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There is an age difference between actress Gabrielle Union and former professional athlete Dwyane Wade. She discusses her initial thoughts dating a younger man as a former divorcee.
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00:00And I wonder, you know, did you ever almost talk yourself out of being with Dwayne, you know, because of the age, like in the early days?
00:08I didn't really think of him as a real option back then.
00:12You know, I was fresh off a divorce and thoroughly enjoying all of my options.
00:19And he was an option. So when, you know, if I was like, I feel old as hell, I'm just going to call one of the older ones.
00:28You know, so it wasn't really I just wasn't taking him seriously in that kind of way.
00:33And once it became, you know, OK, maybe this is going to turn into something, you know, deeper or more meaningful.
00:41He just always kind of has been presented to me as very wise beyond his years based on how he grew up in his life experience.
00:52Just kind of forced him to grow up and age like in dog years and to a certain degree.
01:00And. And so, yeah, so now it's like it almost feels like we are about the same because of how his early years kind of leveled the playing field a bit and really kind of.
01:15He's very much his grandmother's child, him sitting at her feet, you know, you kind of develop old ways, you know, I mean, an old, you know, older references and interests and passions.
01:28And but it's like those moments where I'm like, OK, I get it. You like Drake. I get it.
01:33I get it. You like Drake. You know, all the lyrics. OK, OK.
01:37Like, you know, don't you want to listen to a little Olita Adams?
01:42What are you talking about?
01:48Yeah, it's those moments or like, you know, where my hip hurts, you know, or or, you know, the chin story that I write book.
01:57It's like, so let me get that eyelash.
01:59I was crying.
02:01With a certain thing, with the age thing, like when it came to fertility, yeah, there were points where I was like, he deserves.
02:12Not what I deserve, but what he deserves is someone who can give him.
02:18You know, this without, you know, calling in, you know, the designated here, like I, you know, that that those messy, complicated feelings played a role.
02:31You know, when you talk about aging and the age difference, that that's the more serious side of that.
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