First up, let’s talk about the weird, awkward elephant in the room: their age when they started. Justin was 15 and Selena was 17 when they first became a thing. In celebrity years, that might as well be a geological era. But in real life, two years at that stage of your life is a massive, chasm-like difference.
Imagine you’re 15, still worrying about pimples and algebra, while your girlfriend is almost a legal adult talking about college. Awkward! And when you add the insane pressure of being worldwide pop stars, the age gap just makes everything harder. They were growing up, but at different speeds, on different planets, with different personal assistants.
By the time Justin hit his early twenties, he had changed completely. Selena had too, but in a different direction. They wanted different things—like, maybe Justin wanted to play video games with his crew, and Selena wanted to have a deep conversation about art. Oof.
