The internet is making everything into a ‘relationship gap’ by seizing on any difference between two dating humans The internet is making everything into a ‘relationship gap’ by seizing on any difference between two dating humans I t started with the age gap. Can a 40-year-old man and a 20-year-old woman truly get along? That was once a question answered with a resounding “yes” by creepy English professors or moustached indie film-makers with a questionable grasp on the meaning of Lolita. Then