Elizabeth Bennet swiping through profiles, rolling her eyes at yet another guy posing with a dead fish. Samantha Jones filters her matches by age – specifically, men 10 years younger. Sounds ridiculous? Maybe not. Today’s dating sites have revolutionized how people connect across age gaps, making these fictional romances surprisingly achievable in real life.
Age gap relationships aren’t new. Literature and film have celebrated them forever. But dating apps destroyed the barriers that kept different generations in separate social bubbles. That 45-year-old marketing director and 32-year-old photographer? They’re matching based on shared interests in sustainable living and French cinema, not getting awkward introductions at dinner parties where everyone whispers about the age difference…
When She’s the Older One
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