Okay, I know there was a thread a few weeks back about how much older a guy had to be than a girl to make things "icky."
Well, I've got the opposite situation. In this case, the woman is older than the man. The man is 34. I'm aiming for a couple of things here:
1) I want it to be obvious to others that the woman is older, not ambiguous.
2) I want to elicit slight discomfort from the reader when they find out how big the gap is.
Right now, I'm kind of hovering between eight to twelve years, so like 34/45.
Then I got to thinking, my husband's parents are in exactly this situation. He's 50, she's 60. Honestly, I can barely even tell. She looks a bit older but I'd never guess a decade.
Anyone else have any experience here? Real-world anecdotes? Suggestions?
Well, I've got the opposite situation. In this case, the woman is older than the man. The man is 34. I'm aiming for a couple of things here:
1) I want it to be obvious to others that the woman is older, not ambiguous.
2) I want to elicit slight discomfort from the reader when they find out how big the gap is.
Right now, I'm kind of hovering between eight to twelve years, so like 34/45.
Then I got to thinking, my husband's parents are in exactly this situation. He's 50, she's 60. Honestly, I can barely even tell. She looks a bit older but I'd never guess a decade.
Anyone else have any experience here? Real-world anecdotes? Suggestions?