Cradle robbing, we’ve all thought about it. In fact, just this weekend my friend (OK, I admit it,myself included) was tempted to pluck a young child off the green and run away with him– ice cream in hand, little Oshkosh B’gosh shoes swinging in the wind — once he gets over the fact that he was stolen from his ever so loving parents, everything will be alright. I know, I know, this isn’t the “literal” definition of robbing the cradle, after all we did not (and never would) pluck him from his sleeping slumber, but that isn’t the definition either. The widely accepted “urban dictionary” defines cradle robbing as, ” dating or hitting on someone younger than you. When a 17 year olds hits on 14 year old”.
Recently, popeater.com posted about the “Kick Ass” star, Aaron Johnson the 19 year old who is not only getting married but also expecting to welcome a baby into the world this summer, with the 43 year old Sam Taylor-Wood. Pause. WHAT?! With a 24 year gap like that she could easily pass as his mother. Now it is quiet possible that age can merely be a number, however Johnson is my age, and that is what I cannot fathom. There have been many a celebrity couple who have considerable age differences, the first one that comes to mind is Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore, an extremely attractive couple who according to Kutcher and Moore’s tweets, appear to be doing well. The difference with this case however, is the fact that Kutcher was 27 years old when they tied the knot, not 19. His frontal lobe was finished developing; he could make rational decisions, he could even drink legally.
Other famous Hollywood couples with considerably age differences, however not as shocking, include but are not limited to; Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes, Harrison Ford and Calista Flockhart, Hayden Panettier and Wladimir Klitschko (a professional boxer), Michael Douglass and Catherine Zeta-Jones.
What do you think about age difference in couples? Are things different in Hollywood than in real life? Do you know a couple with an usual age difference? Enlighten us.
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Very interesting to read it :P :D