There are a lot of arguments against their relationship, but on this tunjuk age isn't a good one, unless you're willing to say the same about Hook/Emma and Neal/Emma.
And concerning the specific soalan of why Belle fell in Cinta with Rumple, according to her she saw the man behind the monster.
The age isn't really an issue. They were both adults when they met. Couples with a large age gap are rarer than couples who are closer in age, but there isn't anything wrong with them. In fact, they used to be lebih common.
In short, she fell in Cinta with him because she saw the man behind the monster and wanted to fight to bring him out. He began to treat her lebih kindly while she was working as his servant, and they both fell in Cinta with the other.
