Dating an older person, socially attceptable or not? - Page 5

ArtificialOne · 03-25-2008, 05:28 PM

Dating older women didn't work out for me. It was nice to get away from the immaturity of many of the same age women I dated for most of my life. Of course I didn't have much in common with them, which inevitably leads to conflict. Opposites attract then attack I heard some dr on tv say.. Which is so true. I'm now married to a woman six years younger and we're pretty much clones.. sans the same naughty bits. My advise is. No women over 5 yrs older and no men under 5... There's always the exception and people always think it's them.. and rarely are they. Good luck!

raggedyanne · 03-25-2008, 07:42 PM

I may be younger than my boyfriend by two years (and three months) but I'm definitely the more mature one. So the stereotypes aren't always true. But I've never really found men my own age (15) attractive. I'm just weird like that.

Pantherlette086 · 03-25-2008, 08:04 PM

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Originally Posted by sadistically_romantic

When I was 14 I dated a 28 year old. I thought because he was older, he's be more mature. He even graduated in the top 5% in college. THE MOST IMMATURE MAN I MET IN MY LIFE.

The same w/ my husband. He is 35. (14 years older than me) and my life has more direction and I have more ambition.

Lillith Persephone · 03-26-2008, 10:14 AM

My ex-boyfriend is seven years older than me. I'm seventeen and he's 24. We broke up a couple of months ago.
We're still friends, but...he was quite immature, needy, and rather obsessive. So...needless to say, that didn't quite work out.
However, it really DOES depend in the maturity level. Ours just wasn't anywhere near the same.

Tea and Cake or Death · 03-26-2008, 10:34 AM

What causes a May, December romance? Is the older party unable to form a relationship with a person their own age? Do they want someone younger to try to control? Is there some problem that can't readily be seen at the surface? Too immature? Some people think that a person who requires a younger, submissive person in order to be happy usually has problems. This isn't always the case, but is generally the conclusion a lot of people jump to. But I have seen some of these relationships work. However, I'm not with them behind closed doors, so I don't if they really are happy or not.

tickingstitch · 03-26-2008, 12:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Ravenmother

I KNOW WHO IT IS!!!!*she chants while dancing in circles*

But I won't tell. I am glad it is working for you girl.

lololololoolololololol you are a smart one lololololol

ArtificialOne · 03-26-2008, 01:20 PM

Just remember the woman is always in charge. Especially in a marriage!

tickingstitch · 03-26-2008, 02:22 PM

I dont always want to be in charge tho :~(

Vexik · 03-26-2008, 04:08 PM

I've never dated someone older. I've tried younger and similar age, though. I can't recommend dating too far out of the age range until after, say, early 20s. Too much is going on. I wouldn't blink at a 40-year-old dating a 30-year-old, but I'd hope that a 22-year-old and a 17-year-old know what they're doing.

I tend to look toward younger women (early 20s) because, honestly, I tend to think of myself as being in that age bracket. Maybe I need to move on up. Or increase the number of younger women. Two twenty-year-olds are like one forty-year-old, right?

antreg · 03-29-2008, 12:46 AM

I once dated a lady when I was 18 that was 30,she thaught me alot about women and I a better person from it,soo I'd say yes.