how young is too young?? (Page 3)

I'm not sure I'm comfortable with my 8yo daughter dating 11 year olds.

Spokes - 2009-02-19 9:14 AM

onefitgeek - 2009-02-18 11:11 PM

Spokes - 2009-02-18 4:43 PM

CitySky - 2009-02-18 3:40 PM

So I did the age/2 - 7 thing and was startled to learn I should be dating a guy who is 26.  Eek!

Then I realized, the assumption was that the male would be older.

Let see, 47 - nah, I'll AG myself and say 48, since I'll hit that #er in November - 48/2 + 7 = 31.

There was a table of four hotties last night watching me play last night that looked in that ballpark.

You take home all 4?

That sounds like a GREAT idea! Thanks!

The musician factor throws a curve into the equation. You can date any girl of legal age who will actually go out with you.

me 46, hubby 31, only time it's a problem is when I say something like "do you remember going to see Star Wars in High School?" and he says "not really, that was the year I was born"  OUCH

 He was born old I reckon, still feels like he's older than me.  or it could be that I just incredibly immature.  When I met him, I was looking for a sugar daddy and thought he was an obnoxious liitle geek.  

Gaarryy, age don't matter a dingo's kidney,  

PS that's why I'm training for tri's - I'm too scared for botox

does she have a brother

I met my husband when he was 40 and I was 22.  Our 7th wedding anniversary is coming up next month.  So far so good.  I wouldn't have dated a guy my age at the time, although he is by far the oldest I ever went out with.  He's a very young 50 now, he even hangs with a group of bike hipsters who make me feel old.  It's definitely an individual situation.

I do admit, though, that he went along with some really dumb things when we first met like late nights at the bar, etc.  Although now he goes out more than I do.  I'm too pooped from tri training on weekend nights, and you know I have to get up for early morning run meet-ups...

The most interesting part of this for me is that he admits I wouldn't have been the slightest bit interested in him if we'd met when he was 22.  He had a minimum wage job, hitchhiked to work, and was a college dropout.  I chose him based on the sum of his experiences at 42, which were more in line with what I was looking for as a young adult.  Even now I look at my girlfriend's husbands who are my age and not really that interested. 

I am starting to think I've developed a thing for older guys now, though.  I saw Kevin Costner's band play recently and I was just as smitten as the other (middle-aged) ladies in the audience

Age doesn't really matter that much if the person is on the same level of maturity and thinks similar.  Obviously laws have to be considered and there is a level where things get "creepy" but that level is entirely based on societal issues and locale.  There are plenty of countries in the world where young girls and boys get married (13 or so).  That was how it used to be throughout history.  Would I want to date someone 18 while I am 37 if I were single??  Not really.  Just different stage in my life.

But my wife is 8-1/2 years older than me ..... and we have worked out just fine!!  She sometimes brought up the age issue while we were dating and early in our marriage, but not really any more.

if there's grass on the field, play ball.

(i couldn't resist.  it's been a rough week and i'm starting to lose it.)