Does age difference matters for marriage? ( Archived) (35)

Jun 21, 2009 4:08 AM CSTDoes age difference matters for marriage?
Superguy
SuperguySuperguylondon, Greater London, England, UK5 Threads 1 Polls 12 Posts

Does age difference matters for marriage?(Vote Below)

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Age difference is important
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Personality is more important
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I was dating a nice girl who is 14 years younger.She is 32. She said she liked me but our age difference is a probnlem. Your opinions please
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Jun 21, 2009 4:24 AM CST Does age difference matters for marriage?
cormophyta
cormophytacormophytaRiga, Latvia85 Posts
Age not a problem for marriage grin
grin approved by Anna Nicol Smith !!! grin

Problem is other... approved by Anna Nicol Smith !!! grin
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Jun 21, 2009 4:28 AM CST Does age difference matters for marriage?
Da10th
Da10thDa10thThree Springs, Pennsylvania USA17 Threads 2,744 Posts
Superguy: I was dating a nice girl who is 14 years younger.She is 32. She said she liked me but our age difference is a probnlem. Your opinions please
Maturity is more of an issue for me, however, I do enjoy and am more comfortable in the company of an older woman.

From personal experience, I find them to have a bit more of a maturity level and higher intelligence. However, that being said, I have met a few younger women that were just as mature and in some cases more so than some older women that I knew. So personality is definately a #1 issue.

One can be older and still be a complete jerk and one can be young & sweet. And vice versa.

Just a matter of what the person has to offer on a maturity level as far as I am concerned.


~JMO~
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Jun 21, 2009 4:32 AM CST Does age difference matters for marriage?
BOBANBOBAN
BOBANBOBANBOBANBOBANPozarevac City, Central Serbia Serbia8 Threads 3,464 Posts
cormophyta: Age not a problem for marriage
approved by Anna Nicol Smith !!!

Problem is other... approved by Anna Nicol Smith !!!


Vickie Lynn Marshall says the same thing.....grin

and i dont undarstand why???
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Jun 21, 2009 4:46 AM CST Does age difference matters for marriage?
chococherrie78
chococherrie78chococherrie78samarinda, East Kalimantan Indonesia37 Threads 4 Polls 542 Posts
as i said before i like older men,if u have talked about kids etc-what u want out of life it sud be cool
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Jun 21, 2009 4:49 AM CST Does age difference matters for marriage?
Scubadiva
ScubadivaScubadivaNew Jersey, USA106 Threads 11 Polls 2,689 Posts
Hmm... I wouldn't date someone 14 years my senior either. It has nothing to do with personality. There are 35 year olds with a great personality. So it's not a matter of either age or personality, it's both!

If she's 32, she can still comfortably have kids. There are SO many good reasons for not dating an older man as opposed to a younger man and without going through all of them, she probably just said: you're a nice guy, but you're just too old. That's my guess, at least. Think about it if the situation were reversed and a woman 14 years your senior was seriously interested in you.

When it comes to marriage, statistically speaking, if she picked you, then she'd be spending the better part of her life as your nursemaid and then as a widow. That is not an appealing thought for many women.
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Jun 21, 2009 4:54 AM CST Does age difference matters for marriage?
Lagoona22
Lagoona22Lagoona22Bugibba, Majjistral Malta161 Threads 11 Polls 10,711 Posts
I wouldn't mind having a young wife, a youthful person with all the enthusiasm is fun an' all...but I probably wouldn't do it....for the simple reason that how much fun can it possibly be for a woman in her 30's, to be in the sack with an old codger in his 50's??....eewww!!!...nah, I'd rather have a saggy old thing like me, so I can feel comfortable...laugh
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Jun 21, 2009 5:00 AM CST Does age difference matters for marriage?
pebblesbamban
pebblesbambanpebblesbambanPennsylvania, USA3 Threads 4,038 Posts
when the he/her feel love, nothing can't stop this.... age or race...cool
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Jun 21, 2009 5:02 AM CST Does age difference matters for marriage?
Thalassa
ThalassaThalassaRome, Lazio Italy104 Threads 2,410 Posts
Lagoona22: I wouldn't mind having a young wife, a youthful person with all the enthusiasm is fun an' all...but I probably wouldn't do it....for the simple reason that how much fun can it possibly be for a woman in her 30's, to be in the sack with an old codger in his 50's??....eewww!!!...nah, I'd rather have a saggy old thing like me, so I can feel comfortable...


Did someone call my name??? rolling on the floor laughing
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Jun 21, 2009 5:05 AM CST Does age difference matters for marriage?
Butterflyboo1974
Butterflyboo1974Butterflyboo1974near Muswellbrook, New South Wales Australia8 Threads 266 Posts
I thought that the theory was half the oldest person's age, plus seven?

dunno
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Jun 21, 2009 5:07 AM CST Does age difference matters for marriage?
krisha
krishakrishatokyo, Kanto Japan76 Threads 6,375 Posts
if the girl is younger than man i think its okay ,u are just 46 thumbs up
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Jun 21, 2009 5:11 AM CST Does age difference matters for marriage?
Lagoona22
Lagoona22Lagoona22Bugibba, Majjistral Malta161 Threads 11 Polls 10,711 Posts
So cool...I'm 56...that means I'm gonna be walking around with a 35 year-old babe on my arm...??...Very nice, until some good-looking dude of 36 comes walking by in his lean jeans and ripped gym body...wow wow doh

that's not going to be much fun for me...or her!!....now way...it can't last...

...for me 12 years max...at the very most...

help
Butterflyboo1974: I thought that the theory was half the oldest person's age, plus seven?
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Jun 21, 2009 5:11 AM CST Does age difference matters for marriage?
cormophyta
cormophytacormophytaRiga, Latvia85 Posts
BOBANBOBAN: Vickie Lynn Marshall says the same thing.....

and i dont undarstand why???


grin have more vodka grin grin wine
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Jun 21, 2009 5:11 AM CST Does age difference matters for marriage?
Lagoona22
Lagoona22Lagoona22Bugibba, Majjistral Malta161 Threads 11 Polls 10,711 Posts
Howdy ma'am!!..wave laugh

jlb684: Did someone call my name???
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Jun 21, 2009 5:12 AM CST Does age difference matters for marriage?
morgan5
morgan5morgan5chelmsford, Essex, England UK87 Threads 8,237 Posts
Scubadiva: Hmm... I wouldn't date someone 14 years my senior either. It has nothing to do with personality. There are 35 year olds with a great personality. So it's not a matter of either age or personality, it's both!

If she's 32, she can still comfortably have kids. There are SO many good reasons for not dating an older man as opposed to a younger man and without going through all of them, she probably just said: you're a nice guy, but you're just too old. That's my guess, at least. Think about it if the situation were reversed and a woman 14 years your senior was seriously interested in you.

When it comes to marriage, statistically speaking, if she picked you, then she'd be spending the better part of her life as your nursemaid and then as a widow. That is not an appealing thought for many women.
My Husband was 15 yrs older than me, we were married 16yrs, had 2 children at first it was fine.

But as the children got older i wanted a career again, he became jealous of that and wanted me home, plus we started to want different things, i was young enough to still want to go out althought i wanted him to come he didn't enjoy the same things, his response was he had been there and done it.

So i think yes age does matter wine
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Jun 21, 2009 5:14 AM CST Does age difference matters for marriage?
pebblesbamban
pebblesbambanpebblesbambanPennsylvania, USA3 Threads 4,038 Posts
roll eyes

Oh!! my, doh more young but not love... this is tragic...mumbling
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Jun 21, 2009 5:15 AM CST Does age difference matters for marriage?
goodfriend
goodfriendgoodfriendglasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland UK2 Threads 2,573 Posts
When you are in love then nothing matters,she said she liked you and like is no basis for marriage, why did she become involved with you,she already knew you were older..
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Jun 21, 2009 5:17 AM CST Does age difference matters for marriage?
morgan5
morgan5morgan5chelmsford, Essex, England UK87 Threads 8,237 Posts
pebblesbamban: Oh!! my, more young but not love... this is tragic...
confused who was that to pebbles?
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Jun 21, 2009 5:19 AM CST Does age difference matters for marriage?
pebblesbamban
pebblesbambanpebblesbambanPennsylvania, USA3 Threads 4,038 Posts
morgan5: who was that to pebbles?


Lagoona...cool
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Jun 21, 2009 5:24 AM CST Does age difference matters for marriage?
Superguy
SuperguySuperguylondon, Greater London, England UK5 Threads 1 Polls 12 Posts
[ yes that what I did not understand. she gots angry when i did not talk to her. she was happy when we were together. I am sure she enjoyed my comapny.Maybe she needed more time]
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Jun 21, 2009 5:25 AM CST Does age difference matters for marriage?
krisha
krishakrishatokyo, Kanto Japan76 Threads 6,375 Posts
pebblesbamban: Lagoona...



wow laugh
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Jun 21, 2009 5:29 AM CST Does age difference matters for marriage?
Lagoona22
Lagoona22Lagoona22Bugibba, Majjistral Malta161 Threads 11 Polls 10,711 Posts
Superguy: I was dating a nice girl who is 14 years younger.She is 32. She said she liked me but our age difference is a probnlem. Your opinions please



Hey Superguy!...what's up here?...you say you were dating a woman of 32, and she is 14 years younger than you....right?...I checked your profile and it states you are 37 years old....something's wrong here, or am I being shtoopid??....confused dunno
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Jun 21, 2009 5:32 AM CST Does age difference matters for marriage?
Rhiannon3
Rhiannon3Rhiannon3Wien, Vienna Austria2 Threads 66 Posts
Lagoona22: Hey Superguy!...what's up here?...you say you were dating a woman of 32, and she is 14 years younger than you....right?...I checked your profile and it states you are 37 years old....something's wrong here, or am I being shtoopid??....


Hi Lago!

I was just thinking that too!! Perhaps it's the senile brains that can't do modern arithmetic! cheers laugh
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Jun 21, 2009 5:35 AM CST Does age difference matters for marriage?
Superguy
SuperguySuperguylondon, Greater London, England UK5 Threads 1 Polls 12 Posts
Sorry I meant she was 23 instead of 32
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Jun 21, 2009 5:54 AM CST Does age difference matters for marriage?
Lagoona22
Lagoona22Lagoona22Bugibba, Majjistral Malta161 Threads 11 Polls 10,711 Posts
Ok fine.....20 lashes, and we'll forgive you....professor

Superguy: Sorry I meant she was 23 instead of 32
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Jun 21, 2009 6:00 AM CST Does age difference matters for marriage?
BOBANBOBAN
BOBANBOBANBOBANBOBANPozarevac City, Central Serbia Serbia8 Threads 3,464 Posts
cormophyta: have more vodka


oiuhedcbhcur4bijoj43bnxdbiibvwk

you see.. thats what happen when am drinking


nobody understends me iohedbkeuxsjvwjsxbejo... grin
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Jun 21, 2009 6:01 AM CST Does age difference matters for marriage?
Rhiannon3
Rhiannon3Rhiannon3Wien, Vienna Austria2 Threads 66 Posts
Superguy: Sorry I meant she was 23 instead of 32


Ah - I see! laugh

Personally, I think once you're over about 25, up to 5 or 6 years either way doesn't make any difference - certainly when you get into your 30s it can be considered "same age". Up to 10 years will probably not present any major problems if the chemistry is right.

Much over 10 years can, and probably will, present its own problems sooner or later if were talking marriage - which is a rather different matter from dating and/or enjoying someone's company. If the relationship is strong enough, these problems will probably be overcome - but they exist. Everyone's outlook on life changes over the years - and what doesn't seem to matter at 23 and 37, may start to matter at 46 and 60! So yes, I think the age difference you're talking about does matter. Whether it's a deal breaker or not depends on the couple concerned.
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Jun 21, 2009 6:13 AM CST Does age difference matters for marriage?
pebblesbamban
pebblesbambanpebblesbambanPennsylvania, USA3 Threads 4,038 Posts
BOBANBOBAN: oiuhedcbhcur4bijoj43bnxdbiibvwk

you see.. thats what happen when am drinkingnobody understends me iohedbkeuxsjvwjsxbejo...


Maybe I going to drink vodka with u...uh oh nobody can't understand me too...cool
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Jun 21, 2009 6:15 AM CST Does age difference matters for marriage?
BOBANBOBAN
BOBANBOBANBOBANBOBANPozarevac City, Central Serbia Serbia8 Threads 3,464 Posts
Superguy: Sorry I meant she was 23 instead of 32


She was??? well make up your minde

and how old is she(does she have a younger sister)grin
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Jun 21, 2009 6:17 AM CST Does age difference matters for marriage?
krisha
krishakrishatokyo, Kanto Japan76 Threads 6,375 Posts
BOBANBOBAN: She was??? well make up your minde

and how old is she(does she have a younger sister)


u litlle monkeylaugh
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Jun 21, 2009 7:47 AM CST Does age difference matters for marriage?
ihateusernames
ihateusernamesihateusernamesForestville, Maryland USA2 Threads 375 Posts
Aage does not matter. It depends on the two ppl and wether or not they see eye to eye. Maturity has everything to do with the particular individual and less to do with how many years they have spent on this earth. Jmho
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