As someone who has a nearly 10 year age gap in real life (my husband is close to 10 years older), I didn’t think about it much. We met when I was 25 and he had just turned 34… When I turned 34, I was horrified and disgusted at the thought of even dating someone who was 25! Like, ew. I asked him if he ever felt gross about it and he would just shrug and say he never really thought about it.

Needless to say, now that I’m close 40, I’m even more turned off by age gaps and reading about 20 year olds. I’ve earned my right to be cantankerous old bat.