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3. It has happened since the dawn of time
Sat Nov 11, 2017, 11:40 AM
Nov 2017

and only in our times is it questioned. Remember the Victorian era, when a 17-year-old might be prevailed upon even by her parents to marry a 42-year-old man. The man had to have means to support her and that took time, and the girl was ready to do her thing - have babies, much younger. So it's been a societal thing we are just growing out of. The man has to be older than the woman -even in the 50s you got a husband closer to your age, but still had to be a token year or two older.

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