«THERE SHOULD BE COURSE IN FIRST GRADE ON LOVE»

Over Christmas, Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins announced they were splitting after 23 years together. They were the poster couple for love across the age divide, the ones we were relying on to prove compatibility triumphs over trifling details such as a 12-year age gap. But the truth is, love did triumph, right up until the point where age was always going to become an overwhelming issue. Sarandon is 63 and Robbins is 51. When she was 40 and he was 28, her relative maturity will have looked like a bonus to him (twice as sexy) and his relative youth will have suited her. But that’s because 40 and 28 are still in the same country, and now Sarandon has crossed over the border, leaving Robbins on the other side.

Times Online
Jan 15 2009