The age difference between Marnie and Ben? Why is it so big? There's a two year age difference and then a big one. I do understand age differences like that happen in real life, but was there a purpose to it in this movie?
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My sister is three years older than I am. My brother is seven years younger. It happens.
I have a friend who is the youngest of nine. Her eldest sister is my mother's age. The next youngest is ten years older than my friend.
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I saw that a lot of people started discussing their personal situations that are similar to the movie, and that's great, but I think the OP is wondering if there was a reason to insert it into this movie. Though I imagine it was for comic relief and to give Marnie an ally or at least one that she can bribe/emotional blackmail.
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I know a few families like this. Now, I'm sure it's not always the case, but the most common reason for an age gap like that is that a couple thinks they are finished after having 2 kids, and then they get an oopsie baby when they don't expect one.
And fertility can be a funny thing. Sometimes a couple has trouble conceiving and sometimes they have no problem. My mom had my sister from a previous marriage, and my sister was 6 when our mom married my dad. My parents tried right away to have a baby, but to no avail for 6 years. That was me! When I was born, my sister was 13. So you'd think my parents had issues and maybe I was a miracle baby or something, but nope. My brother was born 15 months after I was born. So if they had no issues conceiving my brother, why did it take so long to conceive me? It's just the way things work sometimes.
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At my old school I had a teacher who had an older brother who was about 30, he was about 27, he had a younger sister who was 18 and a younger brother who was 4, so it really does happen.
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I'm 5 and a half years older than my brother, he was an accident. But it happens, sometimes it's better so that the older child can help take care of the younger child (as i had to).
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My older sister is 11 years older than me, then my parents had me and thought 'oh what the heck, let's have another one' and so my little sister is only 1,5 years apart from me... Kinda weird, people always asumed my sister was my mother and my mom was my grandma :S
shareThere are even stranger Families like mine My Father was 59 when I was born My Mom 24. I have Brothers and Sisters older then My Mother and most of My Nieces and Nephews are older then I am. So 10 years is no big deal in most Families.
sharemy older sister and I are 3 years then my little brother and I are 8 years
i mean, it happens
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I think the just wanted to have a snarky little brother around to help Marni with her plans.
shareMy brother and I have 22 years age difference. And yes, we have the same parents and it was in the same marriage. I am now 24 and he is 46. He has four children and my oldest nephew is actually a year younger than I am. So it can totally happen in real life.
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