BND and I discussed whether or not she was maybe enamored because of my status, age, etc.....
I actually have taken a good hard look at our dating relationship and do not, from talking with her, get the sense that it is like that. I understand how it could have been the case, but it does not appear to be to me.
You could probably verify this with her Ian, but in most South American countries, it's very common to have marriages where the Woman is much younger than the Man.
I know this, because I have a friend who owned a small manufacturing enterprise in Columbia. He had his product assembled down there and sold it here in the states. He married a young Woman who worked for him and brought her back here. She's 20 years younger then him and they just had a child. They come across as very compatible and happy together. He told me that's the norm for married couples down there. Her Father was 15 years older than her Mother.
Their culture sees marriage as very different than ours and their divorce rate is substantially lower. They see it in the traditional way as in "forever".
"It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare." -Mark Twain
