Kristin
Cavallari
&
Mark
Estes 

One
thing
that’s

not
unwritten?
The
way
Kristin
felt
about
her

13-year
age
gap
with
boyfriend


Mark
Estes. 

“Me
dating
a
24-year-old
is
not
something
that
I
was
searching
out,”


The
Hills
alum
said
on
a
March
2024
episode
of
her
podcast


Let’s
Be
Honest.
“It’s
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.” 

And
while
Kristin
said
she
understands
how
“it
looks
to
the
outside
world,”
she
insisted
Mark
is
“not
a
typical
24-year-old”
and
that
there’s
more
to
a
person
than
their
birth
year. 

“I
really
think
age
is
just
a
number,”
she
continued.
“It’s
what
you’ve
been
through
in
your
life,
how
you
were
raised.
There
are
just
so
many
factors
that
go
into
maturity
other
than
age.”

But
months
later,
Kristin
shared
she
broke
up
with
Mark.

“I
just
know
long-term
he
needs
to
experience
life,”
she
said
on
an
October
episode
of
her
podcast.
“He’s
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.”

Still,
she
called
their
romance “the
best
relationship”
of
her
life
and
expressed
hope
that
Mark
will
realize
their
split
was
for
the
best.

“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.”