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--AGE-- does is matter when it comes to love/relationships? Bethann

  Author:  42568  Category:(Discussion) Created:(10/8/2002 10:49:00 AM)
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My parents are a little over 9 years apart. They've been married for 30 somethin' years......you lose track after so long.

A lot of people say, "Oh age doesn't matter!" but then, for example, when Jenny starts going out with a guy 10 years older then her, that same person starts to gossip and talks down on them.

I believe people are hypocrites when it comes to this issue. I also believe that what two people do/feel when no one is looking is their business. Some things just feel right, and not everyone can understand.

What I'm trying to get at here -- how big of an age difference is it when people start to say, "Oh god that girl is way too young" or, "what does an old man like him want with such a young girl?"

Anyways, just say whatever you want. I'm flexible...lol

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Date: 10/8/2002 10:56:00 AM  From Authorid: 9130    It depends on the age of the two people. i do not think a sixteen year old should be going out with a thirty year old man. BUT if a 40 year old woman wants to date a 54 year old man its not as bad... does that make sense? Its like, its okay as long as the younger person in the relationship isn't TOO young...  
Date: 10/8/2002 10:59:00 AM  From Authorid: 3688    i think dizzy said it perfectly....  
Date: 10/8/2002 11:00:00 AM  ( From Author ) From Authorid: 42568    So you've got to wait until you're older to have this type of relationship, eh?  
Date: 10/8/2002 11:00:00 AM  From Authorid: 38278    I agree with DizzyMe.  
Date: 10/8/2002 11:02:00 AM  From Authorid: 10722    I guess it depends on the circumstances..Airheads like Anna Nicole and when she married that old guy. Yeah right,she only loved his money. It's those sick gold digger types that dont do it for the love and attraction.. but just the $$$. I know that's probably a whole other discussion...but I just had to bring it up..lol  
Date: 10/8/2002 11:04:00 AM  ( From Author ) From Authorid: 42568    Anomaly X, you sound a little bitter. lol  
Date: 10/8/2002 11:05:00 AM  From Authorid: 38278    There's also the law to think about. A 30 year old would go to jail for having a relationship with a 16 year old because they'd be a minor.  
Date: 10/8/2002 11:06:00 AM  ( From Author ) From Authorid: 42568    Alright, so what if it was an 18 year old?  
Date: 10/8/2002 11:09:00 AM  From Authorid: 54878    they just don't want anyone to have fun   
Date: 10/8/2002 11:10:00 AM  From Authorid: 53836    well my husband and I are 12 1/2 years apart and there many differences in tastes, music, and lifestyles, but we still love each other...once you are old enough to make your own decisions, the great age divide shrinks somewhat...but yeah, at times it's hard...other times it's a lot of fun!  
Date: 10/8/2002 11:10:00 AM  From Authorid: 53836    I was almost twenty when I started dating him @ 32 BTW  
Date: 10/8/2002 11:10:00 AM  From Authorid: 3688    at 18 it really depends on the person....some can handle that much of an age diff and some can't  
Date: 10/8/2002 11:10:00 AM  From Authorid: 38278    That would be a lot better.  
Date: 10/8/2002 11:11:00 AM  From Authorid: 43274    age doesnt matter. only what you've learned in the years youve ben alive. thats what really matters.  
Date: 10/8/2002 11:13:00 AM  ( Admin-JGB )   me and my guy are 20 years different in age... makes NO difference in our relationship... however me being the younger one, was 29 when we met, so age didn't matter... I agree with dizzy and it's depending on the age of the youngest being all legal like.
Date: 10/8/2002 11:15:00 AM  From Authorid: 53284    I think that the older you get the less important age becomes. I guess it's all relative. If your 46 and the object of your desire is 52 who cares. However if you 16 and the object of your desire is 22 I think there is a problem. At 16, your still in High School. You need to finish your education and hopefully go on to college and career. So why would someone who is 22 have an interest in you?????. Is there some reason that they cannot date someone close to their own age? Do people their own age kind of consider them undateable.. As in Didn't go/finish college or no real career oppertunities. So they go after someone who is much younger and wouldn't be as likely to see things like that as relationship killers.

When I was 19 I went out with someone who was 15 (She said she was 18 when we met). She was nice and all, but I realised that I wasn't interested in going to her high school dances and parties. So I dtopped seeing her. Age difference does make a difference in my opinion.
  
Date: 10/8/2002 11:18:00 AM  ( From Author ) From Authorid: 42568    Wow, 20 years? ...I know whatcha mean Stacie. I really like someone right now but I'm afraid of people making comments about 'us' coz of our age difference. We don't like the same music, but it's not coz I was born in a different decade.  
Date: 10/8/2002 11:21:00 AM  ( From Author ) From Authorid: 42568    Alright enough of this 16 y/o stuff...lol. All I want to know, is when both ages are LEGAL, do people still see a problem.  
Date: 10/8/2002 11:23:00 AM  ( From Author ) From Authorid: 42568    Thanks! lol  
Date: 10/8/2002 11:23:00 AM  ( Admin-JGB )   lol NO nothing wrong with it LOL
Date: 10/8/2002 11:25:00 AM  From Authorid: 38278    It's all good when everyone's legal. Just stay away from Anna Nicole Smith. LOL!  
Date: 10/8/2002 11:28:00 AM  ( From Author ) From Authorid: 42568    Alright, enough of the Anna Nicole bashing too. You've gotta give her some credit for at least being strong and going after what she wanted. *wink*  
Date: 10/8/2002 11:29:00 AM  From Authorid: 24856    If both are over the age of 21....an adult age, it should not matter.  
Date: 10/8/2002 11:31:00 AM  From Authorid: 53836    because of my strong beliefs in the power of planetary alignments, and my own experience of over 7 years with someone of a different generation...and not to mention the extreme gap between my parents and myself, I do believe that there are quite a few differences in tastes and opinions...study up on it...using planets Neptune, Uranus, Pluto...you will definitely find the appearance/proof...of the great divide Happy dating girlfriend  
Date: 10/8/2002 11:34:00 AM  From Authorid: 21266    age DOESNT MATTER..a person at 10 could be way maturer than a person at 20  
Date: 10/8/2002 11:35:00 AM  ( From Author ) From Authorid: 42568    LOL Stacie. Thanks.  
Date: 10/8/2002 11:41:00 AM  From Authorid: 25438    I don't say age isn't important..ever...because I think it is. I think anyone old enough to be your parent is to old..period. That for most people is 13 to 14 years. You CAN have kids that young so you shouldn't date anyone who could be your child.  
Date: 10/8/2002 11:48:00 AM  From Authorid: 53836    Coming in for some free advertising space again, LMBO!! http://www.unsolvedmysteries.com/usm301988.html  
Date: 10/8/2002 11:53:00 AM  From Authorid: 9130    Even if one of them is eighteen I still say they are too young to be dating someone a LOT older...  
Date: 10/8/2002 11:53:00 AM  ( From Author ) From Authorid: 42568    LOL stacie!!  
Date: 10/8/2002 11:57:00 AM  From Authorid: 42714    Well, the way I see it is that you need to be older to truely have such a huge gap! As Dizzy said, 16 would not be good. I think mainly because to date someone at such a young age who is so much older may create a bit of a conflict if you were to break up and might screw up your view of love. I mean, some 30 year old guy is going to want to take his girl friend maybe to bars or places that a 16 year old could not go to, or wouldn't have the same look at it. But vie-virsa, if you all of a sudden decide to go out with an older man at like 30 after shopping around with younger guys, you may expect too much...is anyone throughly confused yet? lol  
Date: 10/8/2002 11:59:00 AM  From Authorid: 16115    I agree with Blue Knight.  
Date: 10/8/2002 12:00:00 PM  From Authorid: 53836    Oh Dizzy..*sticking tongue out*...fact is, for the female who matures more rapidly then men, a fresh thirty year old bachelor has just entered the ripe age of maturity...less likely to cheat or leave, but most likely to be a bore at times...truth is, the majority of divorces today are between young men (in their early twenties) and their young wives...just a thoughtful fact to ponder  
Date: 10/8/2002 12:08:00 PM  ( From Author ) From Authorid: 42568    Not confused, that made sense PS.  
Date: 10/8/2002 12:11:00 PM  From Authorid: 25438    Space Case...where do you get your info?  
Date: 10/8/2002 12:22:00 PM  From Authorid: 9509    As long as both parties are of legal age, then the age difference shouldn't matter. But I also agree with AnomalyX with what he says about the golddiggers. Hootie hoo!  
Date: 10/8/2002 12:25:00 PM  From Authorid: 9509    Oh yeah, for example, I am 18 and my boyfriend is 22. I don't think that matters. LOL!  
Date: 10/8/2002 12:27:00 PM  From Authorid: 9509    Dang it! People are bringing up good points....I also agree with Blue Knight. If they are old enough to be a parent or young enough to be your kid, then, ewww. This 40something year old guy asked me out. Of course I turned him down. I mean, come on! My mom is in her forties!  
Date: 10/8/2002 12:28:00 PM  From Authorid: 25438    Exactly Monkey !!  
Date: 10/8/2002 12:31:00 PM  From Authorid: 53836    I have done studies in the past, BK. and though divorces happen on all fronts, and with all ages, the overwhelming majoritiy were the twenty somethings...plus...just look around you, I'm not talking about high school sweethearts here, and most of the unwanted marriages steam from a force of being brought together by suprise pregnancy...I didn't say only young couples divorce, or that I agree with their short run marriages, but just offering up facts...  
Date: 10/8/2002 12:35:00 PM  From Authorid: 53836    And, BK, I hope that you aren't insenuating that a 13-14 year old should be old enough to parent...just because it happens, doesn't mean it's right...it's sick, hideous, and ultimately sad...my sis was 16 when she had her son...their life hasn't been a bowl of peaches and cream either, not to mention her first divorce and difficulty in following relationships and difficulty adjusting young to adult responsibilities...just some more food for thought...I don't know how old you are and should probably check your profile before saying this, but age really doesn't factor in after a certain number of years...people all grow at different paces and experience difficulties at different times, so it should be rather reasonable that a fifty year old man and a 30 year old woman might find common ground easier than a 30 year old with another 30 year old, right?  
Date: 10/8/2002 12:44:00 PM  From Authorid: 25828    no it doesn't matter a bit..Wise is 20 years older than me and i love him totally, and have for a long long time. (and will forever )  
Date: 10/8/2002 1:22:00 PM  From Authorid: 57158    Age shouldn't matter what so ever, if the people in the relationship are comfortable with the difference, then that's all that matters. People just want something to complain about. I think older people know when someone's too young. It's their choice, no one elses. ~*Dangerously Tempted*~  
Date: 10/8/2002 1:32:00 PM  From Authorid: 20104    Age doesnt matter when you are above the age of 18. And the older you get the farther apart the age can be and it doesnt seem so bad. However, it is looked down upon if a guy the age of 50 were to be dating a girl the age of 18. That IMO is really sick. I dated a guy when I was 20 who was 32. I dont see anything wrong with dating him except for the fact that he was a jerk. LOL I dont see why people are so nosey. I guess they have nothing better to do that gossip about other people.  
Date: 10/8/2002 1:37:00 PM  From Authorid: 48941    Well to me love is blind and age does not matter..It can though at times be tuff for the two people depending on the age gap..I feel that as long as it is two consenting adults and not kids, age is not an issue..I have been with my boyfriend now foe five years and he is fourteen years older than me..We have never really have had abig issue on our age difference at least with people he knows, but at first some of my friends did not like the fact of me being with him, and especially my family didn't like it at first, but most of them have come to accept it and some have not..But it is between us and not them, so it doesn't bother me that much any more..  
Date: 10/8/2002 1:44:00 PM  ( From Author ) From Authorid: 42568    Good points. I really think that the people who are "against" these types of relationships are the ones that have never fell for some not in their age range.  
Date: 10/8/2002 2:32:00 PM  From Authorid: 51049    I would say as long as it is not against the law than age does not matter. People go to jail for things like that because a matter of age is against the law. Otherwise age does not matter to me.
  
Date: 10/8/2002 2:34:00 PM  From Authorid: 51049    Oh and just for maybe a little backup, my grandparents are like 12 years apart and happily married. If they would have started dating when my grandpa was a senior in high school, that would be considered wrong, but now that they are both adults, nobody notices or cares.  
Date: 10/8/2002 2:40:00 PM  From Authorid: 25828    i agree with your last comment bethann 8-) my best friend in high school thought my love was an 'old geez' ...until she fell in love with one the same age about 2 years later 8-) --and BTW, i'm almost and old geez now by her standards... 8-(  
Date: 10/8/2002 3:12:00 PM  From Authorid: 16845    as long as their both of legal age I don't think it matters at all.  
Date: 10/8/2002 3:51:00 PM  From Authorid: 46486    I agree with Becky  
Date: 10/8/2002 3:53:00 PM  From Authorid: 45630    I've been with women that were 10 years older than me. I find that women my own age tend to be immature about relationships. They are mature about everything else but they are not mature about relationships.  
Date: 10/8/2002 3:55:00 PM  From Authorid: 45446    I think it matters if one person is an adult and
the other ia a minor, but if both are adults then
more power to them. Love and Hugs.
  
Date: 10/8/2002 3:59:00 PM  From Authorid: 19586    I agree with Dizzy, even 18 is too young to know better. Once a person is old enough to have some life experiences and to mature. You are not the same person you were at 16, 18, or 21. I think everyone does a lot of maturing in those age groups  
Date: 10/8/2002 5:02:00 PM  From Authorid: 46005    LOL ..... come on, when woman are 10 they are more mature tha n a 40 year old man. It really depends on the two people, sorry thats my opinion. When I was 17 I dated a 27 year old guy, and beleive me, he didn't do anything to me i didn't want done, and he never tried to brain wash me, lol. Matter of fact I broke up with him. Age does not matter as long as both people involved are mature. A girl friend of mine, Jo, met her husband when she was in highschool, she was 16, he was 35 or around there, they have been married 7 years, and he is a awesome husband. They have a nice bih brick house, and she gets treated like a queen. I feel like a 16 or 17 year old girl could very well be mature enough for a relationshiop with an older man. If you ever notice in highschool, girls are looking for longterm, while the boys are playing cat and mouse, trying to get you know what!  
Date: 10/8/2002 6:38:00 PM  From Authorid: 13546    I think it doesn't matter, well as long as each partner is "legal" ... I mean a 14 year old going with a 30 year old.. thats too extreme if you ask me... But I mean if its a 20 year old, going with a 30 year old, why not? They're mature enough, and if you really care for that person, by all means.  
Date: 10/8/2002 6:46:00 PM  From Authorid: 53836    Ack!! I just came up with my perfect answer :P Ok...it's ultimately the souls that meet and entertwine, and souls are ageless...so...hehe...just some spacey mumbo jumbo to make ya think...but unless you want a scandal, hmmm..I wouldn't suggest that a thirty year old teacher, male or female hit it off with any of their high school students...like everything in life, you are a legal beagal at 18...unless you flee the scene and sell more than your soul on the streets....oooh, cool lines for a poem   
Date: 10/8/2002 8:18:00 PM  From Authorid: 54444    it is a touchy subject for some people but i am 15 yeaars older than charlene and we have been together almost 20 years and the age thing doesn't matter at all. I think it completely depends on the people involved.  

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