ive found out an article about age gaps in a relationship.....'Our 19-year age gap was only an issue to other people' - Yahoo! Lifestyle UK
'Our 19-year age gap was only an issue to other people'
Samantha Booth was 21 and working behind a bar at her local pub in Glasgow, when Martin, a man nineteen years her senior, walked into her life
People are just people, no matter how old they are,” says Samantha. “They have the same worries, hopes and fears. You think by the time you’re 50 you’ll be a completely different person but you’re the same in essence.”
While others were shocked by her decision to start dating a considerably older man, Samantha was determined to make it work. Now, 35, the freelance PR says: “I don’t look at Martin and think, 'oh my gosh, you’re only ten years younger than my mum'. I just see him as the man I love.”
How we met
Martin, a truck driver, now 54, was a regular in the pub Samantha had begun working in after moving home following a trip to America, and the pair were introduced by her brother.
She says: “I think it was love at first sight. There was a definite “wow” moment. It sounds a bit twee, but it felt as if we’d met before.
“He wasn’t the kind of guy I normally went for. He didn’t look old, he just looked like a 39-year-old guy. But I was 21, so there was an obvious gap. He had a slightly lived-in face, very dark hair, a nose that has been broken so many times it’s a bit crooked and these lovely hazel eyes.
“He wasn’t this buff and toned guy, but he was cheeky, loved to joke. I knew I wanted to get to know him. We used to chat during the quiet moments and eventually, one night, he asked me for a drink. That was it, really.
“He was more grown up than my previous boyfriends. There was none of the testosterone-fuelled silliness I’d seen among friends’ boyfriends. I think I got him just at the right age.
“The age gap was never an issue for us– only for other people. There was a lot of gossip about it when we met. He got hassled about having a younger girlfriend and I could tell my friends were thinking ‘what on earth are you doing?’”
what can say about this? for me,age really dont matter if you are in love



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