But even still, I hadn’t planned on marriage, let alone marrying a man nearly three decades my senior. I knew he was older than me, but I wasn’t sure of his age. Courtesy of Nicole ReedI wasn’t actively seeking an older man, but, then again, I wasn’t necessarily seeking anything. And though I have some anxiety about what happens when Christopher gets older, he isn’t the only one aging in this relationship. It took falling for someone much older to realize that time doesn’t make love more real — or less worth it.

Source: Huffington Post December 19, 2025 13:41 UTC