Should a guy marry a girl elder to him?

United States
January 23, 2007 1:46am CST
Do you think this is feasible? Are there any complications invloved in this ?
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18 responses
@aelyus (634)
• Romania
23 Jan 07
My mother was older than my father with 2 years.I can say that they were happy,but I think that is a particular case!I believe that where is love,age doesn't matter!
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@darckj (885)
• Philippines
23 Jan 07
"age does not matter..." whats the use of this saying? of course, yes! it doesn't matter who is older than whom.. what's more important is, both partners is keeping the love burning! i don't know what you mean by "feasible".. but i believe marrying her is possible.. complications? perhaps yes, expect that one.. there is no such thing as perfect couple, and if there is, it is very rare.. remember also that fight among couple is but a natural and normal thing.. expect fights which are ego-related.. the things like "who's the boss" type.. God bless man!
@darckj (885)
• Philippines
23 Jan 07
ill say it once again, perhaps yes... :)
• United States
23 Jan 07
but u do accept that there might be complications
@imadriscoll (2228)
• United States
23 Jan 07
I am 9 months older then my husband and we have no age related problems whatsoever. Well, he always reminds me that I will be 30 first, or 40 first or 50 first ... but after I give him a good whack upside the head things are fine! I don't think age has anything to do with love (except if one person is a minor) and if you find a person who loves you and cherishes you then age shouldn't be a reflection!
• Philippines
23 Jan 07
i really think that age doesn't matter. as long as you love somebody, why not?! it's the love that counts! and if there's any problem in the way, the couple should be responsible enough to work it out and together they emerge successfully
• United States
23 Jan 07
age doesn't matter but so many things mite pop up once u hv tied the knot.. no one knows wats next to come
@ajithlal (14716)
• India
23 Jan 07
I also think the age doesn't matter. Some of my friends have married girls elder to them and they are not having any problem. I think some guys looks younger than age and some guys looks older than age so the actual age is never matter. What that matters is the maturity of the person and the ability to look at things. Also, I don't thing there is any complication in age in marriage. All that matters is love and relationship.
• United Arab Emirates
23 Jan 07
to be honest i am attracted to guys who are elder to me and i dont like guys as in boys i think thy are kinda time pass type
• Philippines
23 Jan 07
At first, I thought my relationship with him wouldn't work out given the fact that he's 5 years younger than me. But it turned out that there are many things that I didn't know that I learned from him and things that changed both our perspectives in life. It's up to the girl if she wants this kind of relationship, but she has to be aware of the responsibilities that she has to take for this. It's different from a relationship with an older guy for many reasons.
@humaaaa (1386)
• Pakistan
23 Jan 07
age doesn't matter but still the girl doesn't has to be so much older like around 10 yers no girl can be 5 to 8 years older thats the limit.
@desiret (2117)
• Italy
23 Jan 07
if they love each other, there is no problem i think! maybe the problem could be the prejudice of the people! but to be honest i don't care about what people think. i want to be free to do what is good for me!
@umavarma1 (926)
• India
23 Jan 07
yes they are lots of complications but these marriages are possible.example aiswarya and abishek marriage
• India
23 Jan 07
i donot think that there should b any problem i guess it is the love and care wich shud matter
@anex84 (465)
• Bulgaria
23 Jan 07
A man shouldn't necessarily be older, or any reason. One reason girls in their 20's marry older guys by a couple years, is the usual maturity level of someone 2-3 years older. A 23 year old woman might be a bit more mature than a 23 year old man...but that's not always true either. So do what you want, couple years is nothing.
@sheramel (228)
• Philippines
23 Jan 07
why not??? if the guy love that girl..
• United States
23 Jan 07
Hi dear friend, I think as long as someone is attached so madly that he has no concerns regarding any factors of life the age factor is not at all a problem. also depends how elder is the girl to a guy. some find it acceptable some not.Some guys don't want their gal to be elder to them. again medically also it might create some difficulties in future when there are issue concerns.well more then that I don't think there is any other thing for worry.
@gangasa (220)
• India
23 Jan 07
not at all but i think this should be made as a trend i think girl should always be elder than a boy
@anup12 (4177)
• India
23 Jan 07
No complications at all my friend.Age does not matter at all in love or marriage.You just have to be understanding each other very well and you have to trust each other and lead a happy and healthy life.
@janejaa (412)
• Pakistan
23 Jan 07
Offcourse it's ok to marry a girl who is older than you. It has great rewards from God. If I know a girl who is older than me but she loves me truely, honesttly and loyally, I'd definitely marry her. We need good parnters so age factor should not be there then.
@hcromer (2710)
• United States
23 Jan 07
I don't think that it is too big of a deal for a man to marry an older woman or vice versa. The only thing I could think of that would be a problem is that women mature much faster than men so she would be MUCH more mature than him.
@victorwzj (539)
23 Jan 07
If their both love each other I don't see why not?. In fact my mom were older than my father and they are happy couple now. There are still some traditional families that don't allow their son to marry a girl that old then him. Those families were very strict about this matter and no exceptional were given even the girl only older than him 1 month. If you are not from those families then consider yourself lucky. you are free to love and marry who ever that you like. People say there are no condition in love and I do believe it. If both people love each other other factor such as age, money , skin color and even ethnic does not matter.