I'm 17 and have been going out with a guy for about a year now, but he is 23. When i first told my parents they were worried etc, like any parent would be but my dad still pretends he doesn't exist and i still get slightly worried about what other people think of the age difference, because i've got other friends the same age as me who have been out with 22/23 year olds and i personally dont see it as a problem - what do other people think??
It will be much less of an issue with people once you turn 18. 6 years is nothing. My brother in law is dating a girl 16 years younger than he is. People get so hung up on that 15-17 year old range if the guy is over 18. Not a big deal.
I started seeing, and sleepin with, my first wife when she was 16 and I was 22. No one seemed to have a problem with it, not even her parents. We ended up having 21 years and two kids together. Im now engaged to a woman 20 years younger than me.
When I first got with my ex, I was 18 and he was 27. Age doesn't matter where love is concerned but sometimes the law see's it differently. Once your 18, there shouldn't be a problem.
Its kind of beaten into lots of people to think.... age differance is bad. I don't think theres anything wrong with it unless your not mature enough. What Im trying to say basically is that if someone is just there to say yeah I dated an older guy or girl for that matter.... its way differant. And once your 18 it won't matter....! Just as long as its a happy healthy relationship theres nothing to worry about. Dads if there anything like mine won;t ever like a guy your going out with because; this is what my dad told me; " No ones good enough for you". Although thats sweet in a werid way its rather annoying cause its gunna be hard when I grow up and actually bring a guy Im in love with home. Anyways.... Have fun and don't worry to much about it. Peace!
im 16 and dating a 22 year old. its not necessarily easy for people to grasp and accept it, especially my mom, but its alright. and i agree- age is only a number and its silly to base a relationship off that.
When you're younger, like 16 and 22, I think 6 years is a bigger difference than it will be when you get older. Don't you ever wonder why 22-year-old women don't go out with him? There's a reason why it's against the law. My feelings about this changed when I had kids.
my girlfriend was 17 and i was 24 .........personally i thought she was too young but she was mature .......her mother encouraged the relationship and in a way i'm glad she did ....what people thought i didn't really care .....now at 54 and my wife at 47 ,with 3 wonderful kids grown up ,i think the mother in law was on to something ......going to be 28 years married in may ........and you know that as the years pass that age difference kinda melted away
well, he's a guy for a start - and i guess we were both attracted to each other at first so neither of us were biased to the fact that there was an age difference and then once it occured that there was an age difference then we talked about it and decided to give it ago. And here, in the UK, it is legal for anyone to go out with someone as long as they're over 16, which is why i think it is a bit of a grey area, as 16 and 17 is still under 18, so people think its wrong, but then again there are some 21/22 year olds in my college who act like 15 year olds, so i guess there is a large grey area until you reach 25 is my personal view.
Well, thank you for that constructive piece of criticism, but yeah...guess it happens more in the uk, since, its legal over 16.
i would have to say i agree... so many high school girls are too immature and caught up in their own little world and they need to grow the fuck up and realize that the world isn't filled with endless money and malls. they are girls, not women, i would never date a high school chick ever again with my past experience, they are so..... AAAHHHH i just get so frustrated with them. this is just my opinion, and of course there are exceptions, but for the most part this is what i have found. immature beeitches.
