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Yeah, but C, you probably weren't likely to have birthed him at 10. (Nor was Tom likely to have spawned me at 7.) Obviously, I don't think that people have to be the exact same age when in love. And, indeed, age of the wide-gap couple matters. If a 60 year old and an 80 year old wanted to get it on, I probably wouldn't blink. I have to admit, though, that if they were hooking up 40 years prior, and if I were honest about exactly how judgemental I am, it might make me uncomfortable - unless the couple were such a perfect match that I didn't even think about it. (This is the case for one of my very dearest friends.)
I think the deal is that... as my nieces and nephews grow older, particularly, I can't stomach the idea of being attracted to anyone close to their age. (Not to mention the fact that I'm female and biologically we're said to be attracted to stability/age, not verility/youth.) I was rarely interested in movie-star crushes my age, and find this to be true even now.
Though I will admit that early on, I predicted that Daniel Radcliffe was going to be a looker, and those French posters from the second film seemed to agree with me. Somewhere along the line, I guess he did get pretty? But my interest waned with my active participation in Potter fandom.
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