Aki ran a Japanese-style pub where Yoshitaka and Aki first met. They were both divorced at the time. Yoshitaka chose to go back a week later to talk to Aki because he was drawn to her sophisticated charm. The 40-year-old stated of his 65-year-old wife,
“After talking with her, I found that we both had experienced failed marriages, were raising children alone, and we also shared many common interests.”
A man in Japan realized his girlfriend was 25 years older than him the night before their wedding
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They fell in love right away and started dating. Yoshitaka thought he and his spouse were only 15 years apart in age for seven years, according to the South China Morning Post..
Yoshitaka was never led to believe that the love of his life was concealing anything from him because Aki maintained a youthful appearance due to her superb skincare regimen and her health.
It is not to say that she was never nervous about lying.She kept leaving small clues for Yoshitaka to find out the truth about her age, including placing her insurance card and passport on the table and hoping he would open them, out of fear that he would abandon her.
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However, these indirect confessions never worked, as Yoshitaka kept reminding Aki to put her important documents away in case she lost them.
When the pair decided to take the next step in their relationship, Aki felt that she couldn’t carry on with her lie.
On the eve of saying “I do,” she revealed her true age to her boyfriend.
All her fears dissipated when Yoshitaka reassured her that he wasn’t bothered by her age. “I don’t mind your real age at all, it doesn’t matter,” he told her.
What matters is why you didn’t tell me earlier so you wouldn’t have to worry for so long.”
After tying the knot, Aki and Yoshitaka quit their jobs to travel around Japan in a campervan.
After their wedding, the couple quit their jobs to travel around Japan in a camper van
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Because of the persistent bias in Japanese society against marriages in which the lady is much older than the male, Aki lied in part.
As reported by South China Morning Post, “Many women who are older than their husbands often hesitate to reveal their relationships to others, but older men can proudly show off how young and beautiful their wives are.”
In Western societies, words like “cougars” and “toyboy” reflect this form of prejudice in which the older woman is seen as a predator who objectifies innocent men.
Instead of judging women for dating younger men, Aki believes we should “accept various forms of couples.”
