Does Erica Moser wish Rick Sykes was 'younger'? 'Marrying Millions' stars say 46-year age gap doesn't bother them
'Marrying Millions' Season 2 went on a mid-season break in October 2020 with quite a few loose ends. Especially, with 69-year-old Rick Sykes and 23-year-old Erica Moser. She returned her engagement ring leaving her boyfriend with a lot of questions, answers to which were simple — if he wanted to marry her all he had to was ask her hand in marriage from her father.
But was he ready to do it? No, not at first but when love took over, Rick didn't waste another moment in rushing back to Erica's family home to understand if them getting engaged would cause a storm in the Moser household. Turns out, her father was okay with them getting together.
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This was a relief and a shocker in equal measure because at one point he was ready to withdraw himself from the events that would lead to their wedding. Even now, it seems to be bit of a problem. In this week's episode of the Lifetime show, we saw how Erica considered getting married in her grandmother's backyard just so that her father could attend.
She seems to be pushing a lot of boundaries to accommodate his father's opinions but doesn't seem to regret any of it. In a chat with MEAWW, Erica and Rick dished on what it's like to have a 46-year age difference, tackle disapproving relatives and more.
Your father isn't completely supportive of your relationship with Rick. What are your thoughts on it?
Erica: Well, my thoughts on my dad not supportive of my relationship are just that yeah, I completely understand where he's coming from, it's not normal or natural and I know that it makes him very uncomfortable that I'm in a relationship with someone that is what 16-18 years older than him. So I don't blame him at all. It's not traditional by any means, but I just think that in time you'll see that we love each other and we're very happy together.
We saw you return the engagement ring Rick gave you because he didn't ask your father first about marrying you. Why is this important to you?
Erica: Just growing up in the Midwest. I was always told that the guy is supposed to go to the father and ask for his blessing before he proposes to his daughter. So, I think it's just how I was raised to think that that's how it's supposed to go. It was just something that everyone did.
What's your comment on what social media has to say about your 46-year age difference?
Erica: Yeah, well luckily I was just born with very thick skin and, and honestly, it doesn't bother me. I'm very blessed to be able to very easily separate the online world from real life and people saying mean things online or expressing their opinions are just words on a screen to me, it doesn't really affect me in any way.
Honestly, I just kinda feel bad for people who go out of their way to insult and try to hurt people online, like, their lives will be pretty miserable but, I mean there's no such thing as bad publicity. So, if they're talking about me, I'm very happy.
What are the two things that you wish you could change about Rick and why?
Erica: Of course, I guess the biggest thing is that I wish that he was younger because I think it would save us a lot of drama and it will give us a lot more time together. Maybe, I would like to bring down the volume by ten percent. He likes to talk and I'm very quiet so, yeah.
Does the age-gap ever come in the way of communicating clearly? Has it ever happened? If it ever does, what will be your approach to it?
Rick: No, I don't see any problem with our age gap, honestly, she's very mature and I'm a very immature older man. So that's what she tells me all the time. So, I think that kinda like evens everything else.
What were your first thoughts when you met Erica? Did you know immediately know that this was it?
Rick: Yes, the answer is yes. When I saw her, I met her and I said this is the love of my life.
Some of your friends don't seem very convinced about Erica. Why would you say that is?
Rick: Well, that's an excellent question, I'm not kidding but my answer is that I'm not sleeping with my friends and I wake up to the woman I love. So, you know, anybody can say whatever they want and like. There's no way they can actually tell us what's right and what's wrong. We have our own lives just as other people have their own lives as well.
What were the first two things you noticed about Erica when you first met her?
Rick: Oh, of course, her beauty, she has gorgeous eyes but also she's very unique, which I love because I'm just so sick of run-of-the-mill women that I've dated and been with. She's extremely unique and I find that very attractive.
Catch all the new episodes of 'Marrying Millions' on Lifetime every Wednesday at 10/9c. For more information, check your local listings.