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Who would force you to?
I am a big boy... only my mom can force me at this point of my life.
Who would force you to?
I am a big boy... only my mom can force me at this point of my life.
A large age gap 20 - 25 years is fine when it is in middle years meaning someone is 30 and someone is 55.
It won't last though because the upper end is rapidly approaching old age and the younger one has a life to live and is not "winding down".
As someone else has said ten years tops, and the older individual must be mentally, and physically fit.
A fling is fine...a relationship - no.
I agree there are exceptions. Long after I finished school I dated one of my profs. There is a 25 year difference between us. His current wife is 15 years his junior but in very poor health and very frail. He is still going strong.A friend o my wife married a man of 55 when she was 30. I met them at his 100th birthday party; he was pretty spry and she was a very frail 75 year old. So exceptions are possible.
lolEmmanuel Macron who will be elected Pres of France next Sunday has a wife 24 years older than himself. She's the same age as Frau Merkel - so if Macron can be tempted into an extra-marital fling ......................
Haha. Mama's boy.
Anyone ever been in one? And how large of a gap does it have to be considered a substantial age gap?
That is why such decisions should be taken Cold and not in heat.
Well, I am 36, my wife of 7 years is 66. We get on fine, had 1 fight.I've experimented all the way up to a 25 year gap, both directions. Dated a 45 year old when I was 20 and vice versa when I was 45. It never worked out. I found anything over 10 years to be unsustainable.
Well, I am 36, my wife of 7 years is 66. We get on fine, had 1 fight.
I guess it works different for some.
I should add, we are not legally married, but for all intents, may as well say so.
Took our family's a while to get over the initial shock, but they have long since accepted it. We are a beneficial addition to each others lives.well, that's certainly different.
A lot of people think long and hard before deciding to get married.Sometimes certain events happen to cause the relationship to go sour.
Anyone ever been in one? And how large of a gap does it have to be considered a substantial age gap?
Damn, I thought my 30 years took the cake!I was 36 and my wife 21 when we married. However, if you look at Brazil's First Lady, THAT'S an age gap. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcela_Temer
1940 vs 1983, 43 years difference.
I was 38yrs old and had a 19yr old girl friend. It did NOT work, mostly because of age, because she was smoking hot in bed.
I was 36 and my wife 21 when we married. However, if you look at Brazil's First Lady, THAT'S an age gap. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcela_Temer
1940 vs 1983, 43 years difference.
My grandfather's uncle married a 40yo woman when he was 20, they were married for 55 years. That is the only major age difference in a marriage in my extended family and they got married in the 1930s.
I'm gonna let my wife read your post in the morning, I am 36, she is 66, I likes the cougars!:kitty:My great grandma married a man in his 40's when she was 18. When he died, she married a man 8 years her junior a few years later. Go grannie!
I'm gonna let my wife read your post in the morning, I am 36, she is 66, I likes the cougars!:kitty:
My great grandma married a man in his 40's when she was 18. When he died, she married a man 8 years her junior a few years later. Go grannie!
What's interesting to me is, when men and even women get older, they always seem to prefer someone younger.
I don't think we can use a calculator to determine whether we fall in love with somebody. When it happens, it happens. When there is attraction there is attraction. And yes, if one spouse is significantly older than the other, there is the probability that the younger will still be relatively young when the older passes on. But those I know who have been in that situation wouldn't have changed a thing. And some prefer to live out their days as a single and some will remarry. I do believe that when two emotionally mature people marry for love, it can be a beautiful thing regardless of age differences. If one is emotionally mature and the other is not, it isn't going to work out at any age.
I agree on not using a calculator, it's better for a guy to do the math in his head.
I have no answer for that kind of preference. Emotional maturity? That's the only thing I can figure. It's not been my preference.
After my granny's first marriage and being stranded with so many kids, far from her family, I could see her accepting a younger man's proposal.