Age difference?

2brides

It seems as though several same-sex couples we know have a significant age difference and think nothing of it (my DP is 12.5 years older than me.)  But among our hetero friends there are very few couples that have a significant age difference (more than a couple of years.)

 
Is there a significant age difference between you and your DP? 

ctbride08

A small one - Andrea is about 4 years older than me.  No biggie now, but it seemed a lot more scandalous when i was in HS and she was graduating from college  

Mrs._F

ctbride08:

but it seemed a lot more scandalous when i was in HS and she was graduating from college

Ha! I love it.

No big difference for us - just 3 years.

kelNnik

I'm six years older, its works well since I act a lot younger and she acts older lol.

rikkiandjulie

Julie is  three years older than me. I agree it was much more scandelous when I was the freshman lesbian, dating the senior going to graduate lesbian. Oh the drama.

bluedaisyus

interesting. my wife is 4 1/2 years older than me, which i don't consider a big difference--especially since i was in my late 20s and she was in her early 30s when we started dating. most of our friends are pretty similar. there are 11 years between my mom and dad, though.

Sweetness2146

T is 10 years older then me, it works because i tend to act like an old lady and she acts like shes in her early 20's. The only time it is at all a little weird is with the kids, people sometimes get confused because I'm only 22 and T's oldest is 11. When T isnt with us people sometimes think he's mine and i am "way to young to have a kid that age" lol

 

 

cookiemonster03

16 months.

Two*True

I beat you all!! ;-) I won't say the actual difference b/c I think people judge it without understanding.  However for those of you who have met us, you can probably guess....well then again, everyone guesses K is about 7-10 yrs younger than she acutally is....

 Anyway...it works perfectly for us.  Not that it doesn't have it's challenges but I wouldn't really want it any other way.  My parents are 13 yrs apart and I've always dated older individuals so it just seems natural to me.

Here at work there are 3 SS couples that I know of with significant age differences.

dancingcoffin

Lisa is 4 1/2 years older than I am.  Again, like some other previous posters, I act a little older than my age and she acts a little younger, so it works for us.  Most people think that Lisa is actually younger than me.  In fact, Lisa still gets carded at liquor stores and casinos and she's turning 37 this year!  Lucky b*tch!

thiswillbe

Our age difference is 13 years (she's older). We started dating when I was just shy of 30 and she was in her early 40s. I definitely think it matters less the older you are, like pps have said.

We met at work, and I was sorta her boss for a while (not formally, but she worked on projects for me), so I seemed older to her than I am and she seemed younger to me than she is. She said when she found out how old I was she felt like she should wash out her head for the thoughts she'd been having. lol.

Most of our good friends who are gay are men, and several of those couples have substantial age differences. I feel that a big age difference plays out differently for gay couples than it does for het couples. Like it's potentially less of an issue because the people in relationship start out on equal footing with each other, gender-wise. (Did that make any sense at all?)

leapgirl8

Jen and I are only a year apart - I'm 29, she's 30. However, she graduated from college a year early and then I spent three years in law school. So she has been working full-time for almost eight years and I only have three years of full-time experience, two of which really don't count anymore b/c they weren't law-related jobs. So we're definitely at different places in our careers, and that can make it feel like there is more of an age difference than there really is.

mickey2004

there is 16 years between us she is older iam 30 shes 46 never been a problem but dad was a little freaked at first because he is only