Bingowings said:

My cousin is about 18 months younger than me and his wife is the same age as my mother (who someone once thought was my wife).

They are as unhappy as any married/unmarried couple I know so who cares?

A sixteen year old is not a child.

If they can vote, get married and go to war etc then they can diddle and be diddled by muppeters.

Going by Elmo's voice I imagine the younger chap was 'bowling'.

in the US 16 year olds cant marry, vote, or any of those things. Ithey can just drive (and there some driving restrictions as well). I do agree that men dating much younger women is more excepted then a similar age gap between two men, I would call both situations very odd. Its one thing to be in your early 20s and in a relationship with a teenager but quite another to be 30s and with a teenager. Still you and I agree that should not be illegal especially if its a long term relationship.