Raphael
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ORIGINAL: NoCalOwner Based on a few decades of experiences with people up to 15 years older, and up to 20 years younger than me, I can't say that age has mattered at all. Considering that 20 years younger than me is still illegal and possibly pre-pubescent, I certainly can't match your range of experience on that end. Other than that detail, though, I can back you up fully - I've had relationships with people both much older, about the same age, and much younger, and my experience teaches me that stereotypes are wrong more often than right. That said, if a person thinks that they need only look within a certain age range, then that's what they should do. There may be good reasons for it too. The sort of rudeness noiresilence talks about is just stupid and uncalled for. quote:
I didn't always feel like this, however. When I was 18 I rejected a woman who was 36 based solely on her being twice my age. I was the exact opposite. For years I would *only* look at older women. It started as a hard and fast rule - I had no interest in someone less experienced, less mature, than myself. Girls my age I saw as underdeveloped, shallow, giggly little bits of fluff, and utterly unattractive. And being that this was how I saw them, it would have been silly for me to have done differently at the time. quote:
Celebrating a wonderful 9 years and 6 days with zoot, who is 20 years, 2 months and a day younger than me. Zoot? Zoot!? You found the Castle Anthrax? Where is it, oh I pray you, good sir knight, where may I find the Castle Anthrax? ;) RaphaEl
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