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11.09.2008, 20:32 quote

rocketgirl

eda85 wrote:
No granny banging. Simple


At what age - your own age - will you change that stance?
I know a 35 yrs old granny.

 
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12.09.2008, 20:32 quote

rocketgirl

eda85 wrote:
rocketgirl wrote:
eda85 wrote:
No granny banging. Simple


At what age - your own age - will you change that stance?
I know a 35 yrs old granny.


Good for you. I won't be banging her



Laughing Laughing Laughing

Oooh I do like a man who knows his own mind.
Shame you dont want to be a toyboy for a step-granny though..... Razz

 
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12.09.2008, 20:39 quote

rocketgirl

Teggro wrote:
Depends on the mentality and how big the gap is. If you have daughters/ sons then it's definately sick to date someone younger than them(we're talking 20+). It also depends on whhat the involved want out of it. Age DOES matter, and so does personality and looks.



Ooooh my ex-hubby is 65 and I am 42 and yes he has kids my age....OMG that means I married a sicko!!!
Laughing

The age gap was nothing to do with us splitting up, and he's still my best friend, so I have to disagree that age always comes into it.
On the other hand, I've seen couples with a few years between them - both young - when its not worked out because one hasnt matured as fast as the other.
A man/woman of 50 with a partner of 60 arent going to have the age issue compared to another couple with 10 years between them, say 16 and 26.
Of course personality will come into it - you have to like one another for starters - but blimey what the hell has looks got to do with it???

 
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12.09.2008, 20:43 quote

rocketgirl

eda85 wrote:
rocketgirl wrote:
eda85 wrote:
No granny banging. Simple


At what age - your own age - will you change that stance?
I know a 35 yrs old granny.


Good for you. I won't be banging her


That was actually a serious question.
What I meant was lets say when you are 30 (which isnt so far away in all honesty) if you meet a really nice 35 yrs old lady with grandkids, would you not give it a chance?
Perhaps you cant answer that until you are in that situation?

 
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12.09.2008, 21:24 quote

rocketgirl

Aha, when you said looks you meant looks, not looks.
Physical attraction might help most often, one imagines. Unless you're a gal of 19 and he's 92 and Rockafella.

 
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17.09.2008, 09:53 quote

katie6

i am 22 and i would draw the line at about 30, stupid thing is a seem to mainly attract men who are 40+ one fella even said to me the other day if i was only 60 years younger haha

 
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08.10.2008, 18:07 quote

jeggae

Often age does matter and its not just a number, unfortunately.

 
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08.10.2008, 20:08 quote

jeggae

ysabel1970 wrote:
Much as I agree age is just a number there has to be common ground. I would be horrified if an 18 year old chatted me up, firstly because i'd consider myself a pervert if I went there but secondly what could I talk to him about....hmmmm "I remember when you were born and blah blah blah was number one in the charts"....no thanks. As for dating a man who was very much older, my dad is only 58 so put into context I just couldn't. 5 or 6 years either side of my age would be about right.


What does that make me? Age confuses me Surprised

 
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08.10.2008, 20:18 quote

jeggae

snaithman wrote:
jeggae wrote:
ysabel1970 wrote:
Much as I agree age is just a number there has to be common ground. I would be horrified if an 18 year old chatted me up, firstly because i'd consider myself a pervert if I went there but secondly what could I talk to him about....hmmmm "I remember when you were born and blah blah blah was number one in the charts"....no thanks. As for dating a man who was very much older, my dad is only 58 so put into context I just couldn't. 5 or 6 years either side of my age would be about right.


What does that make me? Age confuses me Surprised

You are not a number, you are a free man.




Probably not on net dating..most of us are just numbers Rolling Eyes Laughing

 
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08.10.2008, 20:37 quote

jeggae

snaithman wrote:
jeggae wrote:
snaithman wrote:
jeggae wrote:
ysabel1970 wrote:
Much as I agree age is just a number there has to be common ground. I would be horrified if an 18 year old chatted me up, firstly because i'd consider myself a pervert if I went there but secondly what could I talk to him about....hmmmm "I remember when you were born and blah blah blah was number one in the charts"....no thanks. As for dating a man who was very much older, my dad is only 58 so put into context I just couldn't. 5 or 6 years either side of my age would be about right.


What does that make me? Age confuses me Surprised

You are not a number, you are a free man.





Probably not on net dating..most of us are just numbers Rolling Eyes Laughing


Ah yes just like the Meat Counter.



I'm off the prime meat counter and in the bin for dog food. Not good enough for the bin for sausages and mince. Surprised

 
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08.10.2008, 21:00 quote

jeggae

mirrorpool wrote:
I think the whole business of age, is even more difficult when you talk to people on the web, 'cos the more you talk/message people the THE AGE GETS LOST. I think this is partly due to not being able to see the person (unless you're using cam)so it's the conversations that you're judging on. Sometimes you can have many things in common with people of a different age group, older or younger.

Then you find that some older people are like big kids, whereas some of the younger ones may have wisdom beyond their years.


I think age matters more on the net then real life. In real life you dont really know peoples age when you first meet them, so take them on face value. On the net, people are discarded because of their age at the first instance, because age is there. It is one of the shallow confines.

 
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08.10.2008, 21:17 quote

jeggae

mirrorpool wrote:
jeggae wrote:
mirrorpool wrote:
I think the whole business of age, is even more difficult when you talk to people on the web, 'cos the more you talk/message people the THE AGE GETS LOST. I think this is partly due to not being able to see the person (unless you're using cam)so it's the conversations that you're judging on. Sometimes you can have many things in common with people of a different age group, older or younger.

Then you find that some older people are like big kids, whereas some of the younger ones may have wisdom beyond their years.


I think age matters more on the net then real life. In real life you dont really know peoples age when you first meet them, so take them on face value. On the net, people are discarded because of their age at the first instance, because age is there. It is one of the shallow confines.


Hmmm yes, that can be true as well, 'cos I know I'm eliminated on a lot of date site searches due to age....... no over 50s

Crying or Very sad


So have I Sue, but then I've met with a lot of contradiction on this matter.

 
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09.10.2008, 18:24 quote

jeggae

ysabel1970 wrote:
snaithman wrote:
ysabel1970 wrote:
Much as I agree age is just a number there has to be common ground. I would be horrified if an 18 year old chatted me up, firstly because i'd consider myself a pervert if I went there but secondly what could I talk to him about....hmmmm "I remember when you were born and blah blah blah was number one in the charts"....no thanks. As for dating a man who was very much older, my dad is only 58 so put into context I just couldn't. 5 or 6 years either side of my age would be about right.

I am 5 years either side of you but you remain faceless for the moment.


I know.....the other ladies on here need a chance though!! Only joking... if decent conversation only stems from my looks that's perhaps a wee bit shallow...?? I am half decent though, allegedly.


That's what I thought, but hey. Need a picture, probably men do more then women.

Better off putting the best one up the first time.

 
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25.01.2009, 09:40 quote

chatt3r

Just out of interest regarding this topic:

I was listening to a radio show where they asked what the "socially acceptable" age gap was.

The winning answer was "Take the oldest partner's age, half it and add 7.".
If the ages are so far apart they don't fall in that window, people will tend to ask questions about it.

Disclaimer:
I'm not saying that I necessarily agree, or that you cannot be happy if you fall out of this window.

 
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25.01.2009, 13:18 quote

rocketgirl

chatt3r wrote:
Just out of interest regarding this topic:

I was listening to a radio show where they asked what the "socially acceptable" age gap was.

The winning answer was "Take the oldest partner's age, half it and add 7.".
If the ages are so far apart they don't fall in that window, people will tend to ask questions about it.

Disclaimer:
I'm not saying that I necessarily agree, or that you cannot be happy if you fall out of this window.


I've never known anyone to be happy falling out of a window. They tend to break something, or die.

 
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