There’s an eleven-year age gap between Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds. It’s shocking to most because Reynolds looks incredibly good for his age as opposed to the absolutely stunning Lively seeming mature beyond her years. When you see them splashed across tabloids, it’s easy to assume they’re only a few years apart in age but Lively was born on August 25, 1987, while Reynolds entered the world on October 23, 1976.

To put that in perspective, Lively was in high school in the early 2000s when trucker hats, Abercrombie, and flip phones were the epitome of cool. In 2004, “The Facebook” became a thing, and young Lively may have even had one in 2005, around the same time she was debating between going to college or pursuing acting full-time. While she was mulling over this next step, Reynolds was rapidly approaching turning 30.

His high school days in the early ’90s (when Lively was preparing for kindergarten) likely consisted of Walkmans, alternative bands like Blink 182, and lots of plaid à la “Clueless.” There was no social media, and very few high schoolers owned cell phones. While the differences between their birth years are stark when viewed like this, these Hollywood stars didn’t let their age gap affect them as they matured. Today, they’ve been happily married for years.

Post source: The List

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