I am sorry Quix. I read your post at 549 at least 5 times now and I am ROTFL! I have a darn good idea of what you meant to say, but I keep thinking "Man! He married young!"
Married when I was 26/27 . . . let's see . . . 1947 from 1974 . . . = 27. Wife was 21.
The 6 years difference was a surprisingly larger issue than I expected.
One evening we were watching the classic VICTORY AT SEA. When the credits were rolling at the end, she turns to me and says:
"So, who won the Japanese American war, anyway?"
I was speechless.
I think I finally asked in a funky voice if I had slanted eyes or some such silliness.
She later said she was never in love with me but married me because she thought I was her last chance.
Ugh.