If you love somebody, you love them. My parents had a 25-year age gap between them and my mum was the breadwinner, my dad the house husband. I’m a strong believer that a good relationship can work, whatever the situation.

Jenkins frames love as a commitment that transcends conventional expectations about age, gender roles, and economic arrangements. By citing her parents’ 25-year age difference and their nontraditional division of labor—mother as primary earner, father as homemaker—she offers a lived example meant to normalize relationships that don’t fit standard templates. The quote argues that compatibility and mutual support matter more than external judgments about what a couple “should” look like. It also implicitly challenges stereotypes about masculinity and caregiving, suggesting that relationship success depends on the partners’ agreement and respect rather than on adherence to social norms.