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Kristin Cavallari & Mark Estes\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
One thing that\u2019s not<\/em> unwritten? The way Kristin felt about her 13-year age gap<\/a> with boyfriend Mark Estes<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cMe dating a 24-year-old is not something that I was searching out,\u201d The Hills<\/em><\/a> alum said on a March 2024 episode of her podcast Let\u2019s Be Honest<\/em><\/a>. \u201cIt\u2019s not something that I ever thought would ever happen. If you guys listen to the podcast, you know I thought 30-year-olds were too young for me.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n And while Kristin said she understands how \u201cit looks to the outside world,\u201d she insisted Mark is \u201cnot a typical 24-year-old\u201d and that there\u2019s more to a person than their birth year.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cI really think age is just a number,\u201d she continued. \u201cIt\u2019s what you\u2019ve been through in your life, how you were raised. There are just so many factors that go into maturity other than age.\u201d<\/p>\n But months later, Kristin shared she broke up with Mark.<\/p>\n \u201cI just know long-term he needs to experience life,\u201d she said on an October episode of her podcast. \u201cHe\u2019s young. He is. I started to feel the age a bit just with life experience. I look back when I was 24 and how much life has happened for me in between then. Those are crucial years. Those are formative years. This is when you find yourself and he needs to be able to do that.\u201d<\/p>\n Still, she called their romance “the best relationship” of her life and expressed hope that Mark will realize their split was for the best.<\/p>\n “I know that one day he will look back and he will understand it,” she added, “and I actually think one day he will thank me.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n