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age gap relationships

32 replies

scottishmumto1 · 04/04/2005 21:54

hi , anyone else have one of these relationships.
i am 25 and my dh is 44. i have always went for older men. they are just nicer, or the ones i have been with.

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dyzzidi · 05/04/2005 15:18

I have got to ask(am thinking of friends) are all you life goals the same???????????????

marriage, children etc

NomDePlume · 05/04/2005 15:21

Yes they are in my case.

dyzzidi · 05/04/2005 15:33

Friend of mine are not so lucky they are married and he desperately wnats kids he is 40 but she doesn't 27.

I hope they can work through it but it must be hard.

IMy DP is only 4 yrs older than me adn we both want kids now so i suppose i am lucky I'm 27 and he is 31.

Was just wondering aloud at the kids thing.

sweetmonkey · 05/04/2005 15:39

not with my man dyzzidi, hes had kids and is a grandad and has been married twice. he wont marry again and said he is too old for more kids.
i want kids so badly and to get married so its a difficult situation to be in. time will tell

NomDePlume · 05/04/2005 15:39

My DH already had 2 sons from his first marriage when I met him, so I knew he was pretty flexible about having kids. I wanted to have children too, so it worked out well for us.

TBH, I think that your friend, her DH & their baby issues have nothing to do with the age gap, more to do with general incompatibility. Your friend at 27 is not particularly young to start having kids and her DH is not particularly old. The bare facts are that your friend's personal choice is no kids and his is the opposite. Blaming the age gap is a cop out, IMO.

Fio2 · 05/04/2005 15:42

well i am 27 and my dh is 35

I think sometimes it does cause probs if I am honest

but maybe I am just the problem

dyzzidi · 05/04/2005 15:43

I kind of agree but the age gap thing is what they keep quoting. I do feel there is more to it but they obviousley don't want to look that closely at their relationship.

many many things make relationships work/fail not just one.

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