Hearing the expression "unequal marriage", most often they imagine a couple in which the husband is much older than his wife. But recently, the opposite picture is far from uncommon: young men marry women older than themselves, and sometimes the age difference is very significant.
Little age difference
If a wife is only a few years older than her husband, then this probably only matters for very young spouses: it is known that girls grow up and mature earlier, which means that a twenty-five-year-old woman will have a significant advantage in life experience over a twenty-year-old boy.
However, after 30-35 years, this age difference is smoothed out, and the older the spouses become, the less noticeable it is. Over time, such a marriage becomes quite common, with no specific features compared to a peer union.
In addition, it often happens that a very young young man is sufficiently developed and experienced to make a worthy match for an older friend.
Significant age difference
If the spouse is 10 or more years older than the husband, such a marriage is often perceived by others with caution. After all, representatives of different generations, brought up in different conditions, do not have one social circle before marriage, have different levels of education and, possibly, occupy different social positions, are already united in it.
This is natural, because the wife had more time to form as a person, grow up and take place professionally. Not every man is able to come to terms with the role of the "second", "younger".
In how successful such a marriage will be, a huge role is played by how wise and tactful the wife is, how she will be able to build a relationship with her young husband without emphasizing her superiority.
However, there are couples where the husband is quite satisfied with the role of a “child”, and the wife gladly takes on the role of “parent”: she takes care of him, takes care of him, and he responds to her with tenderness and obedience. If both spouses find themselves in such a relationship, such a marriage also has every chance of being strong.
The general age of the spouses is also important: if she is 35, and he is 20, they have every chance of becoming parents, but if a lady is over 50, she will most likely have to forget about common children. And a younger spouse, still capable of becoming a father, should be ready for this.
Very big age difference
If a wife is literally suitable for a husband in a mother, or even in a grandmother, serious doubts arise about the sincerity of such a relationship. Nature is wise, and, as a rule, a young sexually active man pays attention to partners who are potentially capable of becoming the mother of his children.
But there are exceptions to this rule: perhaps this is just a "spiritual" marriage, where sexual relations do not play a role, and perhaps there are other reasons for such a couple to stay together.
In any case, with whom and when to marry - each person decides for himself, and the opinion of others should not influence his decision.
