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acceptable Age Difference
What do you think is an acceptable maximum age difference in a couple?
I'm currently in a relationship with a 7 year age gap. I don't mind what others think i'm just curious.
I'm currently in a relationship with a 7 year age gap. I don't mind what others think i'm just curious.
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Unlimited, so long as it's true love!
Reply 2
my mum and dad have an 8 yr age gap.. im sure when you older the age gap doesn't really matter. but say a 13 yr old was going out with a 20 yr old it would seem a bit.... ummm... not right. 
Reply 3
16
Its up to the individual.
Everyone critisized my 16 year old sister whos with a 23 year old called him a pervert, but they're still as strong as ever.
I've only just come to terms with it.
Everyone critisized my 16 year old sister whos with a 23 year old called him a pervert, but they're still as strong as ever.
I've only just come to terms with it.
Reply 4
9
As long as both are legal in their respective country, it shouldn't matter(as long as it's for love)
There should be an option for 'more than 10 years but not quite limitless!'
Reply 6
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AndrewsJoseph
There should be an option for 'more than 10 years but not quite limitless!'
whoops
Reply 7
9
can't change it now 
Reply 8
yes fair play about the age differents ect. But at what age is it acceptable to start seeing/dating/going-out with people with that much of an age difference?..
Reply 9
i dont really think there is one, but of course it depends on what age people meet each other, cos well its ok for a 20 and a 40 to be together but not a 10yr old and a 20 yr old etc
Reply 10
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co
i dont really think there is one, but of course it depends on what age people meet each other, cos well its ok for a 20 and a 40 to be together but not a 10yr old and a 20 yr old etc
which is where the age of conscent comes into place, i think if both are at/past that age, they can make there own judgment.
Reply 11
theres 10 between my parts.. mom 56 dad 46... cause a lil prob cause my bro is 36 (dif dad) so it confused people sometimes lmfao
but im 17 and my bf is 23/4 soon
i got with him when i was 16
he got called cradle snatcher ect.. but were together now for nearly year and half
but im 17 and my bf is 23/4 soon
i got with him when i was 16
he got called cradle snatcher ect.. but were together now for nearly year and half
Reply 12
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Brown Eyed Girl
theres 10 between my parts.. mom 56 dad 46... cause a lil prob cause my bro is 36 (dif dad) so it confused people sometimes lmfao
but im 17 and my bf is 23/4 soon
i got with him when i was 16
he got called cradle snatcher ect.. but were together now for nearly year and half
but im 17 and my bf is 23/4 soon
i got with him when i was 16
he got called cradle snatcher ect.. but were together now for nearly year and half
my gf is 17, i'm 24, i'm nearly 25 and a couple of months after she'll be 18
Reply 13
from personal experieince i think there are limits...depending on your age. i was 17/18 when my ex was 20/21 and as much as we loved each other i think realistically we wnated different things at the stages in life we were at. well maybe the smae things but for me it was too muh too young. i think if you don't mind settleing down or vice versa then ok, but otherwise it's hard when you're young. however tehre is 9 years between my rents and they are great together so i think it more depends on how old you are when you're with them and what you wnat in life.
Reply 14
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it depends on the age of the people involved really. As people have already said on here.
I don't agree with a 12 year old with a 16 year old. But would agree with more than a 4 year gap if both were over 20ish.
It also lies heavily in maturity as well. I know people that had the mind of a 18 year old very young, while some people still think and act like they are 16 at 37....bloody step mother thing.
I don't agree with a 12 year old with a 16 year old. But would agree with more than a 4 year gap if both were over 20ish.
It also lies heavily in maturity as well. I know people that had the mind of a 18 year old very young, while some people still think and act like they are 16 at 37....bloody step mother thing.
Reply 15
What about 19 (nearly 20) and 30 (nearly 31)? Also, what about a girl who's 19 and her boyfriend is in his 40s? When you're an adult, surely it doesn't really matter so long as she's mature enough to handle it and he's not trying to take advantage.
Reply 16
I think, and i've also been a little philosophical like this, that at the end of the day, you fall in love with who you fall in love with. That person might be black white male female, old or young - but you cant stop yourself and other people from being the type of person you want. You cant ignore your feelings - assuming you're old enough to understand them - just because that person doesnt fit into the "type" of partner you want! i might not have been looking for someone who was 7 years older, but i dont love him less because he is! I love the person not the statistics! I've known him over two and half years and been his partner for over a year and a half of that - i wouldnt change him for the world!
Reply 17
I think that so long as she knows what she's doing and he doesnt take advantage then why not? Like i said, you dont choose who you love
Reply 18
i did used to think there wasnt an age limit, but one of my friends(same age as me, 16) is going out with a 35 yr old.......and shes in love with him, and he tells her that he loves her too, but i dunno...... i just dont like him.... but then again, another friend went out with a 22 yr old when she was 13, and another friend went out with him a yr later so she was 14 and he was 23 and both times it was totally fine. i think 10 years ish is a limit i guess while you're in your teens. But at the end of the day, you have to make you're own decisions(and its your own responsibility if you get hurt), and each case is different. I mean, people who are the same age going out with each other can still hurt each other or take advatage of each other
Reply 19
my mate bf was about 50 when she was 20
before me and my bf got together i said to him this is up to you mainly as i was the younger one. we new each other very well
he turend around and said to me you are not 16 i was his age
i didn't want him to be uncomfortable about it.
he got stick for it
he got phone calls saying that hed hooked up with a barely legal child so on...
if anything they were the childs
before me and my bf got together i said to him this is up to you mainly as i was the younger one. we new each other very well
he turend around and said to me you are not 16 i was his age
i didn't want him to be uncomfortable about it.
he got stick for it
he got phone calls saying that hed hooked up with a barely legal child so on...
if anything they were the childs
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