May-december romance

[Mark Zuckerberg]

A May-December Romance is an instance of the romantic involvement of two parties between whom there is a considerable age difference, often because one individual has an ulterior motive, such as money, status, etc.
The reasoning behind this designation is that while one person is young and in the Spring of his or her life (thus, May), the other is in Winter (ergo, December).
However, there are many instances, as in the case of my own clandestine affair with the most wonderful woman in the world, where the age difference is either inconsequential or isnt even a considerable enough gap to constitute a May-December Romance.