Great comments everyone!! Thanks for sharing your story, Texasgirl! I also re-married in March to a man who's a few years younger than me, was never married/no kids, which I also found a bonus.
As much as I agree with you all and hate the whole double standard issue as well as the tiresome labels, I do feel that there is a line with this issue of age differences. I've had a hard time coming to terms with my dad's choice to dump my mom after 42 years of marriage to marry a woman who is nearly 10 years younger than me. Having a "step-mom" who is so much younger than me has an "eewww" factor. And when I recently attended my 25th high school reunion, some of the comments people made about my dad were slightly embarrassing, although pretty humorous.
I'm just wondering -- do you all truly feel that age is relative or is there a point where people cross over the line of socially acceptable?
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Great comments everyone!! Thanks for sharing your story, Texasgirl! I also re-married in March to a man who's a few years younger than me, was never married/no kids, which I also found a bonus.
As much as I agree with you all and hate the whole double standard issue as well as the tiresome labels, I do feel that there is a line with this issue of age differences. I've had a hard time coming to terms with my dad's choice to dump my mom after 42 years of marriage to marry a woman who is nearly 10 years younger than me. Having a "step-mom" who is so much younger than me has an "eewww" factor. And when I recently attended my 25th high school reunion, some of the comments people made about my dad were slightly embarrassing, although pretty humorous.
I'm just wondering -- do you all truly feel that age is relative or is there a point where people cross over the line of socially acceptable?
July 19, 2009 - 1:59pmThis Comment
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