Author Read: Our 34-Year Age Gap Didn’t Matter, Until It Did
Modern Love
The New York Times
4.3 • 9K Ratings
🗓️ 1 December 2023
⏱️ 13 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Love now and |
| 0:04.0 | and not. |
| 0:05.0 | The first that I love a love, |
| 0:06.0 | but stronger than anything. |
| 0:08.0 | I feel love. |
| 0:09.0 | And I love you more than anything. |
| 0:12.0 | They're still love it. |
| 0:13.0 | From the New York Times, I'm Anna Martin. |
| 0:19.0 | This is Modern Love. |
| 0:20.0 | When Sonia Falk met a much older man named Colin, she didn't think too much about their age difference. |
| 0:27.0 | They fell in love, started a family, and built a very happy life together. |
| 0:33.0 | But when Colin was nearing 80, |
| 0:35.0 | Sonia was in her mid-40s, |
| 0:38.0 | and they couldn't be everything to each other in quite the same way. |
| 0:41.0 | So, Sonia and Colin decided to try a new kind of arrangement in |
| 0:45.1 | order to save their partnership. Here's Sonia reading her essay, |
| 0:50.3 | our 34-year age gap was showing. |
| 0:53.0 | Nine years ago, |
| 0:55.0 | nine years ago, a friend visited me in London. |
| 1:02.0 | So this friend reads tarot cards and energies and she offered |
| 1:06.0 | to assess me. She hovered her hands over my body, starting with my head. |
| 1:14.0 | She said, wow, you have a lot going on there, |
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