“Young Dreams: Priscilla Presley at 14”
Priscilla Presley was only 14 when she started dating Elvis Presley because he met her while he was stationed in Germany during his time in the Army. They met in 1959 at a party, and despite their age difference—Elvis was 24 at the time—they quickly formed a bond.
Priscilla’s parents were initially wary of the relationship, but they allowed her to visit Elvis under certain conditions. Their relationship evolved over time, leading to their eventual marriage in 1967. The significant age gap and the circumstances of their meeting have drawn considerable attention and discussion over the years.
She did not starting dating Elvis, she met him, he had other dates at that time. At almost 18, she wanted to come back to USA a few weeks before her parents.They allowed her to stay in Elvis’ father’s months during 3 months before they would be back home, as a friend of the family Presley. Then after Elvis death, she will constantely take a very weird pride from the fact that she was 14 when she met Elvis. DMS-5 must certainly have a name for this kind of behavior.
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“Young Dreams: Priscilla Presley at 14”
No, he dated her because she was a fine-looking chick. Demons and curses aren’t real.
This seems to be a hard concept for people to grasp today, but back then, especially in the South, people got married at very young ages. The age of consent, and the marriage age, were as young as 13 in a number of states. A marriage at that age was unusual, even scandalous for some people, but not at all unheard of.
Let’s also keep in mind that Elvis was only ten years older than Pricilla. Even today, it’s not unusual for the man to be older than the woman in a marriage. My ex is 15 years younger than me, for instance.
We’re in the midst of a particular type of moral panic right now, a regular feature of American culture. People are looking at historical events and wondering, “why don’t those people have the same morals that we do? Aren’t they awful!” That’s known as an anachronism. In many respects, people in the past were not like people today.
In fact, I would say you’re a bit of an anachronism yourself. Belief in demons, curses, and other supernatural nonsense was much more common before we had universal education. I don’t know how old you are, or whether or not you’re an adult, but you should know better than that in either case.
Why was Priscilla Presley only 14 years old when she started dating Elvis Presley?
Priscilla wasn’t exactly dating Elvis at 14 years old. She met him through a friend of her father that owned a restaurant in Germany where Elvis was stationed. She started going to visit him when he was in the army. He went home in a few months after they met.
She and her family had to stay there while her father continued his service. He even told her about his girlfriend back home in Tennessee. They stayed in contact after he left. She didn’t see him again until she was 17. She said 16 but since her father told her she had to finish her school year until she could visit Elvis and school was out in June with her birthday being in May, she had to be 17.
It WASN’T normal then. We ignored it because he was famous and untouchable.
Now, if you compare child marriages of 200 years ago to now, there would be significant differences; Women live longer, we can wait longer to have children because we’re generally healthier/have better diets, and we’re more likely to survive childbirth (for the most part) are reasons why child marriages in 2022 shouldn’t exist.
Because that was her biological age at that time. Physically, she was more mature than many her age and so appeared to be older. Cognitively and emotionally, she was more advanced as well from what I understood.
Why did Priscilla Presley s parents allow her to go live with Elvis?
I try to keep my responses as respectful as possible to all parties and of course, only Priscilla’s parents themselves could answer that honestly, but here are my thoughts for what they are worth….
1 Priscilla was the first child of her mother Ann who was a widow when she married Paul Beaulieu and with whom she went on to have 4 more children and without suggesting that the family was anything but loving, it does appear that priscilla was a rebellious teenager and very much taken to ‘hanging out’ with the servicemen in Germany (there are suggestions that she was not quite the shy, innocent naive little girl she likes to portray) and who deliberately manoeuvred her way to meet Elvis – who can blame her?
One of the reasons the Beaulieus agreed could have been that Priscilla was becoming a bit of a handful and certainly did everything SHE could to persuade them to let her go. Certainly, with their new growing family to cope with it would sllve the problem of the cuckoo in the nest that priscillla was in danger of becoming.
2 Elvis was very persuasive. He enlisted the help of his father to reassure the Beaulieus of his respectful and religious upbriinging and that his intentions were honorable and that priscilla would live with Vernon and his new wife and chaperoned at all times. He also promised them that it was his intention to marry Priscilla when she was 21.
3 Elvis was rich and famous. He lavished the Beaulieu family with gifts – a house, cars, a fur coat for Mrs B and wined and dined them in the finest places Germany could offer. He did the same when they returned to the USA and paid for holidays and more cars and houses on request. Having Elvis as a son-in-law was very appealing.
4 Times were different then. More trusting and innocent perhaps? Mr B would have placed a lot of faith in Elvis being a fellow soldier, as well as being from a decent, religious family. And no-one would suspect that he would use his own parents to mask his intentions – Vernon as a chaperone and Gladys as his moral compass.
It is not a pretty picture that reflects well on any of the adults involved but there it is.
I write this as a dedicated Elvis fan of 50 years
How old was Priscilla when Elvis Presley married her?
Per Wikipedia.com: During Elvis Presley’s Army career, he met Priscilla, on September 13, 1959, during a party at his home in Bad Nauheim, Germany.Though only 14 years old, she made a huge impression on him. Elvis allegedly regressed to acting like an “awkward, embarrassed” boy-next-door figure in front of her.
By the end of the evening, however, he managed to compose himself. Priscilla’s parents were upset by her late return home the night of that first meeting and insisted that she never see Elvis again. But his eagerness for another rendezvous and his promise never to bring her home late again led them to relent.
Thereafter, he and Priscilla were frequently together until his departure from West Germany, in March 1960. After Elvis left, Priscilla was inundated with requests for interviews from media outlets around the world. She received fan mail from Elvis fans, some nice and some not so nice, as well as mail from “lonesome G.I.s”.
With gossip-magazine rumors swirling about his relationship with Nancy Sinatra, Priscilla became convinced that her romance with Elvis was over and she would never see him again. After Elvis’ return to the US, she managed to stay in touch with him by phone, though they would not see each other again until the summer of 1962, when Priscilla’s parents agreed to let her visit for two weeks.
They allowed her to go on the condition that Elvis pay for a first-class round trip and arrange for her to be chaperoned at all times, and that she write home every day. Elvis agreed to all these demands, and Priscilla flew to Los Angeles. Elvis told her they were going to Las Vegas, and to throw her parents off the scent, he had Priscilla write a postcard for every day they’d be away — to be mailed from Los Angeles by a member of his staff.
The couple married on May 1, 1967, at the Aladdin Hotel in Las Vegas. Priscilla, this was 23 days before her 22nd birthday, so she was 21 at the time of their marriage, Elvis was 32.
When did Elvis meet Priscilla? Why was their marriage short lived?
During Elvis’ army career he met a young Priscilla on 13th September 1959 at a party at his rented home in Germany. I say young, because Priscilla was just 14 years old. Allegedly her beauty made him go shy and embarrassed. However he managed to compose himself. Priscilla’s parents were upset by her late return home the night of that first meeting and insisted that she never see Elvis again! But his eagerness for another rendezvous and his promise never to bring her home late again led to them giving in.
Thereafter, he and Priscilla were frequently together until his departure from West Germany in March 1960. After Elvis left, Priscilla was inundated with requests for interviews from media outlets around the world. She received fan mail from Elvis fans, some positive and some negative, as well as mail from lonely GI’s. With gossip-magazine rumors swirling about his relationship with Nancy Sinatra, Priscilla became convinced that her romance with Elvis was over and she would never see him again.
After, Elvis returned home to Graceland. Priscilla stayed in touch with Elvis. Though they did not see each other in person again until the summer of 1962. When her parents agreed to allow Priscilla to visit him for 2 weeks. They allowed her to go on the one condition, that Elvis pay for a first-class round trip and arrange for her to be chaperoned at all times, and that she write home every single day. Elvis agreed to these demands and Priscilla flew to Los Angeles.
Priscilla Presley at 14
Elvis arranged for them to fly to Las Vegas. And had a member of staff to send postcards to Priscilla’s parents everyday whilst they were away. It was on this Vegas trip that Priscilla first took amphetamines & sleeping pills to keep up with The King of Rock n Roll’s lifestyle.
After another visit at Christmas time her parents allowed her to move to Memphis in March 1963. She was 18. Part of the agreement of her moving there was that she attend an all girls Catholic school and she would live with Elvis’ father & stepmother in a different house to Elvis. A few streets away.
She stayed there until she graduated in June 1963. However, in her autobiography “Elvis and me” she said “she “spent entire nights with Grandma at Graceland and gradually moved her belongings there.” She was in permanent residence at Graceland from as early as May 1963. Her parents relented and agreed she could live with Elvis, if he promised to marry her.
Shortly before Christmas 1966 Elvis proposed to Priscilla. He was convinced to marry her by his manager, Colonel Parker, who reminded him of the morals clause in his contract. Elvis was said to have been upset by this. And was caught crying by his cook because he was upset about having to marry. Priscilla said they’d have been happy to just live together. But people didn’t do that at the time.
In her autobiography she claimed Elvis was not “overtly sexual” towards her. She said Elvis said they had to wait until marriage until they had sex. He said, “I’m not saying we can’t do other things. It’s just the actual encounter. I want to save it.” In her book she claims she was a virgin and they did wait until after they were married.
The couple married on 1st May1967, at the Alladin Hotel in Las Vegas. The wedding, was arranged by Colonel Parker to maximize the publicity. The wedding featured very few guests and was over in just 8 minutes! It was followed by a quick press conference and a $10,000 breakfast reception, attended by friends, family, and business associates from MGM, RCA, and the William Morris Agency. The wedding caused rifts between Elvis and several of his close friends who were not invited to the actual wedding ceremony.
Priscilla Presley at 14
They honeymooned in Palm Springs. Soon after Priscilla found out she was pregnant. She was quite upset by her pregnancy being so early in the marriage. She had requested from Elvis that she take birth control pills. But he insisted they were not perfected yet. She said she considered an abortion. She discussed it with Elvis, but both decided they couldn’t live with themselves if they go through with one.
Lisa Marie Presley, their only daughter was born exactly 9 months from their wedding on 1st February 1968.
Now to your second part of your question. Why did their marriage not last long?
Priscilla announced in her book she had a short lived affair with her dance instructor. He was called Mark. She implies she regretted the affair, however, saying, “I came out of it realising I needed much more out of my relationship with Elvis.”
Elvis had many on-off relationships with his costars and leading ladies during the first few years of their marriage. After his career took off again in a 1968 television special, Elvis was constantly touring and playing Vegas. Elvis had been seeing different women. Priscilla was often left at home with their daughter. The marriage went down hill because of this.
Separation and divorce would follow. Priscilla was convinced by Elvis to take up karate. She would start an affair with her instructors Mike Stone. She met him backstage at an Elvis concert actually. She said Elvis must have realised and a few months into the affair he requested she meet him at a hotel room. It was then that she writes in her book that Elvis “forcefully made love to me…[as he said] ‘This is how a real man makes love to his woman.’”
Priscilla Presley at 14
In a later interview she regretted her choice of words (forcefully) saying it was an overstatement. She went on to say following the alleged incident, “what really hurt was that he was not sensitive to me as a woman and his attempt at reconciliation had come too late.”
She suggested that his actions were a deliberate attempt at reconciliation or compensation for his lack of sexual interest in her which had been a source of hurt and discontent for her for many years. Priscilla states in her book, “He had mentioned to me before we were married that he had never been able to make love to a woman who had a child” and she later expressed the personal repercussions of their sexual dysfunction, saying, “I am beginning to doubt my own sexuality as a woman.
My physical and emotional needs were unfulfilled.” After this incident, Priscilla summarized, “this was not the gentle, understanding man I grew to love.” So basically they barely had intercourse after the birth of their daughter.
24th February 1972. Elvis and Priscilla would separate. They filed legal separation July 1972. To stop Priscilla having to declare her address and put her and Lisa Marie’s safety at risk, it was Elvis that file for divorce.
Later in the mont of January 1973, Elvis reportedly became very paranoid about Mike Stone and said, “There’s too much pain in me… Stone [must] die.” His outbursts continued with such intensity that a physician was unable to calm him, even with large doses of medications. After another 2 days of raging, Elvis’ friend and bodyguard, Red West, made inquiries to arrange the contract killing of Mr Stone, but was relieved when Elvis said, “Aw hell, let’s just leave it for now. Maybe it’s a bit heavy.”
The divorce was finalised on 9th October 1973. They agreed to share custody of Lisa Marie.
So they were both at fault. Both had affairs. Priscilla Presley at 14
Is it true that Elvis Presley stopped sleeping with Pricilla Presley after she gave birth to their daughter?
No-one can possibly know the truth of that except Elvis and Priscilla themselves, but this story is one that never really goes away.
I’ve read a lot of books about Elvis by people that knew him and sadly, that is now all we have as Elvis never told his own story. Those friends suggest that by the time Lisa Marie was born, Elvis was already cooling towards Priscilla and most say he didn’t want to marry her at all, but did so to honour his promise to Priscilla and her family. Therefore his diminishing interest was compounded by the arrival of his daughter, when Priscilla became a mother and she also became more self-assured and in becoming older, began wanting things for her own life, above and beyond being arm candy for Elvis.
It is easy to see how Elvis, arguably the most desirable man of the 70’s could be turned off by an increasingly self-assured wife, who was demanding more than just staying at home raising a daughter, while her heart throb husband continued numerous affairs elsewhere and was outgrowing the confines of the role he had created for her. Priscilla was no longer willing and able to just drop and go anywhere Elvis wanted – and the reality is that he wanted her less and less as she became replaced by more compliant and available women.
Priscilla Presley at 14
Many people believe his lack of interest in Priscilla after she became a mum was a psycho-sexual thing and it has been well-documented how close Elvis was to his mother and was very respectful to ALL mothers, but he actually dated and had sexual relationships with several women who were mothers which is less well-documented as it doesn’t fit the narrative for those that prefer the suggestion that Elvis wasn’t able to have sex with his wife after she’d given birth.
Based on my reading, I believe that Elvis’ attitude towards Priscilla DID change after she gave birth, but it was less to do with a Madonna Complex, although there may be a hint of that as with many new fathers, and more to do with his decreasing attraction to her as a person, as she fought for her own identity and independence when he had wanted her to remain the sweet little doll that he had moulded her into from the start.
The fact that they left divorce court together hand in hand is testament to the love between them and they were model co-parents to their daughter afterwards but there is no doubt that being Elvis was a blessing and a curse….and so was being Elvis’ wife.
Is it true that Elvis Presley stopped sleeping with Pricilla Presley after she gave birth to their daughter?
Alright, let’s talk about Elvis Presley, the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll himself. He was known for his hip-shaking, heart-breaking, and record-making, but his personal life, especially with Priscilla, was complicated.
Did Elvis stop sleeping with Priscilla after she gave birth to their daughter, Lisa Marie? Well, it’s complicated. According to Priscilla, Elvis had a thing about purity and motherhood. In his mind, the mother of his child was on a different pedestal, one that apparently didn’t align with his bedroom rock ‘n’ roll.
Elvis’s view on this was as old-fashioned as his love for blue suede shoes. He wanted “Jailhouse Rock” on stage but “Love Me Tender” at home.
Of course, this was the 60s and 70s. Relationships, especially in the dizzy heights of superstardom, were complex. There were rumors, whispers, and a whole lot of “uh-huh-huhs” about what went on behind the Graceland gates.
In the end, this is just one slice of the Elvis and Priscilla pie. Whether it’s true or not, it adds to the enigma that is Elvis Presley – a man who left the building way too soon but never quite left our conversations.
Was Elvis Presley haunted by demons or a curse which led him the reason why he dated Priscilla when she was 14?
Priscilla Presley at 14 Elvis was going through a difficult time in his life : he had lost his so much beloved mother, his father was involved in a relationship with another woman rather quickly, Elvis was wondering if his career would go on after his army years, he was living in a foreign country and had to deal with all the problems that any soldier may have while he is in the army. So Elvis had the perfect profile to be trapped in a relationship threatening his well being.
An interesting point of view would be the profile of a teenager who gets involved in a relationship with a famous and wealthy 10 years older man and is ready to make press articles about this relationship when he went back to his steady girlfriend rather shortly after they had met; the profile of a mature woman who dares to declare (50 years after a short sad marriage during which one she was not more faithful than her husband) that the husband she chose to leave because she didn’t love him would be the love of her life and required to be buried next to him, no matter what ELVIS wanted.
“Young Dreams: Priscilla Presley at 14”