Age is just a number.

So now Jack rode a hundred miles, a-sweatin' with the thought Of sweetsome words to ask her with, the way a feller ought: "I'm just a humble cowhand, Miss Cordie, if you please, That hereby asks your heart and hand upon my bended knees!

Throttling his joy, Ahab negatively answered this unexpected question […]

Fortunately, someone who gets skeeter-bit this much may develop an immunity to the skeeter's saliva