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<blockquote data-quote="Gilladian" data-source="post: 1951587" data-attributes="member: 2093">My husband and I are six years apart. I was 14 when we met, but he didn't realize it. He thought my 16 year old brother was younger than me for about a week.We met at a time when my father was being stalked, was shot, and almost killed. My parents were so glad that I was dating a guy with a car who could drive me home from school (to the local game shop, where I hung out most afternoons) so I didn't have to walk past the stalker's house, that they were willing to take the risk of me seeing an older guy.It helped that they knew a lot of the other game-shop guys were all keeping an eye on us. I was about the only girl there and we were chaperoned quite well!Later, my family moved out of state and my then-boyfriend moved along, rented a room from my parents, and lived with us until I turned 18. Nothing like living under your parents' eyes to keep a guy in line. I suppose the relationship was &quot;illegal&quot; but since nobody complained, nothing happened.Now, we have the &quot;do you remember this?&quot; questions, sometimes. But since we've been married just under 22 years, they're generally moot. We've spent far more time together than apart. We don't think much about the difference, and neither does anyone else that I'm aware of.Gilladian</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Gilladian, post: 1951587, member: 2093"] My husband and I are six years apart. I was 14 when we met, but he didn't realize it. He thought my 16 year old brother was younger than me for about a week. We met at a time when my father was being stalked, was shot, and almost killed. My parents were so glad that I was dating a guy with a car who could drive me home from school (to the local game shop, where I hung out most afternoons) so I didn't have to walk past the stalker's house, that they were willing to take the risk of me seeing an older guy. It helped that they knew a lot of the other game-shop guys were all keeping an eye on us. I was about the only girl there and we were chaperoned quite well! Later, my family moved out of state and my then-boyfriend moved along, rented a room from my parents, and lived with us until I turned 18. Nothing like living under your parents' eyes to keep a guy in line. I suppose the relationship was "illegal" but since nobody complained, nothing happened. Now, we have the "do you remember this?" questions, sometimes. But since we've been married just under 22 years, they're generally moot. We've spent far more time together than apart. We don't think much about the difference, and neither does anyone else that I'm aware of. Gilladian [/QUOTE]

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