What's your opinion?

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Originally posted by G.P.girl
i think when you are young age matters alot because people are maturing then , and the difference between a 16 and 19 year old is so much greater than the difference between a 32 and 35
year old.

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When I was 16, my first love and my first boyfriend was 19. There was not much of a difference. We were very honest with the love we felt for eachother, and to this day I can truly say we were in love. We are still the best of friends. My family just adored him. He was always there for me, for everything, and I was always there for him. We were supposed to be together.

Guys my age were simply not appealing. They were too immature and stupid for me to even glance at them for more than a second at a time. When I was 19, right before I met Dan, I dated a man 19 years older than me, and it was fun, for both of us! :D

I don't think I need "protecting" from anything, and neither did my parents. He would sleep over with us all the time, he was part of our family. Unfortuntely he needed to move away to Alabama to care for his father and I ended the relationship a year after he left. We learned a lot from eachother, and one thing was that you can love someone when you are 16, and you can learn so much from that experience. It taught me that age did not matter so much. If I was 14 and he was 20, I would think that a little odd, but we were made for eachother and so we dated and fell in love, the same as any other person would.

He still converses with my family reguarly as well. My mom always told me, that she was glad I lost my virginity to such a sweet young man. :) If it were to be with someone, she wanted it to be with him. Of course, that was before I met Dan. ;)

Now that being said, my fiance and the father of my son whom I have been with for 3 and a half years is 6 yrs older than me. I am 23 going on 24, and he is 29 going on 30. We met when I was 20. I can't stand the way guys my age act, talk, dress and just everything about most of them buggs me.

My parents are ten years apart, with my father being the oldest.

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Originally posted by mugsy
Ok, now here's a scary thought. I did not meet Mike until I was 36 years old, so it was no big deal, but, I started subbing in December of 1988. He graduated from high school in 1988. I was 27 years old when I did my student teaching, so, that means that if I had gone into teaching right out of high school I would have done my student teaching in 1984. Thus, I could have been teaching my husband when he was a freshman! Scary eh?? He always reminds me of this too! hehehehe

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It figures.....

Mugs is the only one that could turn love into a
word/math problem...;)

Two people meet at school......

let's see,

carry the one..........divide this by........
subtract..........OH HELL, JUST BE HAPPY!


Quite a few kids have problems with their parents should they date someone younger than they are.
My GF's daughter HATED me.....She told her mom that she should find someone 'her own age'-

Why drive a Model T, when you can drive a Dodge
Dart?


My revenge??

I dated her mom for 13 years......

Her revenge?

When my GF was too sick to care for herself she took over her house. I wasn't allowed to call or visit. On the day she passed I didn't get a call-I found out from a ex-co-worker.............two days later.

Bitch!

Kids,
DO NOT BEGRUDGE either of your parents the happiness they may find with someone younger then themselves.

Parents,
Don't force your BF's or GF's on your kids. Talk to them and explain the situation - don't just bring the 'flavor of the week' home and expect your kids to be happy with that.

Use your head.

Richard, that's really sad and it breaks my heart to hear that. I do hope you are happy with someone right now. That's the one thing that really scares me - D-A-T-I-N-G!! It's hard enough to find a single guy my age but since I prefer "no children" what are my chances?? And what if his kids don't like me?? What if I don't like them?? As far as dating someone younger than me, well, I'm 51 now so I suppose I could go as low as 48, but any younger and I would feel like I'm rocking the cradle. And dating someone 60?? I think NOT.

But as I've said before love has no boundaries and if the chemistry is there, go with it.

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Originally posted by slick
but any younger and I would feel like I'm rocking the cradle.

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;)

I hear you, stinky diapers aren't my cup of tea either.


LOL,

Dating? what's that?

I had a conversation with a gal and asked if she'd like to take in a movie or a ball game...she deftly sidestepped the question. Later on she told me that she was looking for someone to, 'help her pay her bills so she could quit her job'.

An all too common thought these days..

And isn't it funny how the 'age of consent' goes down as we grow more mature???

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Sounds like quite the gold-digger. I'm in the process of writing down my ulitmate date from hell so if you're interested in a long read, PM me and I'll email to you. Believe me, it will be worth it. Then maybe you can understand why I've stuck with 4 paws and fur up until now. And to top it all off, it happened on April 1st. :D As for other singles, we should share dating stories for a laugh.

i guess i did not word it right because i think some people think i

am saying that a 16 yearold sould date a 16 year old and a 29

yearolod sould date a 29 yearold and so on...but what i am trying

to say is that the age differece that is "accepted" in todays

society changes as you get older...i am sure there are plenty of

couples who are decades older/younger than the other that are

prefectly happy togrther but i think that the mojority of couples

(in young people) that are waaaay apart in age dont work out.

maybe i am wrong....sorry if i am




ps.......i think Wrinkles is soooooooooooooo cute!!

I always used to say that I wouldn't date anyone Older than my sister. ( 6 years) The older I get the less that number seems to not look quite so important. Maybe b/c I haven't dated anyone for like EVER!
My parent's are 2 1/2 weeks apart! Been married for 35 years.
My grandparents are just a few months to been married for about 65 years and to this DAY my grandma tells my dad she wants to kick grandpa's ass!!! I am not sure if it has been pleasant or not!! :( But I wouldn't change a thing!

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Originally posted by Cataholic
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I must have misread them, then. I didn't see anything in this thread beyond people expressing their opinion. Nicely. Politely.
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You're right, re-reading the thread I must have been reading something into the posts that wasn't meant to be there. Sorry! :)

You have all made some very good points. It really depends on the individual. Now that I am a mom, with a daughter who is only a few years away from dating age, I will probably be quite opinionated when it comes to her choice of dates!! :p I wouldn't want my high school girl dating a college boy, most likely. :o But when she is out on her own and if she chooses to date someone older, and falls in love, then I will support her.

Heck, my husband is five years younger than I am. I worried about that for about one day when we first started dating!!!! Then, I was fine!!! He still loves to joke about his "older woman", but it is all in fun.

Logan