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24 Jun 2010, 7:14 am

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The largest age gap I've ever seen personally was me and my mate. He is 14 years older than me, for a while we 'dated', which is only in quotes cause to kids these days that wasn't a relationship, we never got physical. But I was with him for about three years, starting at 17, which threw off my dad a bit. Mum didn't mind since it wasn't sexual.

Its hard even to call it dating, it was more like mutually exclusive best mates. But neither one of us expressed interest in others because of the standing relationship, so I suppose it was dating. Lots of films and eating out. It was fun. Taught me a lot about how to be a proper person to the other half of the relationship too, so it was all good.

I should mention though that he was a TBI patient, it left him mentally both my age and older, depending on which part of his personality had been affected. So... not so sure you could really call it a 14 year age gap.

I totally know how you feel, and yet my girlfriend and I are only two and a half years apart in age.

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24 Jun 2010, 7:19 am

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I've never gone more than 5 years either way. I almost lost my virginity to the older girl, kickin myself because I didn't!! ! She was bizarre, but she was HAWT. It's always the crazy girls with me...

The youngest was a little 18 year old while I was in grad school. It was funny, because it seemed to me I was just as much a mentor to her as I was a love interest.

That's what you need to watch out for: overdoing the mentor role and being less of the love interest.

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06 Mar 2016, 10:09 pm

World famous Jack Horner of Jurassic Park-fame married a 19 yr old.
Age diff. = 46 years

Aside: Dr. Horner is soooooo dyslexic that he must have others read to him and that's how he made it through University.

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06 Mar 2016, 10:28 pm

My dad is high school teacher, and his current partner is a former student of his. The difference is about 15 years, give or take.

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07 Mar 2016, 12:52 am

slave wrote:

World famous Jack Horner of Jurassic Park-fame married a 19 yr old.
Age diff. = 46 years

Aside: Dr. Horner is soooooo dyslexic that he must have others read to him and that's how he made it through University.

I wonder what specific thing she saw in him? his intelligence?

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07 Mar 2016, 4:02 am

Me and wife have a 7 years age difference (I'm older), but often it appears that I'm the one being the youngest. :wink: I think perceived age is more important than actual age.

As long as people are beyond teenage, I think differences of 20 years is not really a problem, and especially if the perceived age difference is much smaller than that.

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07 Mar 2016, 4:07 am

My former boss married a man 24 years younger than her.
They seem very happy.
Older woman/younger man seems less common than the other way around.

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07 Mar 2016, 4:37 am

My bf is 10 years older than I am, acts 10 years younger, and looks 20 years older than I do. :lol:

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07 Mar 2016, 9:56 pm

So long as everybody's of legal age, age ain't nothing but a number. My boyfriend is four years younger Han me.

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07 Mar 2016, 10:19 pm

^^^welcome to WP

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07 Mar 2016, 10:20 pm

My father married a woman 25 years her junior.

She's only four years older than me.

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07 Mar 2016, 10:23 pm

^^^if you don't mind, how does that make you feel?

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07 Mar 2016, 10:47 pm

I find the lady okay.

She's a bit of a shopaholic LOL.

I think she has class most of the time.

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07 Mar 2016, 10:48 pm

ok, I guess it is probably best to accentuate her mosts and try to ignore her leasts.

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07 Mar 2016, 10:52 pm

Her only "least" is that she's not educated--especially for a rich person (she comes from a very wealthy family).

The good thing about her is that she has lots of practical knowledge, even though her academic knowledge is somewhat limited in some ways.

She can be a bit pushy at times involving such things as restaurant reservations.

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07 Mar 2016, 10:53 pm

sounds like she has practical smarts in any case. would hope she is amenable to edumacation.

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