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31 Jan 2020, 6:21 pm

Do you think 12 years younger than you is too much?



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31 Jan 2020, 6:51 pm

It doesn't matter what we think. It is your life and you won't be hurting anyone. How do you feel about it?


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31 Jan 2020, 7:14 pm

12 years was the age difference between my parents.

I once met a couple where the husband was about 75, and the wife about 50. They'd been happily married for around 25 years. The wife said that all her friends told her not to do it, as it wouldn't last, but all those friends were now divorced! The age difference between my next door neighbours is about the same. He's now in his 80s, and she's in her 60s, and they've been together for a long time.



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31 Jan 2020, 7:25 pm

No, if both parties are relatively mature. But, people sometimes change a lot between legal age and say, their mid 20s.



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31 Jan 2020, 8:20 pm

It depends. Who's the older one?



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01 Feb 2020, 1:03 am

StayFrosty wrote:
It depends. Who's the older one?


I am, I’m on OkCupid & I’m talking to two men that are 37, I’m 49, I’m also talking to a man who is 48, I’m going to be 50 in August, that a scary number for me.



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01 Feb 2020, 1:15 am

If both parties are adults than no

but I would question it if one party was not an adult.


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01 Feb 2020, 10:08 pm

Lundgren is dating a young woman , hes twice as old........Nora Miao (first lady of Bruce Lee films) is dating a man whos 30 yrs younger -whatever works

https://www.vg.no/rampelys/film/i/awBv1 ... -litt-rart

(38 yr age difference fyi)



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03 Feb 2020, 1:22 am

Currently it would be, because that would mean my partner would be 17. But that some point, the age difference just feels like less and less of one. I've recently been on a couple of dates with someone who's 12 years older than I am and I usually forget we're not the same age.


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03 Feb 2020, 1:24 am

Kitty4670 wrote:
StayFrosty wrote:
It depends. Who's the older one?


I am, I’m on OkCupid & I’m talking to two men that are 37, I’m 49, I’m also talking to a man who is 48, I’m going to be 50 in August, that a scary number for me.


That sounds more than fine, no problems unless you don't like them. (:


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08 Feb 2020, 12:28 am

I guess age is just a number. Celine Dion late husband was around 30 years older than her.



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08 Feb 2020, 11:27 am

As long as you're both adults and happy together, why worry about it? I've been in relationships with much bigger gaps--in both directions.


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14 Feb 2020, 11:43 pm

As long as it's consensual, it's fine. My parents are 5 years apart, my dad met my mom when she was fairly young (she may have been 16-17 at the time, but could have been 22).



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14 Feb 2020, 11:45 pm

My father was 25 years older than his second wife. They stayed married 31 years until he passed away.