My problem with relationships and age

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22 Mar 2022, 5:39 pm

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the less-than-spoken question has not even been remotely answered, like how does one decode the secret signs they are interested in one?


These forms of communication will vary between NT and ND, as well as individuals. Trying to act NT in order to secure a relationship will just burn you out and disappoint everyone. Better to be true to yourself and make sure you find someone who accepts and embraces you.

what are reliable signals that people [either male or female] are interested in one?


Sorry I missed this, about a month ago. They will initiate contact and ask questions about you, because they are interested in you. If they don't do that, move on.

thank you for the info :study: that hardly ever happens to me esp. in old age.



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23 Mar 2022, 2:51 pm

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Now wait a second.....how am I "joking about other people's experiences"?

If my wife doesn't want me to "fap" in front of her, I won't "fap" in front of her. I'm just not of the opinion that pleasing myself constitutes "cheating."


Kraftie, these "kids" are still horny 20-30 year olds who think couples will be having sex the same way at 55 as when they were 25.

I think we can agree that your wife isn't getting her dreams fulfilled but you are, and you tend to make up excuses for why you shouldn't be interested in what she wants, and just say she's jealous, minimizing the humanity she deserves to have. You fail to understand the most important thing in relationships. Some people live til death without realizing such important things with the one person they lived with for so long. If i could pity you I would but you're undeserving because you could always affect change.

To cause a person to live their life like that beside you, it's selfish and barbaric. You can judge age as much as you want and deny experience and wisdom of the younger generation but just know that your age means nothing if you don't have anything good to show for it for what truly matters in life, the ones next to you. No old man is entitled to treat their wife badly. And treat the youth like trash.


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26 Mar 2022, 6:45 am

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The animated movie The Killing Joke depicts a sexual relationship between Batman and Batgirl/Barbara Gordon.

Really? Batman and batgirl didn't used to do anything like that back when I used to watch Batman. Batman didn't even know Batgirl's secret identity. Batman knew that Alfred knew her real name but when Batman found out Alfred was sworn to secrecy, Batman told Alfred that he shouldn't voilate his oath, even for him.

There certainly wasn't anything sexual between Batman and Batgirl. If anything Batman was more interested in Catwoman. If only she would give up her life of crime!

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26 Mar 2022, 1:01 pm

Well I don't think that the movie The Killing Joke is the best example to go by, when saying that a relationship with an age gap is weird and creepy. That's because the movie portrayed it as weird and creepy.

If you want a good movie example, where an age gap relationship worked without being weird and creepy, how about a movie like Casino Royale (2006), or Pretty Woman (1989).



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26 Mar 2022, 5:11 pm

So Bond is a role model for how to treat women now?

Media depicting a sexual relationship between Batman and Batgirl is extremely rare. It never happened anywhere in the comics. It wasn't even in the comic version of Killing Joke.



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26 Mar 2022, 5:15 pm

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So Bond is a role model for how to treat women now?

Media depicting a sexual relationship between Batman and Batgirl is extremely rare. It never happened anywhere in the comics. It wasn't even in the comic version of Killing Joke.


Depends on the Bond movie. The relationship in Casino Royale specifically I didn't find to be at all weird or creepy.



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01 Apr 2022, 5:15 am

Even Daniel Craig admitted the superiority of Austin Powers over Bond.



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02 Apr 2022, 8:48 am

dorkseid wrote:
Media depicting a sexual relationship between Batman and Batgirl is extremely rare. It never happened anywhere in the comics.
Wait, what? I thought Catwoman was Batman's girlfriend. Or is he a polyamorist? :?

Then again, I don't even like comic book series, let alone follow them. So what do I know.



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02 Apr 2022, 12:36 pm

Well it seems the OP doesn't like the idea of dating someone in there early 20s because he thinks it's creepy but at the same time he wants someone with not as advanced of a maturity level yet. So does he have a choice therefore, and maybe he needs to change his mindset about it?



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02 Apr 2022, 2:28 pm

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Well it seems the OP doesn't like the idea of dating someone in there early 20s because he thinks it's creepy but at the same time he wants someone with not as advanced of a maturity level yet. So does he have a choice therefore, and maybe he needs to change his mindset about it?

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Or maybe he just needs to date someone in their 30’s who’s on the spectrum and had the emotional maturity and interests of someone in their 20’s. He gets the “mental age,” experience he wants while avoiding the perceived judgement from others re: age difference.

Or maybe he’s just looking for enough excuses to exclude ~almost every potential partner as a coping mechanism justification for not having the motivation to improve himself and become more attractive to others. Could also be that.


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02 Apr 2022, 5:16 pm

But aren't there many more fish in the sea when it comes to women in their early 20s compared to women in their 30s who are on the spectrum and are as advanced as women in their early 20s?



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02 Apr 2022, 7:12 pm

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But aren't there many more fish in the sea when it comes to women in their early 20s compared to women in their 30s who are on the spectrum and are as advanced as women in their early 20s?

You're right; he should probably be more open to dating women of a wider age range and neurotype and just see which one he clicks with best along the way.


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02 Apr 2022, 7:57 pm

I find myself relate-able in the sense that I am middle aged and started dating a woman in her early 20s, for the same reasons, he did, because of my maturity level. But I guess I just have to accept it and not think of it as creepy, because what can one do really?



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02 Apr 2022, 8:01 pm

I don’t know anyone who thinks of age 37 as being middle-aged.

Age 37 was when I got my drivers license.



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03 Apr 2022, 2:06 am

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And none of my friends have any single females friends or relatives of an appropriate age.


Well it's time to be more direct with your female friends - find me a g/f or get lost. Make them earn your friendship.

His friends don't owe him a g/f. An ultimatum like that would not be justified.

However, asking his friends, first for advice and then for possible introductions, might be a good idea.


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03 Apr 2022, 2:23 am

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I don’t know anyone who thinks of age 37 as being middle-aged.

Age 37 was when I got my drivers license.


Oh maybe not, people just told me things like what are you and middle age man doing with a 21-year-old, etc, so I thought maybe I was based on what other people said. Plus a lot of people die at 70 which is only 40 years away and I'm almost 40 so that seems like almost the middle.