for the family. The moment they stop reproducing the freebies and media interest will dry up instantly. So before you know it, Sue's pregnant again.
Don't get me wrong, I do truly believe that once she is pregnant again she's genuinely happy, because the never ending cycle of pregnancy and newborns is all she's ever known. It's comfortingly familiar to her. She's like a child with a new doll again dreaming of the new pram and baby clothes. But between each pregnancy I have seen a slight change in Sue, compared to when they first started filming, that really does make me think she's had enough. And over the years, the more we see/hear of them, I'm seeing a creepier more controlling side to Noel that makes me feel that sexual predator from 30 odd years ago is still there under the surface, relishing the hold he has over this woman.
So in summary no, the fact he stayed with her absolutely does not make it ok imo. The fact someone has had control of someone else for so long, someone who mentally doesn't appear to have moved on from that vulnerable barely teenager he first abused all those years ago, is deeply concerning imo.
Absolutely, Sue has always given me the vibe of being trapped.
Even when she was talking about leaving him a few years back, she knew she couldnt cope with those kids on her own and had no way out. I remember being very shocked and worried for her for a couple of days, she was very unhappy with Noel at the time.
She did say about leaving herself but I dont think she could ever have brought herself to leave the kids. And then a few days later she was back and everything was happy in RadfordLand.
Couldn't agree more. Trapped is definitely the right word for it.
I often wonder how different Sue's life would have been if someone had stepped in when she first fell pregnant with Chris. If Noel had been charged and banned from seeing her, she would have been free of his control and allowed to grow up to eventually see how wrong it all was, in time. She was never allowed that as he's always been there, making the decisions for her and controlling every aspect of her life