Dennis Quaid’s Fiancee is 39 Years Younger; Here’s Why It Doesn’t Matter

Being closer in age to your spouse doesn’t necessarily guarantee that you’ll have a “better” or more “real” marriage

Dennis Quaid, 65, and his girlfriend, Laura Savoie, 26, have just announced their engagement and people are talking. After all, she’s younger than his son Jack, 27.

I know what many — perhaps even you — are thinking. Let’s not pretend that the nearly 40-year-difference in age doesn’t mean something. For some, it means Savoie is a gold-digger, for some it means Quaid is a perv, and for some it means both. And for many, even those who don’t buy into the gold-digger/perv thing, there’s a feeling that there’s no way their marriage can be a “real” marriage.

Which leads me to ask, what is a “real” marriage?

• One in which the couple is close in age?
• One in which the couple is on the same economic footing?
• One in which the couple has the same goals?
• One in which the couple desires to make a public and legal commitment?
• All of the above?

I’m hard-pressed to put a definition on what makes a “real” marriage, but it seems others have it all…