From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!npoiv!npois!houxm!houxa!houxi!whuxk!monitor Newsgroups: net.singles Title: Age Differences Article-I.D.: whuxk.139 Posted: Wed Jan 12 12:25:49 1983 Received: Fri Jan 14 03:24:10 1983 After reading several articles about "older women," I've decided to add my two cents (for whatever that's worth): For the past eight months, I've been seeing someone nine years older than me (I'm 24). We've gotten along fine, and the age difference has stopped bothering us a long time ago. Interestingly enough, our friends have all been encouraging and thoughtful; nobody has voiced anything but good things to us. (In fact, her friends were telling her not to worry early on, when she WAS worried.) Our relationship has been very good from the start, and looks like a real winner for now. My parents are very supportive, hers are non- committal and a little worried, but they don't give her any hassles (she's in the midst of a divorce now, so she's living at home for the time being. Maybe later I'll post something about meeting someone who's on the rebound.) >From my own experience, I feel that age make little or no difference at all, and any problems are caused by a wrong attitude of one or both people involved. I have dated people ranging from three years younger to nine years older, and the relationships succeeded or failed not due to age, but due to the people themselves. Pat Wood whuxk!monitor mhuxv!phw