This Woman’s Fiancé is Twice Her Age–She Swears She’s Not with Him for His Money

At first glance, when people find out that 24-year-old Najlah Muhammad is engaged to 48-year-old John Malott, they are a little confused. Muhammad says she’s had people call her a gold digger or ask her “Why are you with that old man?”

Let’s try to answer that question.

Najlah was out partying with her friends one night, and “a friend asked if we wanted to come to this club called Mint because his boy, John, was celebrating his birthday.” That’s when and where the happy couple first met.

John was instantly attracted to Najlah and thought she was beautiful. He enjoyed dancing with her and loved that their conversation never got boring even though they were nowhere close in age.

Najlah loved what a sharp dresser John was, and she loved his dance moves too. The pair almost instantly became a couple. They were inseparable and spent so much time together over the next days and weeks.

As Najlah got to know John better, she quickly fell in love. Despite the negative comments from other people, including friends and family at first, Najlah and John fell deeper in love, or so she says.

Najlah says that her family didn’t embrace the idea of her dating a man old enough to be her father at first, but once they got to know him, they saw his true character and came around.

Speaking of Najlah being young enough to be John’s daughter, John has 4 daughters and 2 of them are older than Najlah. His daughters are 9, 18, 25 and 26.

At first, the daughter closest to Najlah’s age didn’t want to see or talk to Najlah. She had a really hard time with someone basically her own age dating her dad. Eventually, the two met, and now Najlah goes out clubbing with the three oldest sisters.

Having convinced their families that their love was real, John invited Najlah and her family to his villa in Mexico. After dinner one night, he proposed a toast, got down on one knee and asked Najlah to marry him. She said yes. The couple is now planning to get married in June 2019, and they plan to have kids.

Watch the video below to see how happy John and Najlah look together despite their age difference.

Do you know any couples who have a 20+ year age gap and their relationship works? Do you think Najlah is a gold digger, or do you think she really, truly loves John despite their age difference? How would you react if your dad were engaged to a woman who was younger than you?