Wife older than husband: How is it working out?

The Lubavitcher Rebbetzin was 2 years older than the Rebbe.
Of course, age depends on the couple – level of maturity etc. It shouldn’t be a stigma, my son married his wonderful wife who is a little older than he is. I also had friends where he was 27 years OLDER than his wife & they had a beautiful marriage.

“Older than” is a variable term. 2 months? 2 years? Ten years? Who we have to worry about are the shadchanim. A year or two is irrelevant, so make sure the shadchanim you consult know it. Same with height. Why does the boy have to be taller? In Europe it wasn’t a issue. An inch or a few? So what.

It strikes me though, that the OP’s friend may have some issues. Is he looking for an older girl because he’s got a “problem” and he thinks that an older girl will care less? Or that her “desperation” will give him more power?

It’s like blue for boys and pink for girls. It wasn’t something that existed in Europe, but we’ve picked it up from the non-Jewish environment here.

Silly question of course doesn’t matter!

@Midwest
Taller wife, a true story form our family.
My paternal grandfather was 5′ tall. In 1917 he was engaged to my grandmother who was the same height. He was drafted into the US Army and sent off to fight in WWI. My grandmother remained at home with her parents and finished high school and worked in my Great Grandfather’s office doing the accounts.
Zaidy returned from Europe and was discharged from the Army in the spring of 1919. He hurried to Brooklyn to see his family and his Kallah, My grandmother had continue to grow while he was away…she was now 5’9″ tall. They were married in June 1919 and enjoyed 58 years as husband and wife before she was niftara.
Every picture that they arranged had her sitting and him standing. Every non-posed picture shows them as the mismatched (by height) but happy couple they were.

Health, I think a 60 year old guy is a bit on the young side for a 35 year old woman.

CTL, why was it particularly necessary for him to stand and she sit for posed photographs?

My wife’s taller. It works. I make her get all the stuff from high up. And when there’s stuff lower down, I make her get that too. Cuz she’s the wife.

I lost my wife around 8 years ago. She was 8 months older,, but I was much taller. She did not like it when I mentioned her age.

Health- Terrible advise! You are very out of touch! Great marriages are when the woman is older! Are you kidding me? You are part of the problem today! A 35 35 year old woman show look for someone up to 60? 60? A 35 year old woman can have a great relationship with a 30 year old man.
You sound like a very young person with little experience with relationships in life.
After 25- 30 men and woman are mature and it does not matter if 5 years older. A 30 year old and a 35 are perfect! As is 35 and 40.
Also bochrim under 25 should not be looking for only a 19-20 year old. A 23 year old can have a great with a 25 year old.
Also if someone was married before age is even less a problem. They are looking for the right person, not a number.
One of the biggest reasons the singles get older and older is they have a long list. After a person is married several years they realize that the list was hindering them from finding a good wife and lasting relationship.
Actually the opposite is true. Many people 18-25 are getting divorced because they marry someone too young and immature.
Also a 50- 60 year old man should be looking for someone around their own age. Many of them are stuck and that is why they are not married. They look for 30-40 and everything else in their list and keep on looking for the same thing and then they become 50-60.
Also a 40 year old man looking for a woman in her 20’s is not right. They should be looking for 35 to 45.
45 years.
There is so much technology now for a woman to have healthy children. Woman are also able to freeze eggs now-100% viable. If you don’t know all about this go speak to a fertility doctor.
Also men after 50 can have relationship issues and problems having children. If you don’t know what I am talking also ask your local doctors.
I am coming from experience with 100’s of singles.

Shoppind613: Bochrim that have never been married don’t know what it means to “be a man”. Even after real man can feel like a man when the wife is a few inches taller or the same height. These Bochrim are inexperienced.
Also they are thinking about what others will say. We live in a very superficial time and mindset.
I understand that some men won’t let themselves be married to a taller woman so if you are tall and having a hard time getting married look open your age maximum and look for someone who was married before.

Thank you DY. She went into the hospital the first seder night and passed on Rosh Chodesh Iyar two weeks after by her heart stopping 15 minutes.
She was very obese. I have a son and daughter each has two children.

Health: Yes. Frum woman do freeze eggs today becside it has been a viable option for 10 years.
Yes, women can have problems conceiving as they they get that old. Men can have other issus as well!
As far as my line of work this is an anonymous forum.

This thread has turned mighty weird…

prayer – “Health: Yes. Frum woman do freeze eggs today becside it has been a viable option for 10 years.”

Then they aren’t Frum, unless they asked a Shaila for a specific case!

“As far as my line of work this is an anonymous forum.”

LOL! It’s not anonymous to claim what your profession is!
I’ll assume this – “Or just s/o who has a lot of dates, but was Never married?!?”

I think ideally both people should be emotionally mature and have worked on their medos. There are people of all ages who don’t have that.

Perhaps more so today generations are getting shorter with more cultural changes happening quickly. In general the more you could have in common the better. It makes for less areas of potential conflict. So similar hashkafic backgrounds, langual country, income. All that could help but is not essential.

It’s also important to have similar goals in life. How many kids you want, learning vs working. Views regarding Torah vs secular world etc.

You also should be honest with yourself. Just because you may think intellectually that you don’t need a taller guy, you may really feel differently. Don’t fool yourself. You risk being unhappy in your marriage and that will likely show up in how you treat your spouse even if subconsciously. So be really honest with yourself. If you can really get over such issues like high and see yourself happily married to someone shorter or younger than you, then go for it.

“No one blinks an eye if a 30 year old guy goes out with a 25 year old girl, why should the reverse be different?”

No one thinks much if the husband is 10-15 years older than the wife. Do you think the same applies if the wife is 10-15 years older than the husband?