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Relationships are not easy, duh! However, have you ever wondered what it’s like for age-gap couples? Different priorities, social stigma and judgment, perhaps limited shared interests – things can get rather complicated, but let’s find out what it’s really like!

Couples with a large age difference: how is it different and what kinds of issues do you face?” – this person took to one of Reddit’s communities, inviting its members to share what it’s like dating someone outside their age range. 

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29 Experiences Of Being In A Relationship With A Big Age Gap, Shared In This Online Group I dated a 34 year old at 17. I regretted it. In hindsight, he was too immature to get someone his age.

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29 Experiences Of Being In A Relationship With A Big Age Gap, Shared In This Online Group Im 47. My last girlfriend was 19. We faced endless judgement about our age difference. Typically, I was seen as a near predator, she was perceived as either a gold digger or a victim. Her family couldn't accept it, we broke up despite loving each other.

My new girlfriend is (a young looking) 61. Everyone sees it as perfectly fine, good for her. I'm seen as a more mature man for dating her. Funny how the perspectives shift.

In both cases, it was her personality that attracted me despite the age difference.

Judgy people can kiss my middle-aged a*s.

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Your Neighborhood Alien
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Well, there's less of an age difference between 47 and 61 than 47 and 19, and the older woman has more experience, so she's less likely to fall for a predator, so that's probably why people don't mind your new relationship as much.

Ross “Sarcastic Dad”
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Agreed. 28 years difference and 14 years difference is a big gap. Plus, the 61 year old can have a glass of wine with you. I'm not judging you for doing it, I'm judging you for not knowing the difference in the two situations.

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Airt
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You are doing great job kissing your own a*s. And I'm still going to judge you. If you were "so in love" the you would wait 5-6 years until she get an education and a job, become fully Independent adult person, not a child she was at 19 and then (re)introduce yourself. But then she wouldn't be easy to manipulate either by you or her family (because if adult, Independent woman wants to date older man that is fine and family should have no saying in that. But she wasn't at that stage of her life and you know it).

Jennifer Clayton
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's predatory. You didn't care until people started looking down on you, so you dumped her, or she dumped you and you blame outside influences on her. The power dynamic can never be balanced, because the 47yo can always claim wisdom and tactic over a 19 year old. But sure, it's their youthful personalities you're into.

madbakes
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The life stages at those ages are so incredibly different. I really, really try not to judge people, particularly when it doesn't affect me, but this one is tough.

zak
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The number of years in age difference, by itself, isn't an issue for me. It's that a 19 year old doesn't even have a fully developed brain yet. In my eyes it's predatory and gross, and you did nothing to convince me otherwise.

guyx23
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yeah mate dating a teenager who's 30 years younger than yourself isn't equivalent to dating an adult 10 years your senior

MagicMidnight
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The base age of 19 is a lot different to a base age of 47 come on! Not the same at all

Gareth Baus
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Definitely this, people mature in a non linear fashion a large absolute age gap isn't nearly as big of an issue later in life.

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Thenatural
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Well I'm gonna be completely honest here...47 dating a 19 year old is f*****g creepy and you should be ashamed of yourself

Weasel Wise
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This guy sounds super immature. He can't grasp why it looks off for a near child is dating a man more than double her age. That's a HUGE difference from two older adults, a decade or so apart in age, dating.

Lyoness
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

At 19 your ex's brain wasn't fully developed (it won't be until she's 25). She wasn't a legal adult (if you're American). Her ability to make decisions in your relationship was skewed by the perceived power balance. That's probably why people found the age difference... unpalatable. I'd say that's less about judgement and more about concern for a 19 year old child dating someone old enough to be their parent.

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Wtf are you talking about? No. You're wrong. 18 is legal adult in the states.

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Urbangirlatl
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's more than just the number of years. It's WHICH years. Middle aged and barely legal adult as opposed to 2 middle aged people. Not the same.

Jessi Lovely
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I’m just gonna say it… if they have “teen” in their age, it’s a bit icky to me. Regardless of gender. Scientifically, their brains aren’t even able to make fully informed decisions until they’re around 25/26. There are exceptions. But as someone who has been taken advantage of by much older people, it’s not always in the moment that you experience trauma. You might even feel good about it. It’s in the future, maybe five to ten years later, looking back, “wait, I was 17. How old were they? And they DID that, knowing how old I was? Omg….” BOOM. Who do I trust? Questioning everyone. Ruins relationships you have or could have. That s**t f***s you up. Please just don’t date teenagers, bro. There are sooooo many people out there, you can stand to lose out on a human or two for the sake of their mental health. Honestly, that’s the most loving thing you can do.

Gozer LeGozerian
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yeah, let's not talk about the enormous difference in maturity between a 47 year old and a 19 year old who's barely an adult

Saint Tim the Godless
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

How much shared life experience would anyone who is 47 have with someone who is 19? Serious question. I look back and myself and my friends at 19, and we were pretty much children. What kind of grown adult wants to date a child?

Jack Kemp
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Also, no one feels the need to protect a 47 year old man. You're an adult who can make your own decisions. But a 19 year old girl is viewed by society as unable to take care of herself. In the USA she can't rent a car, she can't drink, she is still viewed as a big kid. I'd say rightly so. If you're still a big inexperienced kid at 47, that's its own red flag.

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Yeah in the US, but the world doesn't care about your US standard, grow up if at 19 you can't even decide on who you're dating, what is wrong with you? Your brain keeps developing after 25 monkey, stop watching tiktoks.

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Rocky Wheelwright
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Dating a 19 year old is predatory, and trying to convince people by saying “it was her personality” is justifying your predatory behavior. Or the fact that you can’t find someone around your own age, says a lot about you and possible red flags. 🚩

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her personality most likely was wanting more and more stuff from him and not being more genuine? Which is weird because he just wanted young chicks for not being mentally challenged trauma and because looks, the only thing I see is someone projecting their American beliefs

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Susie Elle
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

A 19-year-old has no idea what they're doing, no matter how hard they say they do. A 61-year-old, like a 47-year-old, knows very well what they're doing. That's the difference.

Jack Kemp
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

There are a lot of ways people can grow and change and mature in their 20s and 30s, experiences people can go through that teach them how to identify red flags, how to advocate for themselves, how to communicate and how to regulate their emotions. Someone who has never had a full time job, never lived on their own, never been through a serious committed relationship before, never had to move and start out somewhere new, isn't going to be on equal footing with someone who has done all those things. It's weird to see someone wanting intimacy with someone they have such different life experience from. I have no idea how much of that lines up with what you were experiencing, but i know when i give side eye to people who are full grown adults dating teenagers, that's a big part lf it for me. Someone who is almost 50 and someone who is just over 60 probably have pretty comparable life experiences and opportunities. Somehow who is almost 50 and someone who isn't 20 yet don't have thar.

GlitterPanda
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

61 and 47 are both fully grown adults... a 19 year old is basically still a child. Scientifically and biologically their brain hasn't fully developed and their decision making skills aren't all there yet. Also, they haven't experienced life fully enough to realize they are likely dating a predatory groomer.

Leah Brown
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The difference between those relationships is that at 19 yrs old, she does not have enough life experience, wisdom and good judgement under her belt to be in an adult relationship with an older partner. You, at 47, do have that life experience, etc. to date an older woman.

Angersly
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You don't often have people admit they are a sexual predator. He can make claims all he wants about personality, but he wa attracted to her being 19.

Froget abou dit
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Pedophiles like you can kiss my a*s. That was not a "relationship" you had with a teenager. Period. The other way around, with your older woman experience? Both of your brains were fully mature. A 19 year old's is not.

Gareth Baus
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If there is a genuine connection I could see why making an exception is reasonable, but if the younger person is less than 9 years older than than half the age of the older person you are probably looking at a significant difference in maturity and if you really care about the younger person you should be willing to wait until they have grown up a bit more.

Parmeisan
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You know, if you're wondering whether people are going to judge you, there's a formula. Obviously no math is the be all and end all of something as complicated as love and relationships, but it's surprisingly accurate in terms of ick factor. Half the elder's age plus 7. So at 47, the socially accepted age range for you is 31 to 80. It works because older people are more mature, experienced in relationships, and capable of standing up for themselves - so age differences matter less.

Brenda
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My uncle dated and married his daughters best friend 10 years after my aunt died. She was 24, he was 56. They were happily married for 30+ years and my cousin approved since they were happy

Caffeine72
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Half plus seven rule means you get judged for one but not the other.

Duuuuuuude
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

While I agree with some of the reasons people are giving to explain the shift in perspective, there is, nonetheless, a double standard that I've seen, where an older women getting a younger man seems to be okay, almost congratulated by her friends, but when a man dates a younger woman he's a pig.

Starja
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

While no one has called me a pig to my face, I do get teased about dating a younger man all the time (I'm 40, he's 27)

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Norman Beattie
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I never dated real younger women generally reasonably close to my age. However when I was in mid 50's One young lady was very persistent and we connected. She appeared to be a bit older, I was thinking late 20's. We got along famously and enjoyed life for close to a year until she took me home to meet her parents, Since I was older than both her mother and father it was not only awkward, humorous, uncomfortable and funny all at the same time. Turns out she was quite a bit younger than I thought and we mutually parted ways. Stayed in touch for awhile then slowly ceased contact. No regrets !

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29 Experiences Of Being In A Relationship With A Big Age Gap, Shared In This Online Group My grandma married a man who was 25 years her senior. They had 3 daughters and stayed together until his death in '96. She never remarried.

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29 Experiences Of Being In A Relationship With A Big Age Gap, Shared In This Online Group I (female) am 40 and my wife is 29. The main difference is that I am very jaded and cynical and she’s more like a wide-eyed excitable puppy. It’s a nice contrast though, brings me out of my existential funk.

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29 Experiences Of Being In A Relationship With A Big Age Gap, Shared In This Online Group Mom and Dad. Mom was 26 when she met him. He was 65.
People thought my dad was a predator and that my mom was a gold digger. But that was not what I saw at home. My parents loved each other pretty much.
I have an older brother on my dad's side, who is in his 60s. He did not have a hard time accepting us but his wife did, because my dad would help them financially. When my dad got married to my mom, she said that it was a mistake because he wouldn't give them any more money because he would spend it on us...

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29 Experiences Of Being In A Relationship With A Big Age Gap, Shared In This Online Group My friend’s mom was 28 when she married a man who was 82. They didn’t think they would be able to get pregnant but evidentially they could. Husband died 4 years later at 86, leaving her a single mom. Besides that, they had huge issues on both sides. The dad’s other children (in their 50s!) claimed new wife just wanted his money. The mom’s family believed that this man was a cult-leader type and was luring her into an unhealthy relationship.

All in all, a bad idea.

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29 Experiences Of Being In A Relationship With A Big Age Gap, Shared In This Online Group My friend is 27 and her boyfriend is 50+. She has a difficult time connecting to his daughter, who is 24, because they are so close in age. This is because she is almost like a step mom but the age of a friend.

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29 Experiences Of Being In A Relationship With A Big Age Gap, Shared In This Online Group I'm 34 and my SO is 23.

Started dating almost 2 years. First it started as a "we like each other, but..". Honestly, the first month I was quite reluctant because of the age gap. But we had, and are still having, really fun despite the age difference

Started looking different at her after one month. I went on a holiday visiting my brother who lived abroad. He was a landlord at a house and rented out rooms to interns. Lots of girls/people over there were also around her age and I noticed she was much more mature and fun to be with!

After 4 months we went official and it's still going good. Sometimes I see my own behavior when I was at her age. If I can relate to my own experience I know how to act. And sometimes we just have to be patient at each other. We both know there can be different perspectives. But there is nothing we can't handle!

She often ask me for help and advice. For me she calms me down. I completely trust her and if I start to stress out, she is there for me. I lost a lot of my patience after I became ill last year. Because of a chronic illness, I went from energetic to chronic tired. I became more forgetful and changed a lot. Yet there she is! Helping me and calming me down when I become emotional or start stressing out!

I believe and feel happy about the fact that most of our priorities are on the same level. There aren't much differences in things we like, prefer and how we like to spend time with each other!

What also helped me a little bit was the age difference between my parents. Which was more then 12 years.

The biggest issue IMO?

I am far more realistic. According to her sometimes pessimistic.

We look different at money, cleaning and dependency. Sometimes I like to be on my own and if something needs to be done I barely ask for her help. Although that sounds more like a characteristic then something that has to do with an age gap

God I love her!

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29 Experiences Of Being In A Relationship With A Big Age Gap, Shared In This Online Group I dated a lot of older men from age 17 onwards. Weirdly, a lot of them were actually too immature for me. When a 35-y.o. dates a 18-y.o. it's highly likely the younger one will develop more and more whereas the older one is stuck in the same place forever.

If they always ONLY date younger girls, it's a red flag in my experience. Those are the men that can't get a woman their own age, mostly incompetent losers.

However I've recently dated a wonderful man. He hasn't dated much younger before. He's 31, I'm 20. Worked perfectly, we were on the exact same line in a lot of things.

Only thing is he wants kids - within now and 5 years. I don't want kids. For at least another 10 years. So we had to unfortunatly stop dating. Guess issues like that are most common.

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29 Experiences Of Being In A Relationship With A Big Age Gap, Shared In This Online Group I'm 29, my Husband is 50. We don't have any issues. We have a 4.5 year old Son. Life is good. Edit to add, we've been together 6 years.

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29 Experiences Of Being In A Relationship With A Big Age Gap, Shared In This Online Group When I was 30, I started dating a woman that was 46. She was super hot, and very immature. [Making love] was great, but I felt like the adult all the time. I was constantly telling her not to do stupid things (like a parent). She would close the bars with her 19 year old daughter, and constantly wind up in bad situations. Idk, it was hell.

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29 Experiences Of Being In A Relationship With A Big Age Gap, Shared In This Online Group My husband is 10 years older than me, but because I tend to be more mature for my age and him less so, it feels like we meet in the middle and the age difference really isn't a factor. We do worry a bit more about the prospect of having kids as he doesn't want to be 60 when our kids graduate high school like his father was, but that's about it. We've also gotten some funny responses to people finding out about our age difference- I'll never forget the story about a woman commenting to my husband that I was a "child bride, like back in the war" when she found out I was 18 when we got hitched.

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29 Experiences Of Being In A Relationship With A Big Age Gap, Shared In This Online Group 13-year difference, he's older. We started dating when I was 29 and he was 42. Been together 9 years, married for 5, one kid. Honestly, it's not really about the numbers but about having compatible levels of utter immaturity (we suit each other well on that regard).

However, one thing that's been coming up lately is he's planning for a hopefully early retirement at 57, and even if I end up being able to retire early as well, 19 years is a lot further away than 6...

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29 Experiences Of Being In A Relationship With A Big Age Gap, Shared In This Online Group I dated a 30 y/o at 19. Not much was different. His friends picked on him for dating a college girl, but also gave him major props. It was a little harder to get his female friends to like me, mostly because the guys called them "old and weathered" when I was around (much to my dismay).

My friends thought it was weird at first. They had a hard time understanding why I didn't want to date boys our age that didn't have stable jobs or income, still smoked pot all afternoon, and were terrible in bed. I didn't understand why they liked spending time with people like that.

All in all, I love dating older guys. Not "old" but late 20's/early 30's. They're more cultured- down to go to the ballet, try weird ethnic food, share a nice bottle of whiskey by a fire, etc. than someone still in college. Plus they're typically much better in bed as they gain experience. The only weird part was helping my boyfriend with his resume. I was proofreading it and realized he graduated high school the same year I was in third grade. That was odd. Also some TV/music references he made I knew of but wasn't alive for, which was also a little weird.

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29 Experiences Of Being In A Relationship With A Big Age Gap, Shared In This Online Group I started dating my boyfriend when he was 28 and I was 20. The first few years were a struggle because we were at different points in our lives. I wanted to party a lot more than he did. We split for a few months, but came to the realization that we did want to make it work and be together. (It's honestly disgusting how perfect we are for each other despite the age difference.) We've been together for almost seven years and everything's great now. I feel like he's made me mature quite a bit faster than I would have dating someone my own age, and I've made him a more relaxed and go with the flow type of person. We had a lot of fights in the beginning, but those fights have made both of us better communicators. I'm grateful for the fights and that we were able to get through them because they helped to build the strong relationship we have now. An eight year difference now (me 26f and him 34m) isn't too much of a big deal, but being 20 and 28 had it's rough spots in terms of him having more life experience and me wanting to learn and figure things out for myself.

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29 Experiences Of Being In A Relationship With A Big Age Gap, Shared In This Online Group My husband is 18 years older than me and it's worked fine for us. I've always been rather mature for my age and people near my own age have always seemed childish to me. Many of my close friends are older than my husband is.
The only issues really are that some people may judge but I really don't care if they do. More of an issue is that he may pass away some time before I do which is a thought which lurks in the back of my mind. Of course that can happen whatever age you or your partner are.

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29 Experiences Of Being In A Relationship With A Big Age Gap, Shared In This Online Group Most of my past relationships have been with older men, with the biggest age difference being about 8 years.

I was drawn to the maturity of them, and (inb4 daddy issues) having an older male figure in my life, which made me feel protected & secure.

However, with that said maturity, I found that I sometimes had a hard time connecting & relating with them, and often found that they were very quick to move the relationship along (i.e. talking about marriage and kids) when I wasn't at that stage yet.

I'm now dating someone closer to my age which I think is more suited to me.

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29 Experiences Of Being In A Relationship With A Big Age Gap, Shared In This Online Group My husband and I are 8 years apart... does that count? I have never noticed any problems from it. I have had to teach him how to use an iPhone/computer etc but that's cause he's from a third world country and grew up without them, not because of his age.

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29 Experiences Of Being In A Relationship With A Big Age Gap, Shared In This Online Group I met my man when I was 34 and he was 19. We've been together just over seven years. Before him I had one boyfriend who was 8 years younger than me, and everyone else bar one was much older than me (up to 30 years older than me). My current man is much better than the others, but that's because of the person he is, and not his age. We both "get" each other, in that we both need a lot of time apart as we're both antisocial, and we are comfortable being apart from each other. I don't think this is anything to do with age.

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29 Experiences Of Being In A Relationship With A Big Age Gap, Shared In This Online Group Im 25 my husband is 44 we never notice the age gap it's irrelevant

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29 Experiences Of Being In A Relationship With A Big Age Gap, Shared In This Online Group Hey, this applies to me!

My boyfriend is 17 years older than me. Our relationship is really great, honestly, we’re very compatible. I don’t know it’s because I’m very wise beyond my years, or there’s something severely wrong with him. Or we are just compatible people.

The main issue *I* have is due to the fact that I’m currently in school (I’m a returning student), and I’m currently not working, and I feel like a real piece of s**t about it. I hate that he has to take care of all of our money, and sometimes I think he’d be better of going to find somebody who already has a degree and a decent job and he wouldn’t have to worry about that.

But I know he loves me, and he’s so encouraging and motivating when it comes to school, and I do my best to make his life good. My plan is to finish school (eventually) and once I start work he can... do whatever he wants. Keep working, go back to school to pursue his masters (something he’s always wanted but never had a chance to do.)

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I was nineteen and she was twenty seven. We dated for a year, not very long, and broke up amicably. The breakup wasn't over the age gap.

It wasn't really weird except when I met her mom. I was still in college and her mom was thinking of grandkids.

We hadn't know each other's ages until after a couple of dates. We met in school; she thought I was older and I thought she was younger.

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29 Experiences Of Being In A Relationship With A Big Age Gap, Shared In This Online Group 30 year age gap. We (M53/F23) have been together over 3 years.

We don't really have any issues and it's not really that different from anyone else's relationship except that we do give each other space/ time to do 'our own thing'.

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29 Experiences Of Being In A Relationship With A Big Age Gap, Shared In This Online Group I’m 34 and she’s 21, things are going far better than anything I’ve ever had before her.

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29 Experiences Of Being In A Relationship With A Big Age Gap, Shared In This Online Group I'm 21, boyfriend is 31. Started dating almost two years ago (I had just turned 20). It's a much healthier relationship than my previous one, which was with a guy 9 months older than me. I was a little put off by the age gap at first, but my parents saw no issue with it, and all in all our life stages aren't too much different as I'm a university student (undergraduate) and he's a PhD. Our maturity levels seem to match mostly (I've had several people say I'm mature for my age, I mostly agree but saying that seems to be an oxymoron....). Overall, we're both very happy :)

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29 Experiences Of Being In A Relationship With A Big Age Gap, Shared In This Online Group Got 14 year age gap it’s not a problem he’s older we are best friends I don’t like guys my age he treats me like a queen . Life is what you make it it’s not what others think . Live and let live . Enjoy your life , relationship can go wrong at any age or gap do just go with flow

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29 Experiences Of Being In A Relationship With A Big Age Gap, Shared In This Online Group Last night, I got asked, for the second time during our hanging out, if I was the performer's wife or girlfriend.
He's a silver fox sort, and I'm 49 and still dress like a hippie.

Now, if I was dating some dude 16 years younger than me, comments would abound.
My mom dated a man 16 years younger than she was, a few years ago.
I asked fir advice and what to expect with such a gap.
She said she got mom/son a couple times. But they just blew it off.

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29 Experiences Of Being In A Relationship With A Big Age Gap, Shared In This Online Group It depends on what you consider "large", but I was 23 and my partner was 18 when we started dating. When we first met, it had never even crossed my mind that I would date someone more than one year older or younger than me, so I didn't even think of her in a romantic way at first. But as I started to get to her know her, it was clear that we were basically the same person. So it started slowly, but gradually.

I was *extremely* self-conscious about it and seriously considered ending it for the age gap. Would people think I was abusive or just using her [to make love]? But then I sat down and thought about it. If she were a few years older but everything else was the same, would I have any problem with it? Not at all. Will anyone blink an eye once we're both 5 years older? Nope. And what was wrong with an age gap anyway? She had no problem with it. Her family had no problem with it. Her friends had no problem with it. My friends had no problem with it. Society at large was pretty indifferent to either of our lives regardless. I quickly realized the only person who had a problem with it was *me*.

The best piece of advice I got about it was that it's only weird if you make it weird. When people would make the inevitable comments, at first I would get defensive or try to explain. "Wait, she's in her first year of college?" "Yeah, we met when I was [wherever]." There's nothing at all wrong with that.

Two years strong, and she rocks my world.

Good luck!

alter_id , Amanda Sixsmith Report

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#29

29 Experiences Of Being In A Relationship With A Big Age Gap, Shared In This Online Group I'm 21, met someone online, have talked about dating but want to meet him first (long distance) before making it official. He's 33.

I think we'll work tho. I've never liked partying or any of that, and he on the other hand doesn't want to stay home every day. I think we'll find a good balance somewhere in between and do things we both enjoy. I've never wanted kids of my own but don't mind them, he already has two from previous marriage, and they are around on weekends. Perfect if you ask me!

I think our biggest challenge is gonna be the distance until I'm ready to move to another country.

anon , Jonathan Borba Report