mail order bride stuff intrigues me like nothing else. I always meant to write a 'fic about that (AU of course) but never did. (As with so many other things.)

That said, I agree that fandom has silly ideas about marriage and relationships in general. I've seen a lot of EWWWWWW ___year age gap, GROSS! When these same people express an interest in celebrities even older than the gap they just said was "gross".

I mean, if we were all marrying to satisfy people's desire to see us wed to someone our own age, then why bother marrying for any other reason? Oh hey, you're only ONE year older than me! YOU'LL DO JUST FINE. /end sarcasm