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Generally, the man is the "December" (elder) and the woman is the "May" (younger), though it can happen the other way around. This can sometimes be a [[Double Standard]] in Hollywood, as while older actors get paired up with younger actresses, it doesn't happen so often in reverse. May lead to cases of [[Ugly Guy, Hot Wife]] if the years haven't been kind to him. This is the romantic version of the [[Intergenerational Friendship]]. A "lite" version, in which only a few years separate the couple, may be called a May/September romance.
Keep in mind that for a true
Quite obviously [[Truth in Television]], or else we probably wouldn't have a well-known phrase for it. In older periods, before romance became a major part of marriage and courtship, it was even more common. Men would try to become economically established before marrying, while women would (due both to fertility being higher at a young age, and motherhood being the primary female occupation) get married much younger. Ten to fifteen years' difference would have been considered normal.
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* In ''[[Digimon Adventure 02]]''{{'}}s Japanese version (and the dubs that follow it, like the Latin-American one), when Iori questions Miyako's crush on Ken since she's a year older than him, Miyako reveals that her mother is five years older than her father so she sees no problem with such hook-ups.
* In the anime ''[[Gungrave]]'', there was Harry and Sherry. Sherry was only twelve and Harry was a full grown man when they first met. Maria and Big Daddy is a more obvious example.
* Genderflipped in Kaoru Mori's ''[[A Bride's Story]]'' aka ''
* In the extras of ''[[Tsukigasa]]'', it turns out that the significantly older Toubee had been having an affair with an 18 year old whom he got pregnant and is now going to [[Shotgun Wedding|marry]]. Even his son is older than his fiancee.
* Midori in ''[[My-HiME]]'', who is 24 (although she tries to convince others that she's 17), is romantically interested in her professor, who is in his mid-fifties.
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** And Romano with either Spain or Belgium, too. In the days when Romano and Belgium were Spain's colonies, Spain was the eldest of the group while Belgium was a teenager and Romano was a child. (While Belgium's brother Netherlands looks considerably older than them both, likely a little younger than Spain himself.)
* This appears to be the case in the ''[[Warcraft]]'' story ''[[Children of the Stars]]'' -- the two leads are Night Elves, Ayuri (May) has been stated as just over 300, while Keleria (December) has lived since the War of the Ancients, which happened ''ten thousand years ago.'' Granted, they ''are'' Elves, so they both look of indeterminable age.
* The ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'' fanfic ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20110817024939/http://www.kataangforever.com/index.php?topic=14512.0 Comedy of Errors]'' pairs up Toph (18 as of this fic) and Iroh (70 as of this fic).
** The [[Tear Jerker|incredibly sad]] fic ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6200018/1/Slumber_My_Darling Slumber My Darling]'' has the same pairing, but is entirely platonic, despite being a romantic relationship. And just when you thought this fandom couldn't imagine romantic love without sexuality!
* Most Doctor/Companion pairings for ''[[Doctor Who]]'' are [[Mayfly-December Romance]], but during Rose Tyler's time on the show, Mickey Smith (early 20s)/Jackie Tyler (around 40) was a popular [[Ship Mates|Ship Mate]] to Ninth or Tenth Doctor/Rose in fanfiction. Less common now that {{spoiler|Mickey/Martha, Jackie/alternate Pete, and Rose/alternate Doctor}} are canon.
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** It's worth noting that when Bill shows up to the Bride's wedding, she tells the groom that he's her ''father.''
* ''[[Back to the Future (film)|Back to the Future III]]'' is a fine example, though it's never said exactly how old Doc and Clara really are. Even so, it's clear to the naked eye alone that Clara is somewhere between 30 and 40, while Doc is at least in his mid-60's or older. (The script for the original film sets his age at 65, which would make him 66 or 67 in ''Part III''; The [[Telltale Games]] sequel puts his age at 71-72 during ''Part III''.)
** Then again, if she were pushing thirty in 1885 and he was in his mid-sixties in 1985? That would have her born in 1855 and he in 1920, so he's the [[
* In ''[[Sin City]]'', John Hartigan is nearly sixty while Nancy is only nineteen - which is part of what makes him uncomfortable about pursuing a relationship with her despite the mutual interest.
* Trixie Lorraine (who's in her early 30s) and Faneul H. Peabody (who's in his 50s but ''looks'' a lot older) from ''[[Gold Diggers of 1933]]''. These two lampshade the trope a bit in dialogue, and actually end up ''married after one date''. (Although, [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|given the film's title]], this really isn't much of a surprise.)
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* Commander Shepard and Liara T'Soni from ''[[Mass Effect]]''. Shepard is 29, Liara is 106. Justified in that she's a [[Space Elf]] that ages differently—by human standards, Liara is only in her mid twenties.
** In ''[[Mass Effect 2]]'', Shepard (now 31) has the opportunity to engage in a bit of light romance with two asari—Samara, nearly a thousand years old, and {{spoiler|Morinth}}, in her 400s. Neither ends well; while Samara is attracted to Shepard if s/he is [[Karma Meter|mostly Paragon]], she is too committed to [[Warrior Monk|her Code]] to start a relationship. Shepard ''can'' sleep with {{spoiler|Morinth, [[Death by Sex|but it instantly kills him/her.]]}}
** The May/September version also applies to some of the other pairings. For Male!Shepard, there is seven years between him and Jack/Tali; [[Gender
* Gordon and Alyx in ''[[Half Life|Half-Life 2]]''... maybe. While they were born nearly 20 years apart, Gordon's time spent in stasis erased that age gap.
* Ezio Auditore (52) and Sofia Sartor (35) at the end of ''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]''. The ''Embers'' animated short reveals that they marry and end up having 2 children. Then {{spoiler|Ezio sits down and dies}}.
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* ''[[Teen Titans (animation)|Teen Titans]]'' has Raven's crush on her teacher Malchior - she's about 15 years and his age is at least three digits. An easily overlooked example because he's {{spoiler|a [[Evil Mentor|dragon]] [[Mailer Daemon|posing]] as}} a [[White-Haired Pretty Boy|young-looking guy]] - a phenomenon often observed in [[Mayfly-December Romance|Mayfly December Romances]]. Also, he's made of pages from the book he's trapped in, which serves to distract. Whether or not that relationship would qualify as a [[Mayfly-December Romance]] is uncertain, due to the [[Half-Human Hybrid|natures]] [[Our Demons Are Different|of]] [[Our Dragons Are Different|the characters]].
* In ''[[The Legend of Korra]]'', Korra's Airbending teacher Tenzin is 51. He's [[Happily Married]] to [[Hot Mom]] Pema, who is 35 and pregnant with their fourth child. Their oldest child is 10, so when they met she was at most 25 to his 40.
* Given what Barbara (aka [[Batgirl]], formerly) tells Terry in ''[[Batman Beyond]]'', she and Bruce Wayne had a relationship like this once, which neither of them view positively.
* This is lampooned in ''[[Celebrity Deathmatch]]'' in a two part episode using the [[Time Machine]]; [[Napoleon Bonaparte]] quickly develops a crush on Debbie, but she turns him down saying he’s too old for her, “by about 150 years”. Although this doesn’t stop her from dating [[Alexander the Great]] later.
== [[Real Life]] ==
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* Keith Carradine (b. 1949) and Hayley DuMond (b. 1974) fell in love on the set of ''[[The Hunter's Moon]]'', in which their characters also had a May/December romance.
* Dame Margot Fonteyn, ''prima ballerina assoluta'' of the Royal Ballet and one of the greatest classical ballerinas in history, and her best and most famous partner, Rudolf Nureyev. While there is no absolute proof they ever consummated their relationship, it is quite probable that they did, and they remained each other's dearest friend and confidante until Fonteyn's death in 1991. The shocker? Fonteyn was nineteen years his senior, and in fact was at the point in her career when most thought she would retire when Nureyev arrived in England. Instead, they would dance together for another fifteen years.
** Except... Nureyev was quite openly ''gay''. They were more [[
*** So it was a [[Intergenerational Friendship|May-December Friendship?]]
*** Or [[If It's You It's Okay]]?
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