How does mass bend time?

@PromiseMeEverything But from what I've read, gravity is created when mass bends space/time

@SW-User Stretches. Like metal balls on an outstretched sheet.

@PromiseMeEverything I just realised it's a 4-dimensional theory.

@SW-User Just now?:P

@PromiseMeEverything I wasn't aware that space-time was a term, I thought the two parts were independently affected.

@SW-User As far as we can tell there is a link. I'm not a hundred percent convinced.