A 10 year age gap in an elderly couple isn’t creepy until you equate one was 18 and the other was 8 when they were younger.

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A 10 year age gap in an elderly couple isn’t creepy until you equate one was 18 and the other was 8 when they were younger.

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  2. PeachyPaws_x42 Avatar

    I guess when they say love knows no age, they didn’t mean it literally! But hey, at least they can bond over their favorite childhood snacks from two different decades!

  3. No_Advertising5677 Avatar

    but then they probably met when she was 22 an he was 32.. not that crazy.

  4. oceanwaves95 Avatar

    Hahaha that’s so true. I definitely had these thoughts too.

  5. nowwhathappens Avatar

    Well…even that’s only creepy if the 18 year old knew the 8 year old at the time.

    Like, I had an ex who was 50 when I was 35. But I didn’t know him when he was 16 and I was 1 or when I was 16 and he was 31. We met when I was 30 and he was 45. So like, so what.

    Large age difference relationships have their challenges, but I’d imagine quite a few don’t involve either party knowing each other when one was under 18.

  6. SkyScamall Avatar

    I hope you haven’t poked a hornet’s nest. There’s a belief going around tiktok and certain corners of the internet that all age gaps are creepy and/or predatory. 

  7. huuaaang Avatar

    Even then, it’s only creepy if they were together at those ages. Otherwise, who cares?

  8. star_gazer112 Avatar

    My parents are 12 years apart. Mom is 62, dad is 50. My grandparents were 11 years apart. He was 26 and she was 15 in the 50’s when they wed. When people say that times were different, it really was.