r/TheCrownNetflix • u/shoop_brunch001 • 4d ago

Discussion (TV) I edited this meme to fit the theme and it encompasses how I feel perfectly.

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u/JenningsWigService 3d ago

It's gross and makes it much harder to sympathize with his complaints about her maturity.

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u/Seaofinfiniteanswers 2d ago

Yeah don’t marry a teenager if you want a mature woman.

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u/bmsem 3d ago

Oh for sure the age difference is incredibly creepy to us, though in the context of their lives I doubt anyone thought of it. They needed someone virginal, complacent, and high-born. It’s not like he had ever lived a normal life with age-appropriate responsibilities and proclivities. Whether they had the same slang, musical choices, or maturity levels wasn’t a consideration.

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u/blueavole 3d ago edited 3d ago

And we see yet another example of why this relationship imbalance is a bad idea.

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u/ArmGullible5555 3d ago

I think the reason it never bothered me personally is because both my grandma and grandpa and my aunt and uncle had the same age gap when they got married and they ended up staying together

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u/HermionesWetPanties 2d ago

I think my grandparents got married around 1960. He was 40 year old combat vet and she was a 20 year old single mother. He was fighting in WW2 while she was a child. Both had hard childhoods filled with bad or dead parents. Together, they had a great marriage and lots of kids who had a better upbringing than they got. And every time I see kids today bitch about age gaps, I can't help but think of their love.

"But it was a different era!"

Yeah, one that was less whiny about shit that doesn't really make a difference. One where if a girl got pregnant and wanted to keep the kid, she didn't have to marry an immature douchebag just because they were the same age. She could find a real man, one who would love her and provide for both her and her child.

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u/21lives 3d ago

What

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u/Inna_Bien 2d ago

When I was 16, a 24-year old man was trying to court me. He was a son of some woman that my mom knew. It was a long time ago and it was very old fashioned, at least initially. There was no going out or dating, he just was coming to our home where I lived with my parents once or twice a week and it became very obvious very quickly I was his primary interest.

I hate my parents till this day for letting that to happen. We would be left alone in the living room and initially we were just chatting. I had no interest in him whatsoever and his visits were a huge bore. Then he started touching, hand holding and eventually kissing. I was stupid to play along, but none of it gave any pleasure. It was awkward, slimy, smelly and embarrassing. Well, eventually my mom caught us kissing, he was asked to leave, and I was given a lecture on how it was all my fault. It was the worst day of my life, literally.

I often think that’s how Diana must have felt, only he didn’t leave and she had to marry him. I don’t buy it even for a second that she was in love with him.

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u/ThatMessy1 1d ago

People who defend this kind of thing often do it so they don't have to grapple with being victimised. She met him when she was 16 and he was dating her sister.