We are Misnagid of Litvak and German stock, but many generations in America.
Personally I think the ages of the couple should be reasonably close (within 5 years), but it doesn’t matter who is older.
My eldest brother is three years younger than his wife (married more than 50 years)
My eldest sister is three months older than her husband (married 47 years)
My eldest nephew is three years younger than his wife….the wife was his older sister’s college roommate and the sister fixed them up knowing they were a match….yesterday was there 20th anniversary.
My eldest son is a year younger than his wife…they finished law school together and married the next week.
(married 17 years)
I’m two years older than Mrs. CTL. Our mothers fixed us up when she was a senior in college and I was in final semester of law school…we’ve been married more than 45 years.
I have a female cousin who married a man 12 years older than herself. They had nothing in common to talk about. The shadchan kept telling her what a great catch this was….her mother kept saying if he’s a great catch why was he single so long? The marriage lasted about two years, then divorce. A year later she married a man her own age…..(married 35 years).
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