How do you feel about this1c84? Maybe I'm just small minded, but it seems kind of weird.
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ur32747381 — 10 years ago(October 24, 2015 04:15 PM)
Age is nothing but a number. They are great together. And technically, she's 12 years, 9 months older than him - not 14. Have you ever heard of the 7+ rule? It's when the eldest person in the relationship halves his/her age and adds 7, or conversely, the youngest person in the relationship can double his/her age and subtract 7 to get the oldest person he/she should date for it to be considered decent by society's standards. Jackman and his wife actually pass that test. They married when was 27 and she was 40. If you double his age at the time, and subtract 7, you get 47. If you halve her age at the time, and add 7, you get 27. So either way, they should be considered fine even according to society's shallow standards.
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ur67805822 — 9 years ago(November 02, 2016 03:28 PM)
I'm familiar with that formula and it has occurred to me when thinking about date-able women. It's kind of a guideline as to whether you should broach the subject or let it go.
I once expressed to a woman she was within the formula, and I think she was a bit unnerved, but she got over it, eventually. I'm so nice and respectful, most women realize I mean no harm, and don't mind a little attention.
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ur1602504 — 10 years ago(October 25, 2015 03:34 PM)
I think we have known that forwell, it has been a known fact foryears now so I never really thought about it. She met him when he was nobody and she was famous, no fans today knew who he was back then. There is nothing weird about it. It is still a bit sad when it is considered normal when a guy marries 20 years younger woman but it is considered weird vice versa.
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ur0207893 — 10 years ago(October 27, 2015 05:11 AM)
It is still a bit sad when it is considered normal when a guy marries 20 years younger woman but it is considered weird vice versa.
People keep saying that but is it really considered
normal
when a guy marries a woman 20 years younger. I don't consider that normal. I don't think most people I know would either. They'd all be "she's too young for him. It won't last. They have nothing in common." That said, you're right, the reverse is considered more strange. I think because we can understand why a younger woman would marry an older man more than we can understand why a younger man would want to marry an older woman. -
ur1602504 — 10 years ago(October 27, 2015 05:25 AM)
I think one of the reasons is that it is often seen through mans eyes (why would he choose an older woman?). As a woman, I can understand why, a successful, older but beautiful woman would choose a younger man for some reasons (while young woman with an older man is suspected for just wanting his money, older woman simply wants a man who canwell, last longer
). But I think love really is blind so I think it is more common now due to modern ways of communication. In the past, you just went out to meet friends of your age while now, when you create a community at the internet, the moment you meet outside the internet, there are people of different ages. Sci-fi conventions are a good example of this (in my case)
However, it was not a case of Hugh and Deb. They simply fell in love during filming
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ur17800800 — 9 years ago(May 30, 2016 07:17 AM)
There could be many reasons why a man would want to marry a woman much older than him it could be money reasons looking for experience and looking for a mother figure i personally don't think it's a big deal unless the woman is more than 30 years older and 40 years older.
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ur67805822 — 9 years ago(November 02, 2016 03:36 PM)
Funny aside I know a woman who is probably in her early 70s and I'm in my late 50s. We get along great, but we don't date or anything like that. But there's something about her I find attractive. She's petite, wears a tight little pony-tail, has pale blue eyes, is very talkative with a sense of humor. I'm not bowled over by her, but I'm sometimes surprised how much I enjoy spending time with her. And she always seems so happy to see me, but I think she treats everyone like that. Nice lady.
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Pianohero4 — 10 years ago(November 27, 2015 03:13 PM)
It's normal for a man to marry a younger female because the human species is a sex for resources species. The women trade their fecundity for the man's resources. Men gain resources as they get older, while women lose fecundity as they get older. secondly, men can reproduce well into old age while women go barren around their late 30's. The "modern standards" are actually the exception to the rule, and are based on hypergamy and slave morality.
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iluvnyc — 10 years ago(December 06, 2015 11:53 PM)
Piano
none of what you say is standard practice in modern, civilized western societies anymore. You're talking about societies that are still living in the middle ages. Hence why there's still child brides in Arabic Muslim countries like Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, in fact all the 'stans and throughout much of African countries. BTW your science seems well stuck in the dark ages as well. First of all women don't lose their ability to procreate until
after
menopause. On average, menopause occurs around age
50
, not in your 30s! Women all over the world, especially in countries with lack of access to reliable birth control, have children well into their 40s. Modern science has shown us that women having children at either extreme of their fertile years (young preteen/teens & 40s+) give birth to babies with more problems, like Down's syndrome, not just older ladies. Modern science has also proven that old sperm in also the culprit of poorer quality offspring. Men may be able to contribute viable sperm, but the quality drops off significantly after their late 30s. Of course, all this only speaks to your notion that romantic relationships
are only about procreating
. In western society, romantic relationships are about love and companionship - - women have their own careers and are self-sufficient. Marriages are not exclusively about financial security and fecundity. Buy a clue. Jackman lives in the modern world, not in Afghanistan. -
Pianohero4 — 10 years ago(January 04, 2016 02:40 PM)
Biology > culture. Biology wins and will always win. Even in this "modern" times, women prefer to date men that have more resources than themselves, are taller than themselves etc. Try to convince women that the men they date nowadays dont need to be taller than themselves anymore like in the "olden" dark ages. Good luck convincing men not to be attracted to breasts since they are primitive secondary sexual characteristics that denote fecundity. I mean, nowadays, they can just ask a woman about her fecundity status and so protruding breasts are outdated. Also, women are not independent. They have simply replaced the man with the state. The state provides them with the resources and protection that she used to get from the man. Also, all the hypergamy and slave morality will not stop men from seeing a man dating a woman that is 20 years older than himself as normal, hence this thread. "Its the modern times" is not an argument as to why that should be seen as normal given that its existence is based on slave morality and hypergamy, while the opposition to the practice is based on millions of years of evolution.
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vicky_lc2001 — 10 years ago(February 09, 2016 03:39 PM)
Wow! Your women go barren in their late 30s? Yikes! Ours reach menopause in their mid-late 50s. We must seem like Vulcans to you guys, lol. What's your ethnicity btw? Just curious about your short lifespan. I read that pygmies have short lifespans, are you a pygmy?
Global Warming, it's a personal decision innit?Nigel Tufnel
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vicky_lc2001 — 9 years ago(June 02, 2016 07:49 AM)
Thanks, do your men go sterile early? I guess the point stands for you guys but not with ours. Are you a pygmy?
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roman2886 — 9 years ago(May 30, 2016 07:22 AM)
Not really true Hallie Berry had children well into her 40's many women have had children in their 40's Susan Sarandon had a child well into her 40's her husband was 12 years younger than her i never knew they split up now she is with a man who is 30 years younger than her.
