Madonna originally wanted to have a fling with boyfriend Jesus Luz when they first started dating.
However, her fling with the 22-year-old model is now said to be so serious that the couple plan to marry in a Kabbalah ceremony later this year.
A friend of the singer told Hello: “When Madonna and Jesus were just dating – back when she thought it was a fling – she was okay with [the age gap]. But when she realised she was starting to have feelings for him, she started to become self-conscious about the relationship.
“‘I don’t want my family to think I’m having a midlife crisis,’ she told me. ‘And my friends, too. I don’t want people to think I have lost my mind’.