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Thoughts/opinions on relationships with any age difference? |
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Posts: 15354 (06/30/2009 9:53 PM) |
I went on a date last night with a guy who's a couple years older than I am (he's 27 and I'm 22) and it just got me thinking about it. If you are
in or were in a relationship where there was an age difference, did you ever have any problems, issues, etc. because of it?
Edited to say "any" instead of "big." Inaccurate word choice here. 
Edited By: lance is purralicious 06/30/2009 10:20 PM.
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orangepeel19 |
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Posts: 12250 (06/30/2009 9:58 PM) Friendliest JJBer '09
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I don't think age matters as much as people want it to. I'd never date someone younger but I don't really limit how much older I can date. If I
like someone, I like someone.
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Posts: 26941 (06/30/2009 9:59 PM) |
That's not really an age difference. My sister is 28 and seeing this guy that's 50....now that's an age difference.
Basically, if both are
consenting adults I don't really care much.
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Mafonia |
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Posts: 19129 (06/30/2009 10:00 PM) |
That's really not a big age difference at all
. My husband and I are 13 years apart. We don't ever think about it and it helps that we're both
so similar and want a lot of the same things.
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magnoliam |
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Posts: 4426 (06/30/2009 10:06 PM) |
I'm 25, my bf is 37. But he's goofy and acts younger than me! Everyonce and a while a song of movie he likes will be before my time and it's just
funny more than any thing! Plus he gets a kick out of the fact that he was a college graduate holding down his first job when I was discovering I have boobs!
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 MegaBabe717 |
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Posts: 10015 (06/30/2009 10:08 PM) |
I'm 22 and I was dating a guy who's 34, and we never had a problem. All that matters is if your maturity levels are the same.
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Posts: 3690 (06/30/2009 10:11 PM) |
I think as long as you're not a 20 year old dating a 70/80 year old, you're good!
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Posts: 2092 (06/30/2009 10:11 PM) |
I am very inexperienced so I wish I could date younger girls but the age of consent is 16 and they are more experienced than me and it sucks.
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lance is purralicious |
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Posts: 15355 (06/30/2009 10:17 PM) |
OKAY, not a BIG age difference. But it is a difference. I guess as in different points in our lives. i.e. He recently broke up with a fiancee. I'm only 22
and just graduated college last month.
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Posts: 539 (06/30/2009 10:19 PM) |
DarthRedimo wrote: 
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Chippy Chippy Shake |
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Posts: 8887 (06/30/2009 10:23 PM) |
I have dated younger men, and it dosen't work unless you are both at the same stages in life and want the same thing.
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lance is purralicious |
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Posts: 15356 (06/30/2009 10:24 PM) |
magnoliam wrote:That's cute.
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Mafonia |
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Posts: 19130 (06/30/2009 10:27 PM) |
magnoliam wrote: Hah! Mine does the same. He had something on the other day and I asked him what it was and he did the whole, "What?! Seriously?! It came out in '79!.. Oh. Wait..."
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Posts: 3554 (06/30/2009 10:38 PM) Favorite Newcomer '09
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DarthRedimo wrote: Omfg!    
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Posts: 184 (06/30/2009 10:42 PM) |
I think what matters most is what point you are in your life and your maturity levels. I don't understand how an 18 year old girl, right out of high school
can date a, say, 30 year old recently divorced guy. But 22 and 27? Not a big deal. So what if he just broke it off with a fiancee.
You both are still
pretty young and your interests probably match up just the same as you and another 22 year old would.
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dana hoover |
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Posts: 621 (06/30/2009 11:08 PM) |
To me age doesn't matter. My fiance is 22 and I am 26 and we have a lot in common. I kove him regardless of age. My best friend is 26 and her boyfriend is
19. I don't see anything wrong with that. My grandpa is 88 and my grandma is 81 and they have been married for 64 years and they have a lot in common. So
to me age dosen't matter.
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Posts: 29717 (06/30/2009 11:23 PM) News Editor |
The only time I have an issue with age difference is when the other person is old enough to be the parent. I have an ex who is 21 and he dated a lady who was
38 before me. Now he's "dating" a lady who is 40. Both of them are older than his than his step dad and around the same age as his mom.
Needless to say, his mom was quite upset when she found out how old the 38 year old was. I can just imagine how she'll react about the 40 year old.
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Posts: 6993 (06/30/2009 11:26 PM) |
That's hardly an age difference.
I've never had a problem with the older guys i've dated over age, but i've never gone overboard with the age difference either. I've known girls with wayyyy older boyfriends though, and those always seem to have issues and eventually end. |
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Posts: 2469 (06/30/2009 11:40 PM) |
Hey im 22 and seeing a guy who is 27 also... everything seems to be going okay. I was talking to a guy who was 22 and he was just playing games so I dunno to
me older guys seem to be a better match for. But I am not gonna date someone 10 yrs older then me or anything crazy like that
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