| In May 2006, Wook Kundor of Malaysia married | | | | As a young man you may have no desire to be with |
| Muhamad Noor Che Musa. Doesn't sound like anything | | | | a women who can probably call your great |
| out of the ordinary except Kundor was one hundred | | | | grandmother a young lady. However the age gap |
| and four years old while Musa was only thirty three. | | | | does not have to be anywhere near seventy years |
| It was at that time believed to be the largest | | | | for people to balk. A woman who is only seven to |
| marriage age gap in history. | | | | ten years older than the man she is with can raise a |
| Now Kundor is looking for husband number twenty | | | | few eyebrows or trigger outright scorn. |
| three. She fears her current husband is on the prowl | | | | If the gap is any higher look out. That remains |
| for a younger woman (which of course leaves him a | | | | unacceptable in many parts of our society. The same |
| lot of latitude). | | | | cannot really be said when that age difference applies |
| People would look at the union between Kundor and | | | | to an older man and younger women. There still may |
| Musa and think there has to be more sinister motives | | | | be some hue and cry but nowhere near that of the |
| at play. They would figure rightly or wrongly that | | | | mature women younger man relationship. |
| Musa is after her money (she has none) or that it's | | | | The union between Kundor and Musa is no doubt at |
| some kind of devious ploy for whatever reason. | | | | the end of the spectrum. The far end. Yet many |
| Or they would just write it off to the fact that he | | | | women who have decided to be in a relationship with |
| could be a couple of fries short of a happy meal. | | | | a young man are still experiencing the full weigh of |
| Sure love may overcome all but in regards to this | | | | society's double standard. |
| situation it may call out sick. | | | | |