For many people, the age difference is an obstacle when it comes to maintaining a relationship, however, as long as there is love, you can get ahead, as the president of France and his wife have overcome.
Emmanuel Macron at 39 years old became the youngest president he has had France However, until his victory was made official, no one had talked about his wife.
well she is Brigitte Trogneux and is 64 years old and the love story that they have had to live has gone through many obstacles, age difference, children, acceptance of their families, etc.
They met at the Jesuit high school The Providence, in Amiens, where the children of the local bourgeoisie are educated. She taught language classes, was married and had three children. He, one of her students, I was 15 years old and read poems aloud in the classroom. There they fell in love and began their relationship.
Years later, she left her husband, worried about how her children and her own parents, from conservative backgrounds, would take it. They got married in 2007in Touquet, where they bought a house where they have lived ever since.
On one occasion, Brigitte gave an interview in paris match where counted “In the end, love destroyed everything and I ended up divorcing my husband. I could not avoid it. My older parents didn’t take it too well, but the age difference wasn’t a problem for me. The most important thing was my children, who accepted it without any problem. The rest is scum».
But later the candidate, a former banker and former Minister of the Economy under François Hollande, regretted his public remarks: “My wife has made a mistake talking to Paris Match”said.
Since then, he lived with her children: Sébastien, Laurence and Tiphaine, today an engineer, cardiologist and lawyer. They, in turn, have seven children, whom Macron treats as if they were his own grandchildren.
Taken from The Nation