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[apathyartist]

Last night at two in the morning my mom and I had a very long talk. When we got on the subject of boyfriends, my mom had this to say

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[skydude]

That's just disturbing. You're...19? I go by the half-your-age-plus-seven rule, which suggests you should be dating guys between 16.5 and 24. Even if you like older guys, I'd say "at least 30" is...downright creepy.

[apathyartist]

Depends who the guy is. Also, my mom'd had a few glasses of wine before making this remark.

[skydude]

Well, you know what they say, a drunk man's words are a sober man's thoughts...

And while it does depend on who the guy is, I really have to wonder a bit about any guy who would be looking for a girl THAT much younger (at least now...not quite so weird an age difference down the road)...

There are really a number of factors, such as life experience, particularly over the 20-30 interval. I expect that I'll change at least as much between now and the big 3-0 (crap, I'm ALREADY dreading it) as I have since I came to college...which is a lot.

[senea]

sweetheart, you aren't even 22 yet...
and couldn't it be argued that any 10-year span is fair game for a great deal of life experience? granted, a lot of things do happen between the ages of 20 & 30 (work, family, settling in to "life," etc.), but many equally large things can happen between 30 & 40 (for example) as well (see further opportunity for a family, higher level work experience, moving, dealing with ailing parents or other significant family members, greater health worries).

Why am I harping on this? I have absolutely no idea.

[senea]

I second that! I could understand the "go for the older men" thing if you were a wee bit older, but this is just a head-scratcher...

[apathyartist]

I wouldn't worry about it. Men don't exactly flock to me ^_^;

[imabubble]

My sister's boyfriend is 30, and she's 20...I guess it just depends on the situation?

[triaelf9]

Eeeew, not 30. Brad is 22, going on 23 and that's the highest I'M going.

[morrighangw]

O.o That is just SCARY. Wow. Older guys yes, but not so much older that it could be considered cradle robbing.