Age is a state of mind...?
By ElicBxn
@ElicBxn (63593)
United States
August 4, 2023 9:57pm CST
My 50 year old roommate is young enough to be my daughter...
If she had graduated from high school and had a kid, said kid would be 31 or 2. So... she's old enough to be a grandmother. Which would then make me a great grandmother...
Honestly, if her pretend child had a kid at 19 or so then the grandchild would be12 or so...
So, my mother-in-law will be 83 on September 1st. Her eldest great grandchild is old enough to be looking for a wife...
And I? Well, I've never wanted a kid, never had a kid, unless you consider my kitten my kid and she won't be making babies since I got her fixed.
You ever think about things like this?
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@marguicha (222756)
• Chile
5 Aug 23
I never really thought much about age until lately. I got married at 18 with a man almost 7 years my senior. I always thought that he was the right age for me. It seems that in the US girls under 18 can´t date or marry a man over her age. I find that weird. Yet they can be sent to jail (the boys) in some states.
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@DaddyEvil (137257)
• United States
5 Aug 23
Who told you that girls can't date or marry a man older than she is? That's not true. In most US states, a girl who is 16, with one parental signature, can marry a man over 18. (In some states, a girl 14 years old, with a parental signature, can marry a man who is 15 years old, as long as he gets one of his parents to sign for him.)
A boy of 12 can be sent to prison, depending on what he was found guilty of doing in the US. But so can a 12 year old girl, depending on what she was found guilty of doing.
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@marguicha (222756)
• Chile
5 Aug 23
@DaddyEvil I have read about that here. I´m glad that I´m wrong. I always thought it was unnatural. There´s no right or wrong age as I see it.
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@crossbones27 (49401)
• Mojave, California
5 Aug 23
@marguicha I am not sure of the stats but everyone I have known through my life the husband is usually older than wife. I think you probably talking about wealthy or rich people. A lot of those jerks like a good ole trophy wife.I do not know how those women can do that even if had all the money in world, sounds so miserable living when treated with no respect.
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@DaddyEvil (137257)
• United States
5 Aug 23
No, not really.... My first son was born when I was 15. His first son was born when my son was 15. My grandson has a daughter who is 16 years old.
Some things just sound odd until you start adding it all up.
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@DaddyEvil (137257)
• United States
5 Aug 23
@ElicBxn Yeah, small world is right. It was a shock when I figured out my step-daughter's boyfriend was my son...
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@AmbiePam (92384)
• United States
5 Aug 23
I don’t really think of stuff like that, but then the only kids I think about are my two nieces, and nephew. When I think how my brother-in-law will be 66 when the youngest graduates high school, I say yikes. My sister will be 58 (all three kids are adopted).
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@crossbones27 (49401)
• Mojave, California
5 Aug 23
I never think about age, it gets you no where. The only time I use age is when I need a good excuse. I am to old to do that manual labor. 
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@marguicha (222756)
• Chile
5 Aug 23
I use that too, lately. But I would prefer to be young and not have to use that excuse.
But I would prefer to be young and not have to use that excuse.4 people like this
@crossbones27 (49401)
• Mojave, California
5 Aug 23
@marguicha Indeed, but its life, way it goes and nothing can do but make the best of it.
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@jstory07 (139503)
• Roseburg, Oregon
5 Aug 23
I think about things like that all the time. If it wasn't for me my grandchildren would not have been born. My greatgrandchildren would not have been born. And my children would not have been born. Look what I did. Not sure if it is good or bad.
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@Starmaiden (9311)
• Canada
5 Aug 23
When my daughter was 25 she was half my age. My other daughter will be half my age next year.
I'm almost 60 and have no grandchildren. Guess I'm not old enough yet.
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@jstory07 (139503)
• Roseburg, Oregon
5 Aug 23
@Starmaiden I hope you get some grandchildren. Grandchildren are lots of fun.
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@Starmaiden (9311)
• Canada
5 Aug 23
@ElicBxn I had my 1st at 25 and my 2nd at 30.
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@BarBaraPrz (47256)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
5 Aug 23
Yeah, my first nephew is 54 years old... he doesn't have any kids, though.
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@snowy22315 (180366)
• United States
5 Aug 23
I don't really...not that much..but sometimes I think so and so could be my grand daughter...grand son.
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@ElicBxn (63593)
• United States
5 Aug 23
Connie and I when Connie was 40, so I was 34, met a lady who was also 40 and had 2 grandkids and one on the way. I remember a gal in 7th grade who's mother had her at 14 and she planned on dropping out and having a kid at 14... we have to remember that I was only 11 then!
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