Is it acceptable to date someone younger than you?

[LiquidLuck.]

I can't talk about people younger than me but I've been with guys older than me by 10 years.. and my dad is 11 years older than my mother.

[Grig]

My parents were 10 years apart, but they met in their 20s/30s which is alright.

It is wrong though, when you are barely a teenager and dating someone in their 20s. Now that's not right. Love may be love, but there are reasons why teens cannot have sex, drink alcohol etc. They are still developing and at times, their brains not matured to make calculated and rational decisions. It looks bad and it is bad.

[Gibs960]

My mum is 10 years younger than my dad and my step mum is 13 years younger than my dad, and I don't think that's wrong considering they're both adults. I think at my age (14/15) you shouldn't go for a bigger age gap than 1 or 2 years.

[Imp!]

personally I think for a 20 year old to go out with a 40 year isnt acceptable however, maybe 25? I dont know its confusing like think about it a twenty year old going out with a thirty year old, realistically one of them was ten when the other one was twenty!

[Zak]

Different rules for older people.

18 and date a 10 year old is sick and wrong.

48 and date a 40 year old is perfectly fine imo.

[ivegotaniphone6]

Nope sorry. Anything other than a month apart is totally unacceptable to most of the normal members of society.

[Yawn]

yeah if they were like both 20+ then no problem. If it's 18 and like 10 then there is probably an issue lol

if the 10 year old likes it then i dont see the issue

I can't talk about people younger than me but I've been with guys older than me by 10 years.. and my dad is 11 years older than my mother.

nice! get that older **** girl

[buttons]

is it natural for 16 year olds to be bopping on their 27 year olds *REMOVED*

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damn right
i dated a 28 yr old when i was 17 & a 19 yr old when i was 15. they were immature though so you forgot their age. same as my friend, she's 20 with a 32 year old and she's much more mature than him.

mum n dad got together when he was 18 n she was 23, i couldn't imagine me being 23 n wanting to date an 18 year old boy tbh. woman loves a (rich) toy boy. also when my aunt was 45 she pulled a 19 year old lolol

@Imp!; i don't see problem with 20 n 40 dating, ye one will be 60 when others 40 so it may be a doomed relationship but doesn't mean it's 'wrong' or 'disgusting'

[LiquidLuck.]

damn right
i dated a 28 yr old when i was 17 & a 19 yr old when i was 15. they were immature though so you forgot their age. same as my friend, she's 20 with a 32 year old and she's much more mature than him.

mum n dad got together when he was 18 n she was 23, i couldn't imagine me being 23 n wanting to date an 18 year old boy tbh. woman loves a (rich) toy boy. also when my aunt was 45 she pulled a 19 year old lolol

@Imp!; i don't see problem with 20 n 40 dating, ye one will be 60 when others 40 so it may be a doomed relationship but doesn't mean it's 'wrong' or 'disgusting'

WOW!!! LOL your aunt must be awesome.

Anyway my dad was my mother's high school teacher so she was 17 and he was 28 when they met. When she was 18 and he was 29 they were already pregnant with my brother, when she was 19 and my dad 30 my brother was born. 5 years later they had me and still were together for 3/4 years after that so for someone with such a big difference of age it lasted quite a while.

I believe that mainly girls when they are teenagers or young adults, tend to find guys that are older because at least for me I feel way more protected with a 20 something yo than with a 18yo.. Also even though the level of maturity is still lower than ours, there is a big difference between those ages..

[Catchy]

personally wouldn't date someone younger than me and never have lmao @buttons;

your 20 and 40 comment really depends on the people i think. One of my friends is 19 and she got with a 40 somet year old man which came with lots of baggage, he had an ex wife, kids... the lot. They were together for over a year but the amount of **** it caused between his family and it was just so messy. They had totally different priorities and she couldn't understand how his kids ALWAYS came first no matter what, she would say "it would be nice if I came first once in a while" and I had to try and explain that it was never gonna happen because no matter what she'd never EVER be first in his life, it would always be his kids. Anyway it was such a messy relationship and I think when you're so young you're still really naive, let's face it most of us are still kids (I know I am even though I'm 20 lol) and I don't think I could take on all that baggage from someone. It's too messy and hearts get broken. Different priorities in life and different views, it's just ASKING FOR TROUBLE! Like I said though, most probably totally depends on the person but I wouldn't want it in a million!