Need some insight into age difference
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Need some insight into age difference
| Thu, 03-25-2004 - 8:52am |
Met a guy online who is just a really nice guy. Met for brunch and hit it off really well. He asked me out for tommorrow night and I want to get to know him better BUT..I'm 32 and he's 42. He has a 24 year old married son from a "slip up" when he was young ..lol And a 10 year old daughter he's also close to with his exwife. I think I'm attracted to him physically, frankly that first date I was so nervous that it's hard to remember..lol. I've always dated people who are 30, 31..34 maybe. Never someone 10 years older. Just seems odd to me I guess. What I do enjoy is he's grounded...the other guys I've dated in their early thirties still don't have their lives together it seems and can't concentrated on us.
I guess I just need some insight here..is the 10 years and the fact he has a son only 8 years younger than me a big deal?
I guess I just need some insight here..is the 10 years and the fact he has a son only 8 years younger than me a big deal?

Don't worry about the 10 years. If you like him, go for it!
I have never dated anyone with kids at all, much less kids close to my age, so I'm not sure how I'd feel about that.
If you want to have children in the future, you will probably want to address that issue with him soon b/c it's possible that he's done raising kids and won't want more. Then again, maybe he does, but I'd definitely ask.
You're just starting to date this man so you don't even have to start worrying about the possibilities of a marriage. But when and if the time comes for that (long time down the road) the children are probably the biggest issue involved with a man who's 10 years older and in his 40's. You might want your own children.. he might be THROUGH raising babies, as the other poster already pointed out.
Good luck.