How old is too old?

I'm curious, how big of an age difference is too much?
Thoughts please.

 

depends, age difference for what ?

 

A relationship.

 

If you loved someone deeply would you let an age gap separate you. More importantly, would you let what others think is "too old," or "too much," separate you from the one you love?

 

I'm not sure I'm kind of torn...
I mean I really have feelings for him, but the age difference is huge and I'm a bit cautious.
I don't want to give huge details about it
but thats the thing I don't know.. just wanted a bit of advice

 

Personally I think that as long as you are both over 18 then age is no issue if you love each other.

Dont worry about what other think of you,go in with a open mind......if it dont work out at least you tried and a lesson learned.

 

if that's you in your sig, you should probably take what you can get...

 

Honestly? I'd say no more than 12 years before you start having serious social differences. You can make it work with a 20 year difference, but there's a lot of work there. With 25+, someone's doing it for a green card or the will.

 

The problem isnt going to be about you or him, its going to be everyone else. His friends wifes are going to get bitchy when they see you and your friends boyfriends are going to get agro when they see him


When I was 22 I lived with a girl (same age) that was dating a guy in his 50s, he was a Sean Connery type, they looked like a good match, but boy did everyone else get bitchy about it

 

Thanks for your opinions guys.
I guess I am pretty much expecting a lot of people to get pissed off if it goes completely public.
But we could always see how things go before even really making it a huge known thing, that way if things fall through, at least I could say I gave it a try and it just didn't work without having a shit load of people breathing down my neck.

And no thats not me in that picture LOL
its Bruce Dickinson from Iron Maiden.
ahahahaha

 

People may possibly react different depending on your age. I think age differences don't tend to be such a big deal to other people the older people are. Unless it's a gold digger situation I guess

 

Well if the relationship doesnt work out, you could always.....


Ruuuunn to tha hiiilllss, ruuuuun for yourrrr liiiiii-ife!

 

Well,

My mom is married to a guy 22 years younger than her. And they've been married 12 years now. So it can work.

But each year of age makes a bigger difference the younger you are. If you're 18 and he's 40, that's a pretty big deal. It might work, who knows. But I agree with others, if the difference is extreme it is likely to cause some strange social stresses.

 

I have a real passion for 1,000 year old trees.

 

That's too young.

 

dont worry about what everyone else thinks..
My Ma was 19 when she married my Da, he was 32... she lost friends because of it??? she lost all of her friends... they split up 2 years ago, but they lasted a good 21 years or so.. and im sure theyre goin to get back together!!!

love is love..

 

Since I'm only zero, am I too young for you?

 

let me rephrase that,... achem... love is love.. once you are of legal age

 

I dated someone that was 14 years older than me for a couple of months. I worried about others' opinions, but that turned out to not be an issue at all. Turns out, the people that love you the most will support you no matter what, and you end up not caring about everyone else. Other issues that didn't have a lot to do with age ended up breaking us up.

My advice: If you truly love him, age won't even be an issue. If age is an issue, its probably because you make it an issue to avoid underlying reasons of why you aren't good together.

 

ahahahahaha TRUTH



And thanks everyone, I am just kind of in limbo stage with this one. But I appreciate all the advice!
Wish me luck, lol.