Love is a magical feeling, not subject to either the laws of logic, or considerations of common sense, calculation. You can fall in love with anyone, including someone who is much older or much younger. But a short romance is one thing, and marriage is quite another. Is there a prospect for unequal marriage, where the spouses have a big age difference?
If the husband is much older than his wife
There are positive aspects to these marriages. If the spouse is much older, he already has a lot of life experience, is less prone to bad habits, adventures. And this has a beneficial effect on the psychological environment in the family. As a rule, a middle-aged husband has already achieved something, has material wealth and therefore can provide his wife with a decent standard of living.
In addition, due to his age and much more experience, he is authoritative for his wife, which reduces the likelihood of quarrels, scandals.
The burden of years lived tends to be less noticeable for men than for women. Therefore, a spouse, even at a very old age, can look good, have fairly good health, especially if he takes care of himself, is engaged in physical education.
In such cases, public opinion looks quite favorably on unequal marriage, and the spouses will not feel moral discomfort.
However, such a marriage also has pitfalls. If at first a big age difference is not felt, and the young wife is quite happy with her spouse (including as a sexual partner), over time everything can change. For example, many people know the saying "At forty-five a woman has a berry again." Indeed, at this age, many women experience a kind of second youth, and experience a strong sexual desire, which their elderly spouses can hardly satisfy. Therefore, the likelihood of betrayal, divorce, in spite of love increases sharply.
If the wife is much older than her husband
The likelihood of a happy marriage in this case is very small. After all, if the husband is much younger than his wife, he is unlikely to be authoritative in her eyes. A middle-aged spouse often takes care of her husband too zealously, who, by age, is suitable for her as a son, takes little regard with his opinion. Humanly, you can understand her: she is older and more experienced! But for a man it is humiliating. Hence - the increased likelihood of quarrels, conflicts.
As already mentioned, age affects women more than men. Therefore, when only memories remain from the former beauty and sexual activity of the wife, her husband will still look very attractive to the opposite sex. And he may well be carried away by some young charming woman, with all the ensuing consequences. Finally, public opinion generally disapproves of such unequal marriages.
