South Carolina couple with 34-year age gap sparks anger over strict relationship rules

A South Carolina couple with a 34-year age gap has shared their “relationship non-negotiables,” sparking controversy with some saying they are too “strict” and questioning whether a relationship with such a gap will last.“I’m 26, and I’m 60, and these are non-negotiables in our age-gap relationship,” Gracen Greagen, 26, and her husband Kevin Greagan, aged 60, begin their viral video, sitting on deck chairs in their lake house in Greenville, SC.Their first non-negotiable is that they pray together daily.“Something we’ve implemented in our marriage is that we pray together every single night … It’s the last thing we do,” they said.“Regardless of your faith, the intentionality that goes into expressing gratitude … it’s a great way to centre ourselves together and individually.”Their second rule is that they don’t drink unless they’re with each other.“There’s a vulnerability in drinking and being intoxicated, and that’s not something I wanna be without my partner present,” the 60-year-old said.He added, “This was a decision we each made individually.We didn’t impose it on one another … Rather than looking at [it] as limiting or controlling, we look at it as uniquely special and uniquely committed to one another.”He also noted that, “You can’t have two or three or four or five drinks unless you have one drink.

And I just choose not to do that when I’m out alone.”Rule three is that they serve each other even through conflict.“It’s easy to serve somebody when it’s [hot] and sunny, but when a thunderstorm rolls through … it becomes a little more difficult,” Kevin said.“The disagreement can stand on its own … it’s not going to affect our kindness and courtesy toward one another.“If you get a head massage from somebody that’s pissed off at you, you know you’re loved.”And the last one is not keeping score.“[My father] said that a lot of couples, their goal is to each give 50 per cent … h...