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Updated: 30 Jan 2021, 15:57
CONFESSION time: When I read about grandma of three Sharon Hawkins, from the US, dating a man 28 years younger than her, my heart was incandescent with . . . envy.
This clever lass, who is 50, smartly lowered the age range on her dating app to 19 in search of a new man and Bingo! She met Perry, who is 22. They now plan to marry.
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Ulrika pictured in 1994 at the height of her Gladiators fameCredit: Rex Features
I can well do without the marriage bit, but the idea of a younger man is perilously appealing.
It’s precarious because of all the potential for judgment, the probable public outrage and its capacity for causing upset on the domestic front.
A teacher by profession, Sharon got on the app after she ended her 16-year marriage in 2015. Grandmother gets mistaken as 22-year-old boyfriend s mother | Photo Credit: Representative Image
Dating apps have completely changed the dynamics of relationships in the past few years. Nowadays, a man and a woman can connect to each other in a matter of seconds with just a few taps on the phone. And if it’s a ‘match’, the two can go on dates and even live happily ever after if they choose to.
If age is a factor, apps even allow a user to change their preference in order to filter search results before a match.
Sharon Hawkins, 50, met Perry Hopstein, 22, on Tinder and since then, she is regularly mistaken for his mother. Now the loved-up couple, from North Carolina, plan to marry this year.
Grandmother dating man 28 years younger is mistaken for his mother Siofra Brennan For Mailonline
A grandmother-of-three has revealed how her fiancé is a whopping 28 years her junior.
Sharon Hawkins, 50, met Perry Hopstein, 22, on Tinder after lowering her age range down to 19, and since then, she is regularly mistaken for his mother.
Now the loved-up couple, from North Carolina, plan to marry this year.
Sharon, a secondary school teacher, said: I may be old enough to be Perry s mother, but I won t let that stop me from chasing happiness. Perry and I know we re meant to be together and we don t care what other people think.