News, Older women and younger men: Can it Work? (long-term, marry, loving)

[AQUEMINI331]

Not that it matters to me but out of curiosity what do most of you women think about a 5 year age difference like with me and my girlfriend (she has 5 years on me)? She doesn't care but I've always wondered if she was unusual or if most women 5 years older than me would've taken a chance without worrying about the age difference.


And LoveBoating just because two people are from different backgrounds or different generations or different places or whatever these differences may be, doesn't mean it can't work out. I'm biracial and my parents are as different as they can be - father is black and was born and raised in Alabama and my mother was born and raised in Japan and didn't live in the United States until she was about 30. They've been married for 28 years now and are still going strong. Differences b/w two people can be worked out, it REALLY depends on the two people themselves, not the external factors surrounding the relationship.

[PrairieHog]

i'll take younger over older any day. who wants to wake up next to their gramma.

[LoveBoating]

Only thing is, later on that "older woman" will be GRANDMA before the younger guy gets there! And, age differences and dealing with family feelings can (and does) affect a lot of couples where there is a large age difference. To me, five years is like one year........not much of an age difference at all. Now, 10, 20 years and up.....whole difference story.

Originally Posted by PrairieHog

i'll take younger over older any day. who wants to wake up next to their gramma.

[Karla with a K]

It can work and it has worked for us

There is 14 years between my husband and me. I am older
lol and I am no "grandma"

p.s. thanks to the person who gave me a rep point for this post
you didn't leave a name so I can't return the favor

[LoveBoating]

Just like everything else in relationships/marriages, older w/younger can work, but not always. A younger guy may want children and what happens if the older woman can't have any more kids or doesn't want any more??? The same can happen with the younger woman/older guy. This SHOULD be talked about right away when the "seriousness" starts, but many, many times it is not.

Originally Posted by Karla with a K

It can work and it has worked for us

There is 14 years between my husband and me. I am older
lol and I am no "grandma"

p.s. thanks to the person who gave me a rep point for this post
you didn't leave a name so I can't return the favor

[Grass Is Greener]

Isn't that what they call MILF?

[Karla with a K]

loveboating
I agree with the children thing.
Neither of us want children I was 46 when we got married. We were friends for almost 2 years and the children discussion had come up even before we started dating.
Had one of us wanted children the end result would of been quite different.

green not being up on the the computer "lingo" what does MILF mean ?

[AQUEMINI331]

MILF = mother(s) I'd like to f***

[Karla with a K]

oh lol
I don't know how I missed that one

[Brienza]

We are truly the "Ashton and Demi" of our town. He is even cuter than Ashton... and an awesome catch!! I'm 43 and he's 26. When I met him during a friends b-day party at a popular hot spot, after checking his drivers lisence, his friend assured me that he is attracted to older women. It's been a little over 1 year now and we've spent every weekend together and every other free day together. We've said goodnight every night since we met and are in love. Yes.. there are obvious age situations, however, what relationship doesn't have situations? It seems if we allow this difference to be big it can be but if we choose to not allow it, it won't. He is truly an extremely handsome man and I'm not so bad, myself... I do wish he looked a little older but should that really matter? He is legal and he is a great man with awesome intensions.
He is getting more and more involved in my kids lives and we have a nice time together. We have a very loving, passionate relationship with no games. I haven't met his parents as of yet but it is coming soon. They didn't agree with our relationship at first but they see he's happy and that makes them more accepting. (I am 12 years younger than his parents he is 10 years older than my son) I would like to get some advice.