In the immortal wisdom of David Lee Roth, "Money may not buy happiness, but it can buy you a real big boat to sail up alongside it."
"I hadn't seen that wealth was a guarantee put forth in the example."
We're talking about an age span of what 15 years. When I was 25 and single, marrying a 38 year old man was the last man I'd consider dating. Honestly, I'd be afraid he wouldn't be able to keep up or even know how to have lots of fun.
I was really only joking about the $$$ stuff.