From: utzoo!decvax!decwrl!amd70!clif
Newsgroups: net.social
Title: re: age differences
Article-I.D.: amd70.400
Posted: Tue Jan 11 18:58:54 1983
Received: Thu Jan 13 05:22:21 1983


	My roommate (22) has been dating a lady for about a year who is
40 or 41.  Although, she is very attractive, she looks  like a 
35-40 year old lady. To make matters worse my roommate looks like 
he is 18, (he is always carded at bars, supermarkets etc. even 
when he is with his girlfriend ).   She also has a daughter, who is
13.  It sounds like a recipe for a horrible relationship.  However,
their relationship is one of the best I've have ever seen. (It is like 
something out of a Pop song it almost sickenly sweet.)

	Many people, including myself, have asked them if the age difference
doesn't bother them.  My roommate said that her age never really concern
him and since they aren't planning on marrying it is really unimportant.
She said that at first she was self-concious, but now she doesn't even
think about it.

	Observing them for year has really changed my attitudes towards
the age differences.   I really believe that the "age taboo" (the woman
older then the man) is an anachronistic throwback to an era when the 
father's duty was to make sure that his daughter(s) married men who could
support them.  Hopefully, now that women are allowed to assume roles
other than being a housewife and mother, the "age taboo" will gradually
disappear.