I suppose 56 and 38 is an age gap, but at that age that’s not really all that crushing an age gap. It would seem more so if it were 18 and 36.
I’m surprised the newspaper presented it that way. And also the phrasing that it was just 3 months after announcing an engagement. How is that uncomfortable? A 3-month engagement is not bothersome at all. If it were one day, okay, that’s bothersome.