Ghattenpaw

I attended a powwow this past weekend were we got into an interesting discussion on dating between an older man/younger woman vs. a younger man/older woman. So I would like your opinion on the dating between an older man/younger woman VS. a younger man/older woman.

Two of our members, Susan (45) and Billy (66), have been seeing each other on and off, She is worried about the age difference between them. Then we brought up Cathie (41) and Kriz (36) who have been married for 9 years and are raising their grandchildren. The general consciences seemed to be that an age difference between two people should be up to the individuals involved with the exception of a teen and someone 10 yrs older and up.
What do you think?

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Naomi Vaine

Personaly, I like a guy to be older than me. not alot older but a couple of years. anyway, I think age shouldn't be an issue (excluding teens and younger). My grandparents have been together for 14 years, my grandmother is 69 and my grandfather is 54. I think as long as they love eachother, why not?

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EmoNightmareRose

truthfully, when a old dude dates a hot young chick, it's purely sexual attraction of the hot chick. espicially if this old dude has money.
i think an older female relationship has a different sturcture, from what ive seen and is more genuine love. like that one chick flick 'how stella got her groove back'..

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Seijuro_Kasumi

it truely is up to the individuals, as long as the emotion is genuine i don't see why not...my mom is dating a guy thats about 8 years younger than she is, not a big dif...it did freak me out though when she was dating a guy the same age as my husband...there are only 4 years between us and he's older. It's toughest on the kids if any are involved when their divorced or single parents date, but in general it's fine, as long as they are happy.

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I don’t see it as a problem, like many have said before; as long as the feelings are genuine then there is really no problem. That being said, I should mention that this does not pertain to teens. Any one younger then 18 should NOT have any relationship with some one say 23 and older. That is a big no no as it is very dangerous.

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Ghattenpaw

Basically, we're all in agreement that Teens should not date adults. One point that had been brought up was the fact that it is more excepable for the dating couple to be and older man with a younger woman because the older man would be better able to support the younger woman, both emotionally and monetarily.

Personally, I feel that if a couple is going to be together, they should be able to work together to support each other.

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Joe Mage

Age really shouldn' matter, unless we're talkin' 'bout underage ppl; then that's a different story altogether, as long as it's 2 consentin' adults. I don' think that jus' 'bout sex and monetary support when a younger woman goes wit an older man, at least not always. I think that in most cases the attraction is genuine and when one makes such claims; another could claim that the opposite is true, i.e an older woman wit a younger man. Although there r sterotypes who r that way, I think that; for the most part; this is simply not true. A good example would b my Uncle and Aunt, there is an age difference of 10 years between them and they've been married for well over 30 years now. If that is not somethin' that is born of mutual attraction and love, then I don' know what is. Jus' cause there is such an age difference between 2 ppl, doesn' mean that the younger one is after the money and the older one is after the sex.

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Sazzy

I don't think age should matter in that part. I mean a women should date someone who is older because of mental support? Sorry but my relationship with solking, I am more comfortable dating someone closer to my age than if they were a few years older because they have been through things. My relationship is the opposite, solking may only be a few months younger than me, but is the best support I have ever had from any one. We have both been through a lot and for the past three years, we have helped each other out and supported each other through a lot of difficult times and we are still as strong as ever in my book.

I don't see anything wrong with a women dating someone who is younger. Age shouldn't be the major factor in a relationship, instead it should how they feel about each other. If people have something against it, then what if they were to say that dating people older is a form of domination between the sexes with the power of age in their favour.

Out of my past relationships, i've only dated two older males. And they didn't support me like the males who were closer to my age by months. Males who are older, in my experience, seemed to think they knew what was best when really it wasn't, it only made things worse and lead to the relationship ending. You have to fully understand your partner for a relationship to work and be willing to not appear to be more dominant when it comes to problems because its all about team work. And men who were around my age did that better than males who were older. I prefer for both partners to be on equal levels that to one who thinks they are superior to the other because of age.

That is just my opinion.

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lebasiara

I don't think that should matter... at least I don't feel uncomfortable with my bf being 2 and a half years younger than I am... he is pretty mature for his age; and he respects me and loves me as I respect him and love him as well. If two people are inloved with each other and there is real love... then the age shouldn't matter. It is also a personal decision... people cannot get into the lives of those who are few years appart either or who is older...

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equinn

well tbh it isnt up to me who people date! and there ages


but i WONT! date anyone younger than me....

im one of the oldest in my year and i will not and wont date someone in my year or lower... i donno why...im just like that ( my new bf is a few months older then me and in the year above me cos if it) but its only me i guess

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