Older men?

[James]

Oh I wanted to add: I believe a lot of us miss the point of threads such as these.

We are providing good discussion, analyzing pros and cons, but in reality the person is REALLY asking us whether it will LOOK right to date someone older, a different race, ethnicity, same sex, different religion, etc.

They are looking for reassurance that they are not wierd, different, or will get looked upon hostiley by their peers and authority figures.

Shrug.

Otherwise, why the hell are they asking us if something is going to work out between them and another human being based solely on one arbitray thing lol?

Good discussion nonetheless.

Originally posted by James
I think the biggest issue here is both how you think others will perceive you and how you preceive the relationship from a social acceptability perspective. Mostly you are wondering about the approval of your friends and family.

News flash Some of them will like your SO and some will not no matter what lol.

A relationship will either work or not work depending on an enormous amount of factors. We are talking relationship psychology here, and psychology is great at explaining after the fact, but bad at predicting what will happen.

In fact most of the time its rationalization. I doubt many of us really know why or our relationships work or don't in a way that could be clearly expressed.