age gap

@esphyka (158)
Philippines
September 14, 2008 4:31am CST
does age gap really affect the relationship?
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8 responses
@iskayz (5420)
• Philippines
14 Sep 08
Hi there! Well, somehow yes. It could affect a relationship. There are people who are young but thinks maturely when it comes to a relationship. And yet there are still others who are old enough but tends to think in a childlish way. For a relationship to work out it really depends on the persons involved and not on the age gap. Just treat each other with love and respect, no matter what age your partner has will make a relationship work. Ciao!
• India
14 Sep 08
i think that the a age gap will not affect relationships. its all in our minds and how we think about a relationship. but i still that if the age gap is more then it could affect a relationship. and one must see it before even getting into a relationship.
@patzel88 (3310)
• Philippines
14 Sep 08
no, it depends to the two person when they are meant to each other age is doesnt matter.
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@icegermany (2524)
• India
14 Sep 08
i feel that age really affects the relationship. coz the elder people think in a different way and the younger in a different way and also the grand parents think in a different way. i think its just the stages of life where we get maturity and we improve our thinking as we experience life. but the people younger to you will never understand this and when they reach our stage or age they will understand what we try to tell them and we dont understand to our elders and may be we can better understand them when we reach their age and it really happens and runs as usual with everyone. i can tell this as now i can understand my parents well as now i am a parent too but i was not able to understand them when i was studying or when i was a student. it really takes time for us to understand but its the how it is. i hope u agree with me.
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@kayedanda (1850)
• Philippines
17 Oct 08
in some ways, yes. my husband is three years younger than i am. and you know what they say, that women mature faster than men so the perfect match would be the man being at least three years older than the woman. people are often surprised when i tell them that my husband is younger than i am, and they immediately ask questions regarding how do we cope up with the age difference. well, i say it's in the way both of the parties handle the relationship. although we argue sometimes about how happy-go-lucky he is or how sorely serious i am in life, it is never something that we let between us. as much as possible, we try to understand each other and make room for differences brought about by our age gap.
• Australia
17 Oct 08
I think if both the girl and the boy love eachother than it shouldn't be a difference. I know an older couple, age gap is 11 years. But guess what. There strong and happy and recently celebrated there 20th anniversery earlier this year. If other people can do it, so can you. :) Goodluck.
• United States
17 Sep 08
Yes in some cases it does but also depends on the couple how mature they are,and if they love the person for who they are on the inside and not just the out side.I also they need to have things in common,enjoy doing a lot of the same things but the biggest hing is that it is true love honesty and most of all trust.
14 Sep 08
I am married and my husband is 20 years my senior, I don't think the fact that there is two decades between us that our relationship differs any from that of my friends that are similarly aged with thier partners. We had an uphill struggle with friends and family in regards to acceptance but that actually went on to make us stronger as a couple. we have been together now for 13 years and have 2 sons and have been married for almost 10 years. in that time we have seen plenty of so called normal age ranged relationships split up and ending in divorce. I think the reason we are still together is that we don't treat each other as an age but rather as the person we fell in love with. yes there are times when our differance in age just stands out but that is more to do with things such as music, television programs which to be honest is not a great reason not to love someone. my husband is never one to step on my new experiances that he himself had done years ago but does add to my knowledge and understanding of life should I look as though I will make a mistake that he himself has done in the past. I think in day to day life every age goes through very similar experiances that are thrust upon us wether we like it or not. my Husband may be 50 but certainly doesn't act it, in fact if you took a look at our out look and personalities you would actually think i was 50 and he was 30 as I have an older out look on life more so than he does. its not about age its about personality and if you are trusted loved and respected then hopefully your relationships will work.