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significant other age difference survey
mrmike08075
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Significant other age difference survey:
I am curious how many years separate you and your significant other...
Please let us all know how many years older or younger you are from your better half...
I am almost 15 years older than Makaila
I turn 45 in December
She turns 31 in December
She showed me one of her women's magazines that says you should take a man's age - divide in half - and add 7 to realize the age of the women he should be dating...
She also thinks that most males under 36 are not realy men yet and not worth a woman's serious time...
I am not a proponent or adherent to either position - I just thought they were interesting points discussion - conversational gambits - thread bait...
Do tell - fess up - contribute to this thread
As always comments from the peanut gallery are greatly appreciated
And as an aside - I find it difficult to accurately judge a woman's age strictly based on appearance - how about you...
Woodsheds Christmas gift post has a pic of myself and of Makaila in every day work garb - how old do you think we look???
Please if you have not done so already and are able offer up a small token item - gift - repurposed small for his philanthropic give away - anything will do - even something handcrafted...
And if someone is in need please enter their names to be considered as gift recipients - we all know some child in our social circle who is in need or deserves a special treat...
Give dammit - or when my Cancer kills me I will haunt you.
Anxiously awaiting the dissolution of this thread into a political argument.
Mike
I am curious how many years separate you and your significant other...
Please let us all know how many years older or younger you are from your better half...
I am almost 15 years older than Makaila
I turn 45 in December
She turns 31 in December
She showed me one of her women's magazines that says you should take a man's age - divide in half - and add 7 to realize the age of the women he should be dating...
She also thinks that most males under 36 are not realy men yet and not worth a woman's serious time...
I am not a proponent or adherent to either position - I just thought they were interesting points discussion - conversational gambits - thread bait...
Do tell - fess up - contribute to this thread
As always comments from the peanut gallery are greatly appreciated
And as an aside - I find it difficult to accurately judge a woman's age strictly based on appearance - how about you...
Woodsheds Christmas gift post has a pic of myself and of Makaila in every day work garb - how old do you think we look???
Please if you have not done so already and are able offer up a small token item - gift - repurposed small for his philanthropic give away - anything will do - even something handcrafted...
And if someone is in need please enter their names to be considered as gift recipients - we all know some child in our social circle who is in need or deserves a special treat...
Give dammit - or when my Cancer kills me I will haunt you.
Anxiously awaiting the dissolution of this thread into a political argument.
Mike
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Jon
May vs Sept of 73
she tells me the only way I remember her BD is because mine is two days later ( I say so what at least I remember it [:0][:0]
I am 4 years older than wife but I have aged better than her [;)]
Not if she sees this! [:0][:D]
Jon
Mike
Me on the other hand own three houses, 160 acres, 70 head of cattle, and a shop that specializes in classic Mercedes Benz repair and service.
I like to work and I like challenges.
Surprised we have lasted as long as we have.
We married young 19/18 and actually grew up together.
Our first born came when we were married only five years.
The next two came at two more years and then four more years.
We have four grands now and... Hope we can retire so we can enjoy them growing up.
Had I been significantly older than her... I'd be dead and she'd be raising first
our children and then our grand children without me.
That's what happened with my Dad and Mom.
There was 17 years difference between them. Dad was gone by the time my second was born.
Mom raised my younger brother on her own.
And now, my children and their children will never have known my Dad.
That... Has saddened me for years.
My Dad would have been such a great influence on my children... My grandchildren.
I hope I can break that mold.
im 51 i could not remotely imagine dating someone 31-32 by that math, i would feel like i was in a midget porn, who is the real freak me or the midget ?
now thats just me personally, i however do not judge others at all on finding love to each their own
i just cant think of myself at 70 having to worry about my 50 year old wife running around on me
It struck me as a bit odd.
My case is somewhat different.
She is a widow - lost a husband and daughter to a drunk driver.
Says she will not have anymore children.
The targeted radiation therapy treatments for my Cancer have left me sterile.
We are considering legally adopting her niece - who will be living with Makaila as soon as she turns 18...
It's the closest thing I have - or ever will have to a family.
I know it's less than ideal but it's all I have and she is an angel sent from heaven.
Mike
married 8 yrs. later and been married 9 yrs to her...i call her my retirement plan
she puts up with a lot from a curmudgeon
im older than her mom...LOL
must run in the family cause her mom is 60 and her husband is 20 yrs older
But if I'm correct, then how do we explain successful marriages where decades separate partners? Obviously I have no answer. I do, however, think we all age at different rates. Circumstances thrown at us in life often move us forward or backward in a generational sense.
Perhaps in your case, Mike, the loss of a husband and child set Mikalia years beyond her biological age. She has already endured unimaginable hurt in her life and she understands yours. Perhaps your relationship was meant to be by virtue of a horrible accident, then cemented by something known as cancer.
What I'm absolutely sure of is that character has much to do with relationships. I look back at the day my wife and I were married and I remember our vows. So does she. We gave our word to each other and have kept it for nearly half a century. We never think about our minor difference in age, other than I kid her about being an "older" woman.
What I'm trying to say without a whole lot of success is that biological age is only a part of the picture. Mental age and basic compatibility are perhaps more important. Sometimes success is found under the most unlikely of circumstances and numbers mean nothing. Some here seem to prove my point.
My wifes older, wiser, and much better looking.
May vs Sept of 73
I listened to that song too many times too she's 3 years older than me
There are 15 years difference between us but if she dies, she dies. [;)]
You've got a beautiful daughter there Spider. Do you have a picture of your wife? [;)]
Word of wisdom to those whose wives are that much or more younger than you....Teach her to stand on her own to feet and to do things on her own.
The best gift my husband gave me.