May–December

English Alternative forms en May-to-December May and December Etymology From the lyrics to the song September Song, by Kurt Weill and Maxwell Anderson, first published in 1938, about such a relationship, which includes the line It's a long, long time from May to December. Adjective - May–December Pertaining to a relationship in which one person is much older than the other. en 2013 Katherine Arcement Diary London Review of Books 35 5 Whatever fantasy you can’t act out in real life can be fulfilled in fan fiction. May-December relationships are very popular, as are boys transforming into girls. en 2024 Blue Delliquanti Adversary 9798886200386 One of the appeals of May/December relationships in fiction, for me, is that gulf of understanding between partners whose life experiences will never share the same footing at the same time, and the frustrations and desires that come with trying to bridge that gulf. en-GB Alaina Demopoulos Age gaps, swag gaps and Claude gaps – are they really such a big deal in relationships? The Guardian 2026-06-05 https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2026/jun/05/relationship-gap-online-discourse 0261-3077 A cohort raised on the rigid moral boundaries of internet discourse – things are either good or bad, no in-between – decided that May-December relationships were either problematically one-sided or transactional in nature. https://web.archive.org/web/20261018053906/https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2026/jun/05/relationship-gap-online-discourse 18 October 2026 Synonyms en May-September romance May–September Derived terms May–December romance May–December marriage See also autumn romance December bride Maycember en Love