谈恋爱，双方年龄差多少合适？这个理论认为……(2)

Across Western countries, about 8 percent of all married heterosexual couples can be classified as having a large age gap (ten years or more). These generally involve older men partnered with younger women. About 1 percent of age-gap couples involve an older woman partnered with a younger man.在西方国家，大约8%的已婚异性夫妻年龄差距都较大（10岁或更大），其中大部分夫妇是年长男性与年轻女性的结合，1%是年长女性与年轻男性的结合。
那么，较小的年龄差距会使两个人在一起的可能性变大吗？

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年龄差越小越好？
小的年龄差似乎有不少优点，两个人之间较多的相同点或许能增强彼此间的情感联系。
The ability of both members of a couple to sing a favourite childhood television theme tune could bond them together, at the risk of irritating those nearby.情侣们冒着打扰身边人的风险，哼唱同一首孩提时期最喜欢的电视剧主题曲，或许能让二人更亲近。
In 2014, the Atlantic claimed that “a five year age difference makes a couple 18 percent more likely to get divorced, compared to a couple born on or around the same year.”据Atlantic在2014年的研究，有5岁年龄差的夫妻离婚的可能性比年龄相同或相近的夫妻要大18%。