That's how Savannah Martin's life changed (@sav_martin)
A man 16 years older than his wife is accused by netizens of marrying a woman who looks "just like his daughter," but it doesn't really bother anyone involved. Chris Chapin, 44, and his wife, Savannah Chapin, 28, first met when she started working for him four years ago as a hairstylist at his hair salon in Gilbert, Arizona.
At the time, Savannah said she wasn't interested in being in a relationship, while Chris had just filed for divorce from his previous wife. "My life was dizzy," he admitted in an episode of the YouTube show "Love Don't Judge."
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The father of six said that the more time he spent with Savannah at work, the more he realized there was something "super special" between them that he had never felt before. Initially, the couple hid their growing love — especially since Chris' 21-year-old daughter Tiziana, also known as Tizi, also works at a hair salon. But mostly, they were afraid of being judged.
The couple admitted that when they told everyone in the living room that they were a couple, it was really smooth. They revealed that some of their co-workers even accused Savannah of being a "house destroyer" who caused the divorce, while others claimed that Chris sexually exploited her in a relationship of authority - due to their age difference and the fact that he was her boss.
"Tizi was very reluctant at first," Savannah admitted, although that didn't stop them from continuing their love story and even getting married. "Now we're best friends and she's my right hand," the stepmother said. The couple now have three children together, in addition to the three children Chris shares with his ex-wife.
Today they are friends
"I'm 27 with a 20-year-old girl and I don't regret it for a second."
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Savannah began posting about their life together on TikTok, which she said was heavily criticized by strangers who encountered them. "I made the mistake of writing my age above my picture and Tizi's age above it. It started a big tornado of negative reactions," she said, "most of them were aimed at Chris."
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The New York Post reported that some users were outraged by the age difference and even claimed that Savannah would be a grandmother when she turned 30. Savannah said many commenters noted that there was a lot of physical similarity between her and Tizi and that it made them uncomfortable. "I would be traumatized if my dad marries someone who looks just like me," one user wrote, "Do you want to date your daughter?" asked another.
Despite the criticism, the loving couple adopts their mixed family, does not relate to the haters, and they are happy to be accepted little by little, "A lot of the responses now are, 'I wish I had this relationship with my stepmother,'" Savannah recalls, "We're one big family, and it doesn't matter what people say — we're happy and that's what matters."
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