Acceptable age difference between partners

[Harry Angstrom]

You eat a lot of vegan meals anyway iirc. You'd have to let her know.

Indeed I would

until she told me her name was Val, put me right off.

 

[MackneyHackem]

I was the same morally at 33. Job I was doing at that time I was working with loads of lasses around 19 and I’d not have dabbled. Not for me that like

I don't even think I've spoken to a 19yr old for about 10 years.

 

[the boot]

I remember pulling a 40 year old in a night club in my teens, she was decent and thin, but I remember putting my hand on her stomach and feeling loose skin.

I carried on anyway, until she told me her name was Val, put me right off.

 

[ilovehorswill]

Oh is that what you were on about yesterday when you said 'HA'?

Apart from the fact that I've got my own place your content is really on point.


With her or the bloke?

No you don't. You have a mortgage for 25% of a "place" with a BMW on the drive, bought on the tick

 

[pillars of hercules]

Even worse when the lass in younger. My mate married a lass 10 year younger who like himself never wanted kids. She got to 35ish and all of a sudden wanted them. Result. Hes 51 wandering about aimlessly with two nippers and all the shite he spouted to us for years about kids has been forgotten.
I love asking him to come out now knowing it’s a no no because he’s busy with the kids.

I'm 51 with 2 young kids. I get out when I want no bother. He needs to put his foot down

 

[MackneyHackem]

No you don't. You have a mortgage for 25% of a "place" with a BMW on the drive, bought on the tick

Does anybody know what the fuck this idiot is going on about?

 

[the boot]

I'm 51 with 2 young kids. I get out when I want no bother. He needs to put his foot down

His lass works away. London every week. Honest it’s funny how years ago he would rib us about not going out.
his latest excuse for leaving cards early was he was at tumble tots the next morning

 

[pillars of hercules]

His lass works away. London every week. Honest it’s funny how years ago he would rib us about not going out.
his latest excuse for leaving cards early was he was at tumble tots the next morning

Aye shoes on the other foot for me. I work away so it's more a case of wanting to spend time with them. I'm sick of the sight of pubs

 

[I am Boss]

I remember pulling a 40 year old in a night club in my teens, she was decent and thin, but I remember putting my hand on her stomach and feeling loose skin.

I carried on anyway, until she told me her name was Val, put me right off.

 

[pillars of hercules]

I was being stalked by a 19 year old lass when I was 31. After a year or so I gave in and took her out. We're still together and married 20 years on

 

[the boot]

I was being stalked by a 19 year old lass when I was 31. After a year or so I gave in and took her out. We're still together and married 20 years on

Awww ya big softie.

 

[Mackem00]

His lass works away. London every week. Honest it’s funny how years ago he would rib us about not going out.
his latest excuse for leaving cards early was he was at tumble tots the next morning

I reckon it's shitter not being able to go out all the time at 20 odd than it is at 40 odd tbf.

 

[Keawyeds]

What's the largest disparity in age you've experience in a relationship? What's acceptable and what's not?

Me personally, my ex was 3 and a bit years older than me.
I'm nearly 2 and 3/4 older than Mrs K

In terms of "acceptable age differences", if one is older than the other, which gender and by how much is the limit do you think?

I'm pretty sure an old "rule" was that you could get away with going out with someone if they were half your age plus 7

 

[OOOSH YEAH]

I reckon it's shitter not being able to go out all the time at 20 odd than it is at 40 odd tbf.

Yeah this is what I think as well. He’s got it the right way around. I see a lot less of my mates now at this age than I did back then as we have big families now and family comes first. I’d be a lot more inclined to have a night out for food with my lass than a few pints down the pub on a weekend. Plus I’m shite with drink now as well.

I'm pretty sure an old "rule" was that you could get away with going out with someone if they were half your age plus 7

I know you’re not saying that’s right but fuck what people think as long as it’s legal. If it works for you then it’s your life and the pair of you are all that matters. Look after number one.

 

[the boot]

I reckon it's shitter not being able to go out all the time at 20 odd than it is at 40 odd tbf.

Not much difference

 

[Keawyeds]

Yeah this is what I think as well. He’s got it the right way around. I see a lot less of my mates now at this age than I did back then as we have big families now and family comes first. I’d be a lot more inclined to have a night out for food with my lass than a few pints down the pub on a weekend. Plus I’m shite with drink now as well.

I know you’re not saying that’s right but fuck what people think as long as it’s legal. If it works for you then it’s your life and the pair of you are all that matters. Look after number one.

Agreed. Although I have to say, old blokes, I mean like Mick Jagger et al having kids in their late 60s/70s just seems wrong to me.
I know life can be snatched away at any moment, but those kids will never potentially know their Dad if he's going to pop off at 80 odd when they're still in school.

 

[OOOSH YEAH]

Agreed. Although I have to say, old blokes, I mean like Mick Jagger et al having kids in their late 60s/70s just seems wrong to me.
I know life can be snatched away at any moment, but those kids will never potentially know their Dad if he's going to pop off at 80 odd when they're still in school.

Yeah I agree with that but then that’s a very extreme example.

 

[the boot]

Life ain’t about going out on the drink.
I think handling kids in your 20s 30s is a lot easier. No disrespect to the older people who do have them late on, I’m only talking in a personal sense. I’m also thinking my mate will be 65 when his kids are leaving school.

 

[MackneyHackem]

I reckon it's shitter not being able to go out all the time at 20 odd than it is at 40 odd tbf.

Sounds like he’s done it the right way around to me.

Life ain’t about going out on the drink.
I think handling kids in your 20s 30s is a lot easier. No disrespect to the older people who do have them late on, I’m only talking in a personal sense. I’m also thinking my mate will be 65 when his kids are leaving school.

Most of my mates were the youngest one out of them and their siblings. I was the odd one out for having younger parents.

 

[MickeyV]

Agreed. Although I have to say, old blokes, I mean like Mick Jagger et al having kids in their late 60s/70s just seems wrong to me.
I know life can be snatched away at any moment, but those kids will never potentially know their Dad if he's going to pop off at 80 odd when they're still in school.

The wealth might be some compensation in those cases, but I reckon teenagers need fathers. Up to about 12, the Mam is way more important, but Dads are usually in a good position to give support and guidance during the transition to adulthood.
My better half and I were both 47 when we had our 'excellent accident', which resulted in a new wave of friends for us through his school and social life. Kept us young, I reckon, mixing with people 20 years younger than us, so age differences between mates is maybe not so important. The bloke I quoted in # 99 is one of these 'eternal 49s' BTW.