How old is your spouse compared to you?

Mrs. Coco is exactly one month older than me, so age gap is a nonissue for us.

And I agree with Chris Long, too — the "age gap" is less important as you get older. Unfortunately, what comes into play then is the "health gap," as I've seen with several older colleagues and neighbors.

 

Mrs. Novelist is 2 1/2 years younger than me.

A couple of you have met us, and you know that the reason our marriage has lasted 26 years is because she is exceedingly gracious.

 

Keep in mind, just because you're not divorced yet doesn't mean you won't be.

 

Avergae duration to divorce = 8 years

 

I am 12 years older than the Mrs. (39/27). I just say that I had to wait longer to find the perfect match, and so far, so very good.

I think that story is horseshit, anyway. Maybe if we were all had the same personalities, the age difference would be true.

 

Current babe of a wife is eight years younger. Married 3 1/2 years and still in love.

First wife was five years younger. Married 22 1/2 years and fought like cats and dogs the whole time.

 

I'm four months and (I guess) three days older than my ex, who was born in a leap year. I'd say marrying young set us up for trouble more than any slight age gap, although we stuck it out well over a decade.

 

God bless.

 

My wife is two years younger than me.

However, both of our parents dads' married younger women.
My dad was six years older than my mom when they married. She was 19.
Her dad is nine years older than her mom, who also married at 19. ... Though my wife's mother, who is pushing 65, looks like she's 50. Mt father-in-law, meanwhile looks like an old catcher's mitt. He's been mistaken for her father!
My wife likes to point out how good her mom looks as she ages and what I have to look forward to.
Meh. I'm still thinking of trading her in for a newer model. ... But then I'd get the kids.

My mother-in-law's mother was 14 when she got married. Pregnant at 15. Her husband was a good decade older.

 

My fiancee is five years older. I'm 31 and she's 36. I tried dating women younger than me, but I realized I couldn't go through being with someone without any life experience at this point in my life. It wasn't fulfilling to me. I'd tell them about my weight loss and they'd instantly recoil or start acting like I was a test subject to ask all sorts of clinical questions. I needed someone who has experienced some disappointment, experienced some success and hasn't spent 80 percent of her life to that point looking at an IPhone screen.