the mermaid and the pirate

a long time back ago there was a pirate who loved a mermaid cause she sang him a love song as time past the mermaid also fell in love him she asked the king of the sea to give her legs but the king was selfish and unkind moreover he loved that mermaid so he refused her and the mermaid beared all that pain to become human and no one know what after that now 1000 years later she is born again and she see pirate in her dreams and when she met him she have alot bigger problems to face cause that pirate is 12 years older then him is it okay to be with him ? she is confused