Age Differences?

Well, I don't have a SO and it'll likely stay that way, so have got to get the kids on board for gruel feeding and wheelchair pushing. It's only fair, since I spent several years doing it for them.

Milos_Mommy, I think it becomes a big difference when it puts people in different stages of life. So it would vary between different people of the same age. That said, I don't think 10 years is a big deal between a 50 year old and a 60 year old.

My best friends, the most happily married ones that are the most compatible with their spouses have the biggest age gaps. One is 41, her husband is 69. They have a 17 year old son and a 14 year old daughter. They are super well matched, I honestly can't see them with different people, and neither can they.

Another friend is 32 and her SO of 11 years is 44. They're super happy together as well.

Or...is that because he's Asian? Seriously, people usually guess me in early 20's and Jason in mid-to-late-20's.

I'm just turned 32 and he is 38 in Sept.

Its no big deal at all. We are both big kids, so it works out fine.

Funnily enough I went out with a guy who was also 6 yrs older than me when I was 16 (so he was 22). THAT felt like a massive age gap at the time. We were together 3.5yrs so it went, but now 6 yrs feels like nothing.

I do frequently wind him up about being old though, and close to 40. It mortifies him.

Yeah why is that? I not only noticed it with myself but I also notice it with other people, that even small age diffs when you are in your teens/ early 20s seem bigger then like after 25 or so.

Because its all relative. When you are 16, each year is 1/16th of your life. When you are 49, it's 1/49th. Years literally count less in the overall experience.

Because its all relative. When you are 16, each year is 1/16th of your life. When you are 49, it's 1/49th. Years literally count less in the overall experience. Also, when you are in your teens you are still a child, even at 19 one is still very young (and this is from someone who was a very mature 19 year old)

Last SO was 3 years older. I actually thought he was a lot older when I met him. I don't think I would actively seek out anyone more than 5-6 years older than me at this point in my life (I'm 20), but who knows!

Turns out we're the same age!

...and now I finally know your age

LOL on Chaz I assume everyone's 20 - 40 unless I already knew otherwise, but then on FB I realized you were a lot younger than I had originally thought. Turns out we're the same age!

Whaa? I thought you were at least my age... you're both so mature & well spoken & gawjus.

I definitely thought you were 18/19 max.

I definitely thought you were 82. Old crotchety woman.