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Have your friends ever mocked you for dating somebody a little older or younger? If so, tell them, "Hey, at least I'm not like Edna and Simon Martin."

Edna and Simon (click here to see a pic of the twosome) were married in England back in 2005. They're not so much a May-December romance as a January-December one: At 73 and 35, Edna is nearly 40 years older than Simon. This puts them much more in the range of "Harold and Maude" (left) than Michael and Catherine Zeta.

Sure, there are plenty of reasons to date a younger guy, but this couple's age difference makes Lisa Loeb's marriage to a guy 10 years younger look like nothing.

The couple met through their love of the organ. Simon is dyslexic and dyspraxic, which means he's a bit of a klutz. Despite these challenges, he's apparently a fabulous organ player. He had never had a girlfriend before he met and married Edna, who has three children, all older than Simon.

The burning question, of course, is: With a four-decade age gap, how are things in the bedroom?

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Apparently the answer is "hot, hot, hot." Edna tells England's Daily Mail that they share "the same passion as a pair of 25-year-olds. We kiss about 150 times a day."

According to the article, she told the reporter this after licking Simon's nose. Ew. That's not the only kinky thing going on: Apparently Simon admits to being a cross-dresser. Edna told a British paper, "If he wants to dress up in a green caterpillar suit with pink flip-flops what does it matter? I don't give a monkey's." (We assume she would have added "bum," but she probably had to let the reporter borrow her bathroom for a long, cold shower.)


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