I am 25 and my husband is 70. I am afraid he will die in his sleep and leave me alone.

A 25-year-old woman married to a 70-year-old man shares her fear that her husband will die in his sleep and she will be left to care for their toddler alone.

Stefani said she fell in love with Don from the moment she first saw him, adding that she believes everyone should date a man who is 45 years older than them.

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The couple met five years ago, when Stefani was just 20, after Don walked into the local bar where she worked.

“I just thought he was so handsome and charming and super flirty,” she said Love does not judge.

“And I don’t know, it just made me happy.”

Don continued to come to the pub where Stefani worked, and a romance soon developed between the two.

Stefani said her family was not at all impressed with the match, especially since Don is the same age as Stefani’s father.

“They thought I made a mistake,” she said.

Stefani’s mother said, “I felt like Stephanie was missing out on the opportunity to meet someone she could grow old with because she was with someone who was already old.”

Stefani and Don have been together for five years now, married for a year and a half, and have a two-year-old son together, named Lachlan.

The couple said that when they are in public, people always assume Lachlan is Don’s grandson.

However, Stefani says she proudly holds her husband’s hand when they’re out together.

“I really don’t care what people on the street say,” she said.

Stefani said that internet trolls always accuse her of being a gold digger and that they think she is only in the relationship for safety.

However, she said that the couple lives in a house her father gave her and that she works full-time.

Don shared that due to his age, a few of his friends have recently passed away.

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“I’ve never been afraid to go to that place. It just happens,” she said.

However, Stefani is very worried about Don dying and her becoming a single mother.

She said, “I said to him, I said, ‘Don’t you dare die in your sleep. Oh, I would be so angry. I would be so angry. Don’t do that to me.'”

Despite the problems in their relationship, Stefani and Don are proud of the family they have created.

And the couple is determined to prove the haters wrong by living the best of their lives and showing that their relationship is a success.

Stefani said, “We choose not to hide our relationship because why? Would you hide yours? Would anyone else hide their relationship?”

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