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cjsdowg
11/01/23 12:05:25 AM
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Is there any reason given for this. Like now I can see her being an old woman as Peter gets older himself. But like from the start he was like in high school and the she was like 80. She is Aunt May not Nana May.

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Revisited
11/01/23 12:08:10 AM
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It's completely possible especially in the old days. You can have an aunt or uncle that's 70 while your own dad was 50
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Zikten
11/01/23 12:09:08 AM
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Uncle Ben was a much older brother to one of Peter's parents
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SpawnShadow
11/01/23 12:20:46 AM
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Revisited posted...
It's completely possible especially in the old days. You can have an aunt or uncle that's 70 while your own dad was 50
Zikten posted...
Uncle Ben was a much older brother to one of Peter's parents
It's actually canon that there was a significant gap between the births of Ben and Richard Parker. And yes, this sort of thing was much more common decades ago, especially considering a higher rate of infant mortality means that there were likely other siblings born between them who might not have even lived to see Richard's birth, let alone made it to adulthood themselves.
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PraetorXyn
11/01/23 12:22:19 AM
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It really doesnt make sense now that you mention it, especially given how things used to be. Both my grandmothers were married at like 15 / 16 I think, 18 at the latest, and both had a lot of kids (4 boys 2 girls and 5 girls 2 boys respectively) relatively close together, so if anything Id expect Aunt May and Uncle Ben to be even younger than an aunt and uncle normally would.

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Flauros
11/01/23 12:24:27 AM
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They were actually in their early 30s, but they were hopelessly addicted to Camel unfiltered cigs and it aged them both HORRIBLY.

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StealThisSheen
11/01/23 12:27:07 AM
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PraetorXyn posted...
It really doesnt make sense now that you mention it, especially given how things used to be. Both my grandmothers were married at like 15 / 16 I think, 18 at the latest, and both had a lot of kids (4 boys 2 girls and 5 girls 2 boys respectively) relatively close together, so if anything Id expect Aunt May and Uncle Ben to be even younger than an aunt and uncle normally would.

Ben was the older brother of Peter's father, and it was stated that he was considerably older than Peter's father was. That's why.

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PraetorXyn
11/01/23 12:38:54 AM
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StealThisSheen posted...
Ben was the older brother of Peter's father, and it was stated that he was considerably older than Peter's father was. That's why.
Yeah, but the question is if that makes sense because he looks like hed have to be 20 years older than however old Peters father was, and that seems like an exceedingly rare age gap between siblings.

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Smashingpmkns
11/01/23 12:57:55 AM
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I have a friend who's an only child and she was 16 when her parents were 60.

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Torgo
11/01/23 1:10:17 AM
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It's not common but also not that unusual for a parent and their sibling to be more then ten years or apart, and not every couple has to have children right away, some wait or can't have kids right away for health reasons.


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StealThisSheen
11/01/23 1:12:51 AM
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PraetorXyn posted...
Yeah, but the question is if that makes sense because he looks like hed have to be 20 years older than however old Peters father was, and that seems like an exceedingly rare age gap between siblings.

Eh, it's rare, but not "this doesn't make sense" rare. I know somebody who is I think 17 years younger than their older sister. Their parents had her sister when they were rather young, didn't think they wanted another kid, then changed their minds some 17 years later.

I also don't think we know how old Peter's parents actually were when they had him. For example, let's say they were... 30. And let's say Ben is 15 years older. That'd make Ben 60 when Peter was 15.

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thekosmicfool
11/01/23 1:18:21 AM
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Aunt "May" moar liek Aunt "May Not Live Through the Day" m i rite?

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DrizztLink
11/01/23 1:18:55 AM
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Give it a few more reboots and they'll be in their junior year of undergrad.

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Torgo
11/01/23 1:20:01 AM
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Too bad Uncle Ben died so tragically, I enjoyed his rice products.

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BTH_Phoenix
11/01/23 3:27:10 PM
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I had a great-uncle that we called uncle so

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TheSavageDragon
11/01/23 3:47:32 PM
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I recently learned on the comics board that it's a remnant from when Stan Lee was brainstormed Spider-Man with Jack Kirby before he went on creating him with Steve Ditko.
The original barely worked on concept was an adult man with elderly parents
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Shotgunnova
11/01/23 3:52:52 PM
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https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/0/0ff1ed46.jpg

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GeminiDeus
11/01/23 3:55:16 PM
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Revisited posted...
It's completely possible especially in the old days. You can have an aunt or uncle that's 70 while your own dad was 50
I knew a kid in high school whose oldest brother was in his 50's, I think.

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KainWind
11/01/23 3:56:10 PM
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BTH_Phoenix posted...
I had a great-uncle that we called uncle so

This was my first thought but looks like other people know the answer.

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Torgo
11/01/23 3:57:15 PM
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Shotgunnova posted...
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/0/0ff1ed46.jpg

Something for the Dads in the audience.

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Cassie
11/01/23 3:57:56 PM
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Its also how ditko drew her too.

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thekosmicfool
11/01/23 4:12:41 PM
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Shotgunnova posted...
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/0/0ff1ed46.jpg

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KStateKing17
11/01/23 4:16:02 PM
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I always figured they were his great aunt and uncle.

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Irony
11/01/23 4:16:56 PM
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They're basically Uncle from Jackie Chan Adventures

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Foppe
11/01/23 4:18:50 PM
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I mean, I had a friend in school that became an uncle when he was 8...

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NeonTentacles
11/01/23 4:19:14 PM
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Shotgunnova posted...
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thronedfire2
11/01/23 4:20:48 PM
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PraetorXyn posted...
Yeah, but the question is if that makes sense because he looks like hed have to be 20 years older than however old Peters father was, and that seems like an exceedingly rare age gap between siblings.

I know a woman who had her first kid when she was 14 and her last one when she was 35

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PraetorXyn
11/01/23 7:49:05 PM
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thronedfire2 posted...
I know a woman who had her first kid when she was 14 and her last one when she was 35
Im not saying its impossible. Im mainly pointing out that them being that much older and still being aunt and uncle doesnt really do anything for the story that them either being younger or being called grandma and grandpa wouldnt.

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uwnim
11/01/23 8:01:07 PM
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Foppe posted...
I mean, I had a friend in school that became an uncle when he was 8...
My half brother was always an uncle. The age gap between his father's oldest child and him was pretty massive and his dad was already a grandfather when he was born.

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ChrisTaka
11/01/23 8:14:57 PM
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StealThisSheen posted...
Eh, it's rare, but not "this doesn't make sense" rare.


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majin_nemesis
11/01/23 8:29:56 PM
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i don't see where's the problem?
brothers can have huge differences in age and you can also be older then your uncle so i don't see why can't they be that old in relation to him,it's also possible that they are his great uncles

it's also possible that Peter's father was quite old when he had Peter, men can have kids up to their 70's
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PraetorXyn
11/01/23 8:31:55 PM
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majin_nemesis posted...
i don't see where's the problem?
brothers can have huge differences in age and you can also be older then your uncle so i don't see why can't they be that old in relation to him,it's also possible that they are his great uncles

it's also possible that Peter's father was quite old when he had Peter, men can have kids up to their 70's
Yes, but the question is: what does a 60-70 year old aunt and uncle do for the story that a 40-45 year old aunt and uncle or a 60-70 year old grandma and grandpa wouldnt?

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StealThisSheen
11/01/23 8:34:12 PM
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PraetorXyn posted...
Yes, but the question is: what does a 60-70 year old aunt and uncle do for the story that a 40-45 year old aunt and uncle or a 60-70 year old grandma and grandpa wouldnt?

What does a 40-45 year old aunt and uncle or a 60-70 year old grandma and grandpa do that a 60-70 year old aunt and uncle wouldn't?

You see how silly this argument is?

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PraetorXyn
11/01/23 8:35:37 PM
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StealThisSheen posted...
What does a 40-45 year old aunt and uncle or a 60-70 year old grandma and grandpa do that a 60-70 year old aunt and uncle wouldn't?

You see how silly this argument is?
Make it more believable and relatable.

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StealThisSheen
11/01/23 8:36:48 PM
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PraetorXyn posted...
Make it more believable and relatable.

It's been explained several times why it's not "unbelievable."

This is a super weird thing to get hung up on.

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majin_nemesis
11/02/23 2:43:47 AM
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PraetorXyn posted...
Make it more believable and relatable.
not really, Uncle Ben and Aunt May are believable and relatable and i never seen anyone ever having an issue with their ages until now
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GuerrillaSoldier
11/02/23 2:49:35 AM
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idk why not


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thekosmicfool
11/02/23 2:53:45 AM
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It's certainly possible to have a decent age range between siblings and thus have an older aunt or uncle, but god damn, in some of those comics they got Aunt May lookin' like a decrepit monkey skeleton. Like a great great aunt to Pete.

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pnut027
11/02/23 3:01:01 AM
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PraetorXyn posted...
Yeah, but the question is if that makes sense because he looks like hed have to be 20 years older than however old Peters father was, and that seems like an exceedingly rare age gap between siblings.
My wifes sister and our daughter are the same age at 4. My wife is 33.

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Ricemills
11/02/23 3:04:48 AM
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Product of time.
At the 1960s there still quite a few ladies in their 50s that dresses like grannies.

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Serious_Cat
11/02/23 3:06:15 AM
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Shrug. My grandpa had both an aunt and an uncle who were younger than he was. I had a friend in high school whose father graduated from high school in the same class as my grandma.

PraetorXyn posted...
Yes, but the question is: what does a 60-70 year old aunt and uncle do for the story that a 40-45 year old aunt and uncle or a 60-70 year old grandma and grandpa wouldnt?

Both the age and degree of separation add to a sense of Peter's isolation. He's the orphan kid who lives with his elderly aunt and uncle. That makes him different.

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ai123
11/02/23 3:06:30 AM
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There can be a large age difference between siblings. People also looked older in their 40s and 50s when Spiderman was first written.

But the real reason is that the writers wanted a contrast and an easily visible generation gap between the youthful, self-centred Peter, and his solid, traditional guardians.

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