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08-09-2001, 03:24 AM

the only woman david cassidy ever loved was meredith baxter birney, he said it took a long time for him to get over her. when he would sing sad songs in the middle seventies they were all to her.

julian bozo · 08-09-2001, 01:32 PM

Very interesting,I didn't know that.

julian bozo · 08-09-2001, 01:33 PM

Very interesting,I didn't know that.Was it the same one that was the mom on Family Ties?

08-10-2001, 03:33 AM

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Originally posted by julian bozo:
Very interesting,I didn't know that.Was it the same one that was the mom on Family Ties?

yes its her, she was also in bridget loves birney

09-03-2001, 03:53 PM

David has been happily married for 10 years to a wonderful woman named Sue Shifrin. She has a internet organization called www.kidscharities.org that benefits children in need all over the world!

smodolo · 03-30-2002, 09:25 AM

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Originally posted by pamy
the only woman david cassidy ever loved was meredith baxter birney, he said it took a long time for him to get over her. when he would sing sad songs in the middle seventies they were all to her.

It was all in his book.

um · 03-13-2017, 10:11 PM

This is a very very old post. However Meridith Baxter Birney also played as the eldest daughter in the TV show "Family" ( with Kristy McNishol and Sada Thompson and Gary Frank and James Broderick).

In David Cassidy's autobiography he did write that Meridigh Baxter Birney was the one woman who he really felt he loved. She appeared on one Partridge Family episode and even though David Cassidy and Meridith Baxter dated a bit, she was not not as interested in him as he in her. She felt that he was too unavailable as a star who travels a lot and has lots of other women after him.
Reportedly David Cassidy felt very depressed that Meridith Baxter went on to marry David Birney (thus she got her name Meridith Baxter Birney).

Meridith Baxter already had two young children during the time she briefly dated David Cassidy in the 70s. He could have become their step father but the relationship did not work. Furthermore she was three years older than him. It was sort-of a situation in which he was a young boy in love with an older woman. Susan Dey was 3 years younger than David Cassidy and she had a huge crush on him but he was not interested in her as a girlfriend, just as a good friend.

The very very strange thing is that Meridith Baxter Birney came out as gay in 2009. She was past the age of 60 then. (Perhaps it could be said that that is the only explanation for a woman who was not interested in David Cassidy when he was interested in her).
A person just does not find out that s/he is gay after so many years.
It is like Bruce Jenner "suddenly" wanting to be a woman after he was 65.

Another strange thing is that Meridith Baxter Birney claimed that David Birney was actually abusive to her throughout their relationship. Or that is what I understand of what I read.

Babalu · 03-14-2017, 08:42 PM

Another example of how odd people in show business are and why they should not be giving advice to the rest of us.

um · 03-14-2017, 08:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Babalu

Another example of how odd people in show business are and why they should not be giving advice to the rest of us.

Whoa

08-09-2001, 03:24 AM	#1
pamy Guest Posts: n/a	David and Meredith the only woman david cassidy ever loved was meredith baxter birney, he said it took a long time for him to get over her. when he would sing sad songs in the middle seventies they were all to her.
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09-03-2001, 03:53 PM	#5
smarti35 Guest Posts: n/a	David has been happily married for 10 years to a wonderful woman named Sue Shifrin. She has a internet organization called www.kidscharities.org that benefits children in need all over the world!
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03-14-2017, 08:42 PM	#8
Babalu Member Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: Jun 22, 2014 Posts: 4,779	Another example of how odd people in show business are and why they should not be giving advice to the rest of us.
	__________________ . I just nailed Mrs. Trumbull

08-09-2001, 01:32 PM	#2
julian bozo Member Senior Member Join Date: Jun 30, 2001 Location: Cullman,Al,United States Posts: 1,534	Very interesting,I didn't know that.

08-09-2001, 01:33 PM	#3
julian bozo Member Senior Member Join Date: Jun 30, 2001 Location: Cullman,Al,United States Posts: 1,534	Very interesting,I didn't know that.Was it the same one that was the mom on Family Ties?

03-13-2017, 10:11 PM	#7
um Member Forum Regular Join Date: Oct 26, 2015 Posts: 907	This is a very very old post. However Meridith Baxter Birney also played as the eldest daughter in the TV show "Family" ( with Kristy McNishol and Sada Thompson and Gary Frank and James Broderick). In David Cassidy's autobiography he did write that Meridigh Baxter Birney was the one woman who he really felt he loved. She appeared on one Partridge Family episode and even though David Cassidy and Meridith Baxter dated a bit, she was not not as interested in him as he in her. She felt that he was too unavailable as a star who travels a lot and has lots of other women after him. Reportedly David Cassidy felt very depressed that Meridith Baxter went on to marry David Birney (thus she got her name Meridith Baxter Birney). Meridith Baxter already had two young children during the time she briefly dated David Cassidy in the 70s. He could have become their step father but the relationship did not work. Furthermore she was three years older than him. It was sort-of a situation in which he was a young boy in love with an older woman. Susan Dey was 3 years younger than David Cassidy and she had a huge crush on him but he was not interested in her as a girlfriend, just as a good friend. The very very strange thing is that Meridith Baxter Birney came out as gay in 2009. She was past the age of 60 then. (Perhaps it could be said that that is the only explanation for a woman who was not interested in David Cassidy when he was interested in her). A person just does not find out that s/he is gay after so many years. It is like Bruce Jenner "suddenly" wanting to be a woman after he was 65. Another strange thing is that Meridith Baxter Birney claimed that David Birney was actually abusive to her throughout their relationship. Or that is what I understand of what I read.