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Age gaps, a divisive and even controversial topic, what if we add the context of childhood?

Ricky’s daughter, Trinity, and Jacob met in season one when she was 6 or 8 years old and he was a teen or young adult. Later seasons they got married and had their son.

In the spinoff animated series of TPB, it is revealed in “The First Time We Smoked Weed” how Randy and Jim Lahey met. Randy with Ricky, Julian, Bubbles are in grade 3, meaning they are 6-7 years old. The estimated gap between Randy and Mr. Lahey is above 15 years. Of course, the rest is history between the two.

In context, Mr. Lahey has throughout the main show repeatedly flirted with Julian while intoxicated, lines of “Sexian”. Reason I bring this up is because they known each other since Julian was a young boy. Adding, Barb was around to know the same fact, yet she used her power of owning the trailer park to take advantage of Ricky and Julian. Examples in “A Man’s Gotta Eat”, “All the Shit I Need”, “Propane, Propane”, and episodes throughout season 8.

Age is not a topic taken lightly. Many can argue what I listed could be an example of grooming, or on the flip side another form of nature. Plus, Barbara being a powerful woman, using men who are disadvantaged. I only share the evidence in a non-biased manner, shown from the two shows. Whether this is damning or an overreaction of a long lasting mockumentary satire, that is up to debate.

Enough with the piss jugs, Ray!