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Does age matter in relationships?
Part of a curriculum that I teach to some grade eight girls involves a discussion on dating and relationships, and when it is age appropriate, and etc. Every group of girls I've taught has had adorable and interesting things to say on the subject of "how old is too old" (or young). But I'd like to talk about it with people my own age!
What is age appropriate? Do you follow the "half your age plus seven" rule? Does age really matter at all?
What is age appropriate? Do you follow the "half your age plus seven" rule? Does age really matter at all?
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Permalink Reply by Kevin Patrick Murray on -
I have always been attracted to older women. I don't like a lot of the girls my own age or younger. I feel like a lot of them have the same agenda (Drink, fuck, repeat). I"M NOT SAYING ALL GIRLS <21 ARE THAT WAY, I'm just saying that a lot are. The last woman I was with was 39 and I was 19, that was 2 years ago. But if I met someone who was 21 and awesome to be with, hell yeah. But, personal preference, I like women 30+. In the long run though, whatever age she may be really doesn't matter, so long as there is an attraction and compatibility.
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Permalink Reply by Allie on -
I always said I would only date an older guy. I had a fling with a guy who was about a month younger than me once and that was as far as it went. Everyone else was always older, whether a few months or a few years.
But then I met my now husband. He is only about 5 months younger than me, but it honestly doesn't matter. I just turned 23 and he will be 23 in February. In high school we would have been in different grades which at the time would have bothered me, but meeting outside of school (well I was still in college, he wasn't) it honestly didn't matter.
Now if it were a couple years difference I think it would have mattered, but five months? Not at all. I tease him about how he likes older women and he gets mad at me, but we act the same age and are equally mature. I'm happy (:
Then again my parents (both in second marriages) are 12 years apart. That seems too much to me now, but I think the older you get the less the age gap matters until you cross into cougar and May/December territory. -
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Permalink Reply by dhpotter on -
Half age plus seven works for me. I think it's more of a creepy factor because when one is significantly older than the other it's weird, and gross. And I feel like the probability that you'll have compatible personalities and interests with a huge age difference is quite small.
This may be from the fact that when I was 18 I "dated" a 29 year old and it was creepy. From personal experience I don't think that a huge age differance is best. But if the people are on the same page (which isn't alway sthe case) than I have no issue. -
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Permalink Reply by Melanie Randomness on -
No I don't think it matters. My boyfriend is 3 & half years older than me & he just told me he loves me. I'm 25 & he's 28 turning 29 in January. I think it's cool that he's older because he tells me different things about when he was lil then when I was lil. It gives us alot to talk about.
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Permalink Reply by Jessica on -
I have mental age ranges in my head when I meet guys or consider dating one, but I don't let that totally rule my decision. For me, maturity means more than anything. I've dated a guy who is 35 going on 17 and one who was 25 going on 30. Normally, I would not have dated the 25 year old but because he was mature, I could work around that age difference a little more. Some people have more issues with age than others but for me, as long as he's mature, I can usually work around the age issue. I just wouldn't use age as an excuse to keep you from dating someone you really want to.
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Permalink Reply by Stereo on -
THIS, In so many ways. I just don't get how some people can totally be ok with their SO being the same age as their kid.
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Permalink Reply by Denise M. on -
I've always dated guys my age or older than me. I don't have a rule its just who i happne to be attracted to people older because they seem to be more stable in life than people youger than me. Not saying that people younger than me aren't its just what i've been attracted to. I've dated guys as old as 16 years my senor and i didnt feel anything wrong with it. Everybody else did but i didn't and i didnt really care.
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