Half your age + 7 a good ballpark for dating girls?

cat in heat wrote:

Are you saying men suffer when women start looking old? How exactly are they suffering? Seriously. What's so wrong with aging?

I wouldn't want to go back to being a silly 19 year old girl if I had the choice. I like myself a lot better as I am now with some wrinkles than who I was when I was 19. When I was 19 I was superficial, immature, and couldn't even think for myself. I'd totally take the wrinkles and gray hair over being the superficial pretty teen any day.

they are suffering because they are with an older woman who doesn't look nearly as good as a nubile younger woman. Yes, you are more interesting now that you're older, but a young beautiful woman is sometimes worth inane superficial chatter.

I think if you've got some sense of responsibility that sets you up to date somebody just a little bit too young. I just turned 35. Over the last few years I've dated 26 to 36 year olds. I had a few conversations with intent with 24 and 25 year olds and just couldn't see anything actually happening in any of those cases. 26 or 27 seemed to be the edge of where girls were far enough out of undergrad to be real adults and to be somebody I could see being on the same basic level as.

Half HER age + 7.

Girls are like squaring numbers ...

If they're under 13 just do them in your head

My wife and I are 14 years apart. I met her when she was 15 and spied her while she was growing up.

cradle robber wrote:

My wife and I are 14 years apart. I met her when she was 15 and spied her while she was growing up.

How old was she when you married her?

This had to be one of the most laughable comments I've ever read on LR! Everyone get out the sympathy cards - the wrinkles on her face are actually causing him to suffer. Dude, just from hearing your thought process, I'd bet everything I own that any woman who is with you is suffering WAY more than you. I could not be any more genuine. You should count yourself lucky to hold on to a woman for longer than a week. If I were to guess, you are already past 45, wrinkled, and still lonely.

jsj wrote:

How old was she when you married her?

28. Which, incidentally, fits perfectly with the 1/2 your age + 7 rule.

If you were 19, would you go for a 38-year-old? Just curious.[/quote]

I would. Age is just a number. Relationships are really a case-by-case basis, not something that you should ever make a rule-of-thumb for.[/quote]

How about an 88 year old, is that just a number?

You go out with a girl as young as you can. It's her doing the deciding. Of course you might not want to get serious with them

doclove wrote:

If you were 19, would you go for a 38-year-old? Just curious.

I would. Age is just a number. Relationships are really a case-by-case basis, not something that you should ever make a rule-of-thumb for.[/quote]

How about an 88 year old, is that just a number?

You go out with a girl as young as you can. It's her doing the deciding. Of course you might not want to get serious with them[/quote]

An 88 yr old? Sure I would. I don't care about age. I'm looking for a particular set of qualities and characteristics. If there is an 88 yr old out there that has them, then I'd be with her.