15. Your rather old and your wife is rather young. Has anyone called your wife "your daughter" to your face? How do you deal with the age difference?
To date no one has mistaken Shannon for my daughter ? in fact overall we hear that she looks more mature and I look younger than I appear. Generally the perceived age gap range is 10 to 15 years rather than 25. There are actually many celebrities who have the same difference from Humphrey Bogart, Michael Douglas to Paul McCartney, Rod Stewart and Bruce Willis.
I remember my dad said to me, ?No one here has a problem with the age difference but you? when I asked him about this same potential problem. In short if it?s legal and we can be ourselves together then who cares what others think? The difficult part comes in as I get older. I don?t want our children to feel ripped off if their dad is only around for 30 years of their life, not too mention I need to look after my health so that SheDevil has me around well into her 70?s.
My feeling is that anyone who dares to judge without honestly meeting us first has no right or valid opinion in my mind. SheDevil is a tremendous addition and value to this industry and has spoken at many conferences. She has done work for Playboy, Rochard, Bob Rice, Sleazy along with 2Much just to name a few big names. It honestly means a great deal when I hear webmasters say, ?Who is that guy (pointing to me) with SheDevil??
In all honestly I have seen more maturity and industry smarts from her than I have in some 50 year olds. That can be said for anyone who has worked with or listened to her presentations during seminars at Internext or Webmaster Access. Even Xbiz has asked her to be a writer for several articles. So I really don?t have to deal with anything in regards to her - especially age difference as I treat her on the same level with anyone and everyone else. She is not my slave nor am I hers. She is a very strong and determined player in this industry who commands respect from anyone she works with ? including and most of all ? me.
