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In my current WIP (regency era) the hero and heroine are childhood best friends. They are tragically separated and meet again a long time later when he has assumed a different identity and she does not know it is him.
She is roughly 23 - 24 and I really want him to be about 30 (I wish he could be older). However in order to have a minimum 6 year age gap, that means when they are young she would be 12 and he would be 17.
I am trying not to put modern day sensibilities on this. I know many girls were married and starting families as young as 13 and that most husbands were at least a decade older.
However, I do not want there to be an "ick" factor to their previous relationship. They were young and very close and though nothing sexual happened, I would say that they were each other's first loves.
Any idea on what age to make them when they are younger so it is not too icky?
I need at least a decade to pass before they see each other again, so she cannot be too old when they are younger otherwise in the present she would be considered an old maid.
Hope this isn't too convoluted...
She is roughly 23 - 24 and I really want him to be about 30 (I wish he could be older). However in order to have a minimum 6 year age gap, that means when they are young she would be 12 and he would be 17.
I am trying not to put modern day sensibilities on this. I know many girls were married and starting families as young as 13 and that most husbands were at least a decade older.
However, I do not want there to be an "ick" factor to their previous relationship. They were young and very close and though nothing sexual happened, I would say that they were each other's first loves.
Any idea on what age to make them when they are younger so it is not too icky?
I need at least a decade to pass before they see each other again, so she cannot be too old when they are younger otherwise in the present she would be considered an old maid.
Hope this isn't too convoluted...