She's much younger than me...

I met this girl 8 years ago when she was 17 . There is 16 years difference between us, but we have come to really love each other and have a standard caring, loving and intiimate relationship. I am just curious if there are any other guysout there with ladies who are much younger than them. Living in a small rural community it's not accepted very well. How is it working in your community? Just wondering.

 

hmm,It'll work for a while I suppose. Shit maybe longer. Hard to tell. She is still quite young. I would fear that some day she'll have a need to explore some.

 

i haven't really found many of those relationships that didn't involved a good deal of money on the man's part (or woman's, if she's older). but i don't think that precludes it from working. there's a few i think turned out beautiful. either way, just like very other relationship, it comes with it's own set of occaisional issues, but love can overcome.

 

I agree with Mama, age is only an issue if you allow it to be, after that it has the same chance as any other relationship.

 

which isn't that great to begin with.

Who here believes that relationships are human nature or unnatural, could it be that we as a so called genus are splitting into two different species?? that would be a nice study, the monogamous versus the promiscuous.

 

monogamous will likely die out.

 

I just want to take the time now to thank Booshnoogs for that sig.

 

When my parents met my dad was 26 and my mom was 16 (-10 yrs difference-). They got married 3 years later and were married for almost 30 years. Age doesn't matter and has no real relevance on how long you will stay together. It just depends on how much you love each other and get along. Thats what I think personally.

 

Usually what i've found to be the best method is,
- if your the older person, divide your age by two
then add 7 and that age is acceptable

 

wow, that's a damn good method. i mean, i'm sure there's exceptions, but overall that is ingenious!

 

I saw a maybe early thirties bombshell, dating a 70 year old man who could barely feed himself at my work...

I have to think money was involved

 

The man I've been seeing is twice my age.

He is the same age as my dad, [47]and he has a daughter my age [24/25](as well as one older,[28]one younger[15] and a son a couple years younger than me.[22])

He's got more of an issue with the age than I do.

Money is not an issue here - i met him at work.

I agree with whoever it was that said the age gap is only a problem if you let it become a problem.

You just have to get to that point where it doesn't make a damn what other people think. Because it really shouldn't matter what they think. All that matters is that you love each other and trust each other.

 

I met my wife when I was 31 and she was 19. I had no idea she so that young, but we got married a year and a half later.

 

my current g/f who i've been off and on with for 4 years now is only 2 years younger than me and that's a problem with some people, funny thing is she's more mature than me age is a state of mind. as long as it's real and not a child involved...., be together loveand live.

 

If both people are "legal", age differences don't have to be detrimental to the relationship. It's def. a maturity thing, not an age thing.

 

well, there's also the joy of finding a person who's dysfunctions match your own just right. i mean, we're all dysfunctional on one level or another. why fight it?

 

I have no dysfunctions. what are you talking about??

 

uh huh.

 

I think if you love each other go for it and don't worry about the age difference.

 

prett positive that happens down here alot not sure maybe it slowed down