May-September romance

English

Etymology

From the metaphor of a year being the lifespan of a person, May being a time of relative youth and September being late in maturity.

Noun

May-September romance (plural May-September romances)

  1. A romantic relationship where one partner is significantly older than the other.
    The 40-year-old man and his 20-year-old girlfriend were involved in a May-September romance.
    • 2025 May 24, Jo Ellison, “The exquisite cringe of the age-gap romance”, in FT Weekend, Life & Arts, page 21:
      And, any hope for nurturing a May to September-style romance at my age would require me to stalk a geriatric ward.

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