I have and I can. I am a college graduate making 40k a year, which isn't too shabby for Reno in the non-profit secotr at 26. I can totally take care of myself, but I don't want to. I love having Andy make sure all the bills are paid and mailed off. I love that if I go to bed before him he tucks me in every night and that he makes sure I do not abuse my perscriptions or drive drunk. I love that he cared enough about me to bail me out of a car I wrecked, but still owed on and signed a car for me that I can drive in the snow. I have no problem with him making the decisions because he always takes my opinion into consideration and does what is best for me. I live in a cute house, drive a very safe car and have the mental sanity to keep a job that is important to the community. He feeds me and gives me the strength to have and do all of these things. I love that when we move and have kids I won't have to work because he will take care of me. I have never had anyone take care of me this well, so if all I need to do in return is ask his permission to do things once in awhile and give him a bit more respect than most women give their husbands than that is fine because he deserves it.
whatever you do, i hope you do well and i wish you all the very best i never had a good relationship with my father, i had my dad in my life but not really i don't want to go into it, but i'm sure you can understand whatever happens bewtween you and andy will effect your kids dramatically do what makes you fell comfortable, but it will go beyond you i'm sure you understand that right now i want to make myself the best person possible for me maybe you right now need to do that become aware of yourself, and comfortable within yourself before you are a mother that way your child is comfortable within themselves so you'll be the best parent you can be that way you'll be a great mother
I could probably handle dating a man 2 years younger than I, at the most. My little brother is 3 years younger, so it just wouldn't not feel right dating someone that young. I could date someone older by maybe 4 years or so at most however, I'm quite happy with the person I am dating.
I date younger women. I have a lot to offer them. Financial resources, life experience and I am a very talented in bed. It is not like I would not date someone my age. It is just that my lifestyle is more conducive to younger women. Most women my age have children. Well children need a stable home environment. I travel and live outside of the US a lot. Being a perpetual traveler is not good for kids. Plus, well I am kind of crazy. When I go to a concert, I am in the pit and not in the stands. Plus I do not look my age. A younger woman can keep up with me.
I used to think I could date older guys, but I wouldnt ever.... Age matters and he can be 4 years older and thats it. Defnately not older.
And people wonder why I am not looking to get into a serious relationship and if one passes my way I have these conditions I have set for myself that need to be met first. I am too old to restart a life, mine is pretty simple and easy right now for the most part. I could just skate on thru now if I wanted. Why worry about somebody wanting to change ya or use you as a means of support all the time? I know its not nice but man I have worked pretty hard, long hours and alot of my mind has been sliced at to get what I have and its not like alot but it is paid for, no real bills and I can do what I want most of the time and not sweat it.
ah, well, dave clearly takes care of me, and i let him lead the household. it saves time, he's better at it, blah blah blah. but he doesn't treat me like an infant or anything like that. he never tells me what i can and can't do. but yeah, i kinda take orders. though to be fully honest, it just keeps us from overlapping efforts. he calls me up and says "okay, today i need you to pay this and this and this." it's nice, because i wouldn't know he paid something else and i'd bounce checks. ugh. fucking awful.
i really couldn't cope with dating someone too far away from me in age and maturity. it's just really not my thing.
yeah, but you arent treated like a child or a pet. you two still hav emutual respect. i never said it had to be a complete 50/50 split, but tehre has to be that mutual respect for one another, which tends to be sorely lackign in parent/child or owner/pet relationships as far as ive seen. you two def have respect for each other
No Love matters. You see you can say what is right for you. But you have no right to speak for others Isn't it nice when we can make our own decisions. Instead of one person making a broad statement and thinking it is right for all people. Freedom is a wonderful thing.
you know, i've witnessed some beautiful relationships between people with a large age gap between them. sometimes it's a wonderful meeting of souls and goals. but too many times i've seen it turn into something unpleasant and controlling. some people are into that, it's not my place to fight it, but i can't help it if i find it repugnant.
Well I too am 18, dating a 26 year old. I was one of those people when told age is just a number, my response would be: true, but it's a very important one. When I first met my boyfriend I was 17 he 25, when he first asked my number, I asked him his age, found out and told him no he was too old. He said 'yes, to date, but we can just be friends'. A year's gone by our friendship has blossomed, maybe you'll choose to let age stop your relationships, but why should it block your friendships, you just never know how things will turn out, let alone where the road you're on is going. People will have their opinions about what is right and wrong but until they live your life they can't know what's right for you. Yes it is true age is NOT just a number, Yes it is true age is an IMPORTANT number But numbers only hold the importance of which you give to them numbers only matter when you give matter to them.
Maybe so, but for someone who was a virgin when I met him over a year ago, pretty damn good for myself to still be one now, and last time I checked until I get a ring on this finger, whether it's from him or someone else, I'm afraid that's the way it will stay. It's a miracle how some people will let their morals go to get maybe 5 minutes of pleasure 15 if you're lucky.
i don't see the point of buying a car without kickin' the tires a bit. i consider it a moral imperative. i never considered sex to be a bad thing.