1010: Baking

[maarvarq]

50-30 is of course just outside acceptable according to the universally applicable
half-age-plus-7 rule
although they could wait 4 years to be covered, or just say close enough, as apparently 1% of married couples in the USA do
Age disparity in sexual relationship
and Roscoe has probably been established as a good Christian (how much does the exact sect within Protestantism matter to most Protestant churchgoers?), so Gina might even get her first kiss on her wedding day.

[Deepbluediver]

Yeah, according to the XKCD rule its just a little creepy, but there's also some discussion of age-appropriate relationships in the "soul-mates" What-if scenario that people might want to take into account, too: https://what-if.xkcd.com/9/

My bigger concern though, is what happens in another 20 years. women have a tendency to outlive men anyway...
https://www.google.com/#q=average+life+ ... cy+for+men
https://www.google.com/#q=average+life+ ... +for+women
And not to be overly morbid, but Roscoe has a 2-decade head start on that race to the grave. Even with advancements in medical technology, I'm kinda concerned that Gina will end up a young widow.

[DragonTrainer]

Eh... my biggest concern is whether or not they want the same things out of a potential relationship. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I was under the impression that Gina wanted kids someday. Would Roscoe want to start up another family all over again?

[RowenMorland]

The kids problem might be more of an issue if Gina's rules don't allow her to have a second husband after the first one dies.

[Merle]

Screw the age rules! She's an adult, he's an adult, neither is in a position of power over the other, and this pic is downright adorable.

[maarvarq]

The kids problem might be more of an issue if Gina's rules don't allow her to have a second husband after the first one dies.

She's 30 now, and I hope that Roscoe isn't on death's door, so I doubt that there would be much baby-making happening with hypothetical husband #2.

[Glundyn]

I don't have any concerns about this. Looks wholesome enough to me.

Also, Roscoe likes tall women, so there's that.

Name: Roscoe Patrick Knight
First appearance: Comic #599
Age: 50
Occupation: Teacher
Likes his women like he likes his coffee: Black.

Cast page might do with an update though.

[maarvarq]

I don't have any concerns about this. Looks wholesome enough to me.

Also, Roscoe likes tall women, so there's that.

Name: Roscoe Patrick Knight
First appearance: Comic #599
Age: 50
Occupation: Teacher
Likes his women like he likes his coffee: Black.

Cast page might do with an update though.

Oh yeah...

[Simuran]

Another interesting question is to consider Gina's beliefs about the afterlife. In on strip, she said that she doesn't want to merry a person she will not be able to be with in the afterlife. Now, In this case - since he had a wife before her - even if he is christian, he wouldn't be able to be with her there. no?

[KrenkoMobBoss]

You're arguing theology with a character from a story who will probably never speak another line of dialogue ever again in canon. And also, people are people. I once played as a priest in a Cthulu game, and I threatened to kill someone who pissed me off. People told me "That's a strange thing for a priest to do," to which I replied "That's a strange thing for a generic priest to do. My priest is human, and also, we're in some pretty strange circumstances right now. He is emotional and he is making stupid mistakes." I'd call that a perfectly plausible thing for a human being to do, and something like this is comparatively nothing at all.