夏洛克·马拉比(26岁，来自伦敦的美术设计师)，在2007年3月向男友盖茨·迪奥(36岁的音乐制作人)求婚。

    "I always vowed not to get married-I'm not religious or at all traditional. I was introduced to Gez by a friend when I was a 21-year-old student and he was 31. I knew the age gap would make a difference; we were at different life stages. But I fell for his laid-back nature, maturity, and dry sense of humour. So I put the potential problems out of my mind."

    “我一直是立志独身的——并非因为宗教或者传统的原因 ......