bridging the Age GAP!!..

Pssst

See what i mean? more older men with younger women but non the other way round.

snugglepants

My h2b is 6 years older than me, but no issues there., We've known each other and been best friends since I was 14!! :eek: Been there for each other through thick and thin, so it was a natural progression of our friendship in a way

I guess it all depends on how you both see the age gap - for most it's nothing, as we all end up "feeling" the same age (i.e. 18 ) no matter how old we are as we get older! It's just our aging bodies that bring us back down to earth with a crash when we look in the mirror etc

Neeny82

I know a number of men who are younger that their female partners. Most of these relationships work really well but one in particular just seems wrong to me and that is not really due to the age gap as such but the mentality of the male involved. He is 23 and his partner is 40. He is extrememly immature and she is a successful lady who has recently come out of a long marriage where her husband had an affair with a much younger woman. I can't help thnking in this situation (and I mean THIS situation) that he is simply looking for a mother figure and she has had her self-esteem battered so much that she is happy to have this young man intersted in her! I can't see it lasting but you neve know!!!

Mrs.Metallica

i miss my OH sooo much.. i hate the distance but at the end of the day it will be worth it, he's worth it.. i know i keep saying this but fck i love my Metallica loving canadian metal head!! (dam unemployment rates, i want a job!!! dammit!!)

sorry tired and need a cuddle... *sigh*....

In my family there's alot of age gaps between the couples, and its always funny how theyre the first to complain about my relationships.. but mind you i got more dirt on all of them they dont know i know.... hehe.. im an angel.. honest lol..
blood may run thick.. but sometimes thier memories run thinner...

i duno.. me go now.. lol .... *runs off*

Mini_money_saver

sunshinejoclaire wrote: »

There is 5.5 years between us. Im 27 and H2B is 32 (33 three days before our wedding!) and to be honest it was an issue when we met at 20 and 26. This was because I was a pretty young 20 though.

We stayed together and now we never think about it at all, apart from when we are dating songs etc from our younger years (we both love music!) or when i read threads online like this

TBH my best mate is 31 next month and she tells me constantly that I am 'older' than her lol

The only thing that wierded him out was that despite the fact we'd been together forever (ok 4.5 years), when we bought our house and got engaged I was still a year younger than he was when we met :rotfl:

Same age gap as me and my OH
We met when i was 19 and he was 25, im coming up for my 21st this year and we will be married next year. No-one really notices the age difference, his mates all thought i was their age when i met them and we really suprised when the realised i wasnt even 20!
All of our close friends are between the ages of 20-30 and we all get on great.
It works out quite well for us as he wants us to have our 1st child before he is 30 and i wanted to have one before or around the time im 24 :T

Horace

I am 6 years older than my soon to be ex-boyfriend and my ex was 4 years older than me. My chum on the other hand is 20+ years younger than her fiance but then she has always had a thing about older men:eek: Really I like my chaps to be the same age as me - my soon to be ex-boyfriend is 42 and is very immature - think 12 year old in a man's body and you will get my drift, being with him is tiresome and I need someone sensible:D

Mind all this talk of age gaps has brought to mind a joke that one of my male chums sent to me the other day (he used to work with me).

Know Your Maths:

Note Found one morning on the Refrigerator:-

'Dear wife,
You will surely understand that I have certain
needs that you, being 54 years of age, can no
longer satisfy.
I am very happy with you and I value you as a
good wife.
Therefore, after reading this letter, I hope
you will not mis-interpret the fact I will be
spending the evening with
my 18-year-old secretary at the Comfort Inn
Hotel.

Please don't be upset. I shall be home before
midnight.'




When the man came home late that night, he found the following letter
on the dining room table:-


Dear Husband,
Thank you for your honesty about my being 54years of age.
I would like to take this opportunity of reminding you that you
also are 54 years of age. As you know, I am a
maths teacher and while you read this, I will be at the Hotel Fiesta
with Michael, one of my students, who is also the assistant tennis
coach. He is young, virile and, like your secretary, also 18 years of
age. As a successful businessman, who has an excellent knowledge of
maths, you will understand we are in the same situation, although with
one small difference: 18 goes into 54 a lot more times than
54 goes into 18.
Therefore, I will not be home until sometime tomorrow'.

sunshinejoclaire

hahah thanks for the laugh Horace

Pee

Like that!!

I think it depends on the people involved, though. Some people can be grown up way before 42. Actually my ex was a good bit older and when he was in his 20's, he was very sensible and grown up and for various reasons became less sensible and grown up as time went on.

Lulabel

Hi, Ive been browsing the forums for quite a while! I have just set up my own user name, hoping i will become a more regular poster considering im on here everyday whilst at work lol.

My OH and i are the other way round, Im 24 and he is 18. we have been together just over a year! so we were 23 and 17 when we fist started seeing each other. I had known him for about a year or so before then, but i was in a relationship and so was he (he was far too young then anyway!) but over time our friendship turned into something more. I have 2 children from a previous relationship aged 6 & 4 he is very mature for his age, infact i would say im the immature one in our relationship lol, he tells me to grow up!:rotfl:

I thought his family would have a hard time accepting me, seen as i am a good bit older and have 2 kids, but they have been great from the start! I love his mum, she is brilliant and i feel i could talk to her about anything. On the other hand my mum and dad thought it was a bit of a joke to start with and said it wouldnt last and he would be off as soon as he realises that i come as a 'package' and maybe he wouldnt be able to deal with that, but their minds soon changed when they realised we were serious. My children dont really have much to do with their dad (his choice) and they adore my OH, they go to him for everything and its the same with him, he always says he feels like they are his own, and when we are out and people mistake him for daddy he is quite happy to agree.

So hopefully it will work and we will be together for a very long time! I know it has only been a year, but i have never been so happy and i feel the same way about him as i did when we first met! He works away so i have to go a couple weeks at a time without seeing or hearing from him, and even when he gets home its only for a few days to a week, so i look forward to the phonecalls he makes when he can and i treasure the time we have together when he is at home, i think this could quite possibly be why i think our relationship works so well, as i get the time i need to myself as well as having someone there.
Sorry about the waffle! and i think i went o/t a tiny bit there but thats my tuppence worth lol

Mrs.Metallica

see what we do for love.. some relationships need that time away, to miss each other and treasure the time spent together.
me and my man sleep on msn video call together, kinda weird yea but we sleep alot better that way.. i look forward to waking up in the morning to see him, watch him get ready for work, then at night when he comes home i cherish sitting talkn to him for about an hr before i goto bed. i love his little text msgs during the day telling me he loves me and asking how my day is going. being away from him.. so far away from him is hard.. but its all worth it.. im hoping to go see him in may.. (money is an evil thing tho..)