2006-09-23 07:54:30 · 31 answers · asked by frosty 1 in Family & Relationships ➔ Other - Family & Relationships
If you think it's ok, who cares what everyone else thinks? I don't think we should allow society to dictate age restrictions in relationships. There is a 21 year age gap between my boyfriend and I (I'm 27). I have never been happier in my life. Just like with any relationship, it needs to have the essentials like trust, understanding, communication, interests, goals, etc. If those elements are in place, then nothing else matters. Love is the greatest feeling in the world, and age shouldn't stop anyone from experiencing it.
2006-09-26 07:48:16 · answer #1 · answered by Crazy-N-Luv 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends on the two that are involved and how well they get along and how much they have in common. The big thing is keeping the attraction, keeping things in common, Like being around each other, etc. Make your partner your BEST friend no matter what the age difference. If you can do that the rest of your life....it doesn't matter about the age difference. It does take more work sometimes. My husband and I have 7 years difference and we've never had that big of a problem.
2006-09-23 14:59:34 · answer #2 · answered by sugarbud 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
10 years is fine - 20 is very different though. You have to wonder whether there are other things in play. If the guy is older is he attracted by the thought of having a young girl on his arm - is he trying to be young again, is she looking for a father figure - these are the sort of questions that you need to ask if there is a whole generation of difference as there is rarely much in common. Guys normally go with younger girls for the sex not the conversation. Women have toyboys to make them feel young. I guess every circumstance is different and the difference between 18 and 38 is much bigger than 40 and 60 as someone really young is quite vulnerable and it is immoral to take advantage of their nievity.
2006-09-23 15:08:02 · answer #3 · answered by Josef H 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What do we think? We think there's an age difference of at least 10 years between them. So what? Whether that age difference actually MEANS anything in terms of the relationship depends on the people you're talking about individually. News flash: Everyone is different.
2006-09-23 14:59:29 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There's a difference of 18 yrs between me and my husband...he is older. I just think I love him and he loves me and we're best friends. I understand that some people would say I was looking for a "father figure" but as Lauren Bacall said in an interview on the BBC, "I don't know what he was to *you*, but Bogart was no father to me!"
I found fellows my own age to be boring and immature and I married my husband because he was sweet and loving and I could have an interesting conversation with him for longer than five minutes!
The only thing that troubles me is that he may die before I do and I would hate to be alone after so many years of satisfying companionship. But, since I could get hit by a bus tomorrow, I don't worry about it but focus on today.
2006-09-23 15:40:29 · answer #5 · answered by anna 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Age is just a number. I would never worry about it. I always say, yo really cannot control your feelings, and if it is there, then I would not hide it. I met my boyfriend now in Feb/2006. He was 18 at the time I was 25. I worried about it all the time, until I thought you know what, age does not matter, we have been together now for almost 7 months and I could not be any happier. Don't worry about it. there is pretty much 7 years between the 2 of us.
2006-09-23 15:00:30 · answer #6 · answered by ♫~Princess~♫ 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No problemo as long as you love each other.
My wife is 12 years younger than me. I'm 53 she's 41.
I'm 18 at heart just a little slower than I was once.
The only concern is making sure she is provided for as the law of averages says she will be around for a good while after I'm gone.
Been married 14 years and still very much in love.
2006-09-23 14:59:26 · answer #7 · answered by Todd 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Age is just a number, there is more than ten between myself & my partner?
2006-09-23 15:34:07 · answer #8 · answered by edison 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends on the couple. Compatibility is the most important issue. Also some people are young for their age & "wear" well. It also helps the older person in the relationship to keep young in both outlook and stature.
2006-09-23 15:28:24 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the man and i are splitting up, he's 10 years older and even though i dont think age matters the one thing i CAN say of age differences is that he is PRETTY much SET in (bad) habits, and its killed off a lot of our trying to make things work... i had a 7 years younger boyfriend before him, we got seperated by fate, not by choice, he was a dream!
2006-09-23 15:10:13 · answer #10 · answered by Wisdom 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋