What makes the Grey's Anatomy Meredith-DeLuca relationship special is their age difference is never mentioned

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There's a 20-year age gap between Ellen Pompeo and Giacomo Gianniotti, but their on-screen age difference is never brought up. "Meredith isn’t worried that she is 20 years older than DeLuca," says Amy Amatangelo. "She’s not concerned that he will want kids and she’s not going to have any more kids. There are no cheap jokes about how he understands Instagram or dating apps or whatever and she does not. They are just two adults navigating a romance while Gianniotti speaks the sexiest Italian ever. (If ever there were a McDreamy 2.0, it’s DeLuca). What’s even more remarkable is that Pompeo, who turns 50 in November, remains not just at the epicenter of the drama at Grey Sloan Memorial, but she’s also still the romantic lead of the series. The love triangle between Meredith, DeLuca and Carmack’s Link has dominated the season. Women over 40 are sexually desirable! Somebody tell The Bachelor."