Mind the age gap

By Jane Hardy
Saturday, 6 September 2008

Jim Reid married Charlene, who is 26 years his junior, after they met while working in a care home.

Celebrities often marry someone much younger (or older). But what does it really feel like to mix it with someone of a different generation? And can it work for us mere civilians, too?

Jim Reid (52) is married to Charlene (26) and both of them are care assistants. They have two children, Courtney (5) and Brandon (3). He says:

We met while working in the same care home in Jordanstown. It was the first staff wedding they’d had there and our photo was in the Newtownabbey Times….Read entire news story here.

Gayle’s Commentary

Ah – a much different news story than the one published yesterday.  This is about real people in a real relationship or marriage.  I wonder why it is that so many of the articles written about May December relationships are written in the UK?

Any thoughts anyone?  I’d love your comments.

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