My grandmother (my mom's mom) was around 8 years older than my grandfather. (They have both passed away several years ago. My grandmother was in her mid 90's when she passed and my grandfather died about 9 months later. We truly believe of a broken heart that she wasn't there anymore). I'm actually 8 yrs younger than my husband is. We are also childless by choice. Neither of us ever wanted kids. We got married when I was 27. (Just celebrated our 10th anniversary). The most annoying thing I've had is having people ask when are you going to have kids. My husband's mom is one of the worst offenders of that. I swear some people just don't get not everyone wants kids and some of us would NOT be good parents at all.