Kumasan2
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ORIGINAL: impishlilhellcat Age differences between partners how does everyone feel about the issue and if there's a connection between two people does the age difference really matter and at what point is it too much? As I'm sure many will say, age is simply a number. If the levels of maturity between two people match then the chronological difference between them shouldn't matter. Chronological age and maturity are two different things. I've met people who are chronologically 20 but have the mind and maturity of a 40 year old, and vice versa. The maturity is what's going to matter, at least insofar as physical health doesn't become an issue. The problem of physical health is what may ultimately be the more looming issue as time goes on. A 60 year old with a 40 year old partner will most certainly see issues arise in many fronts, simply from the natural aging process. I know that there are plenty of very active 60 year olds and I hope to be one when I grow up. However time does march on and maladies accrue. That doesn't mean that it can't happen and if both parties are ultimately happy, who's to say boo otherwise? Certainly not me. There are many "formulae" out there for determining the age that one should seek in a partner. The most common one I know is for the male to halve his age and add 7 to arrive at the "perfect" age for a female companion. In my case, that would be.... let's see.... carry the one... 28. I would certainly look toward an intelligent and capable 28 year old as a very good match for me. My desires to live a life in both the D/s and vanilla world, complete with the potential of family, means that a 28 year old partner and I would be able to get to know each other and have "grown-up" fun before moving on to raising a family. (Not that it isn't possible to have grown-up fun while being a parent, I mean this only in the sense that priorities change focus.) All of the above is my opinion and thought only. I certainly speak for no one else, I have enough voices in my head already.
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"A Master, if He is indeed wise, does not bid you enter the house of His wisdom, but rather leads you to the threshold of your own mind." -Kahlil Gibran
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