Older woman, younger man: Why it's increasingly a match

Among first marriages, 3,188 women married a younger groom last year. PHOTO: PEXELS
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SINGAPORE - When sparks fly, an age difference creates no gap. While this has been more common among men older than their wives, the women are catching up.

Take Ms May Lam, for instance, who is 17 years older than her husband. She was 49 and Mr Amos Tay 32 when they got married in 2019.

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