Age and relationships

I was told when I first got with my new fella that "he's an old man, why would an old man want to be with a young woman like you?" this from my ex without him know that there was only 5 years difference between them.

Today I was left thinking about how my mother felt when I was 14 years old seeing someone who was 7 years older than me, well there's obvious reasons there anyway.

Something came up about a 21 year old with a 40 year old, I wondered how I would feel about my daughter at 21 being with someone 20 years older than her. Frankly I would be concerned. At 21 you still have a whole life of experiences ahead of you, yet someone 20 years older has been there and done that, therefore the chances of older holding the younger back are considerably larger.

At the same time someone in there 30's with an older partner is not so concerning, you expect them to be mature and have their life already planned and in full motion (not always the case but you get what I mean), they are their own person by their 30's.

I also think what I was thinking when I was 20, someone who was 40 is an old man, why would I want to go out with an old man?

Age and relationships

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