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Hi Everyone, I have been dating my girl friend for 7 months. Everything has been so perfect between us. We share the same interests, goals, values, and morals. We are both in college to become teachers. Anyway, she is 7 years older then me. I'm 20, she's 27. I have always acted older. Never had friends my age growing up. Always a few years older. People usually comment and say she's too old for me. In my opinion, if i would break up it would only be because of age. Doesn't that seem kind of ridiculous? 7 years older doesn't seem like that large of a gap...right?
Just looking to see if others have had age gaps when the woman is older and if it worked out.
I had a 37-year-old girlfriend when I was 30. It worked... for a while.
I am 12 years older than my husband. We began dating when he was 21. We have been together 24 years, going strong.
He was a very mature, goal oriented 21 year old with fantastic parents who NEVER made an issue of our relationship. Enjoy yourselves, be happy and see where it takes you. People fall in love with people, hopefully for their personalities, values and spirit, not their looks or age. It's good to be open to any scenario because you never know what a good match someone could be if you limit yourself.
Yes, that would be ridiculous...7 years is nothing...anyone says she's too old is just jealous of your relationship...my grandparents were 14 years apart, and stayed together 65 plus years.
Yeah 7 years is nothing, if it was the the other way around (male being the older person) most people wouldn't blink an eye. It could work if you are a mature 20 year old male (not like I was when I was 20 lol), shes at an age (27) where you wont run into the "biological clock" problem anyways if you two decide to go all the way and get married/have kids.
I totally agree. Life is way to short to be considering what others think and say. Right now I can see how people may think 7 years is a lot. But someday I feel people wont even notice. Its funny how when the man is 7 years older no one says anything, yet when the woman is it becomes "weird/different".
I act like I'm in my mid 20s and she looks like she is my age.
I met my husband when he was 24. We got married when he was 26. I was almost 33 at the time we got married. 7 years difference between our ages. My in-laws never blinked an eye over that, nor did our friends.
What I am hearing you say, OP, is that you have found a woman who is a perfect for you and your friends and family are trying to break you up.
Do you know how rare it is to find someone who is a perfect match for you? Just smile, say "thank you for your advice", and proceed to ignore them.
You might want to give a little consideration to why you are hanging out with friends who don't like seeing you happy.
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