A COUPLE have split after deciding that their six-month age difference created an unequal power balance in their relationship. 

Calvin, not his real name, 20, and his ex-partner Miki, not her real name, 19, had been worrying about the large age gap for some time, as had their Generation Z friends and complete strangers on social media.  

They finally decided to separate when one Instagram user – who does not know either of them – commented: “Why is this mature man taking advantege of poor young girl???”  

Calvin said: “EmLuvsCats was absolutely right. What could a 20-year-old possibly have in common with a 19-year-old who can also pay tax, drink alcohol and serve on a jury? 

“Miki is little more than a child, bowled over by the attention of an older, worldly man with a high-powered job as a trainee B&Q customer service advisor. It’s wrong to keep abusing my position of trust.” 

She said: “We didn’t want to be like one of those problematic celebrity age-gap couples – Leonardo DiCaprio and whichever 20-year-old he’s with at the moment. What would have happened when Calvin was 30 and old, and I was still a youthful 29?”  

Since the break-up Calvin has started dating again, and after sifting through a vast number of potential partners has found one born on exactly the same day, 5th March 2004.  

She said: “I’m so sad all the time and I miss Calvin terribly. But I’m going to have to keep dating Bobby, not his real name, because he’s only four hours older than me, and everyone says that’s probably okay.”