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<blockquote data-quote="Pbartender" data-source="post: 1953810" data-attributes="member: 7533">Here's a little different perspective...My wife is only about 4 months older than I am.&nbsp; We are both almost 29 years old, and have been married for six and a half years.&nbsp; We have a daughter who's five and a half (so she tells everyone...&nbsp; repeatedly) and a son who's not quite seven (that's right...&nbsp; you can do the math <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> ).Anyway, to many people, my wife looks like she's 5-10 years younger than she actually is, and I'm often mistaken as 5-10 years older.&nbsp; This leads to a great many misunderstandings.The unabashed pickup lines my wife regularly gets from high-school boys...&nbsp; &quot;Sorry kid, I've been happily married for 6 years... to a man with a regular job...&nbsp; who doesn't live with his parents.&quot;The glares and scowls my wife gets when she's out alone with the kids...&nbsp; &quot;Sorry, if I'd actually been pregnant when I was 12, my children would be starting high school, not kindergarten.&quot;The glares and scowls I get when I'm out with my wife...&nbsp; &quot;No, actually, she's older than I am.&quot;The knowling grins and meaningful winks from the bartender I get when my wife and I go out on a date...&nbsp; &quot;No, actually, she's older than I am.&quot;As much as any relationship, dating or marrying someone much older or younger than you can either work out quite well, or not...&nbsp; It all depends on the people.&nbsp; Just don't be surprised by any reactions you may encounter.&nbsp; Appearances have far more sway over our emotions than most of us would like to admit.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Pbartender, post: 1953810, member: 7533"] Here's a little different perspective... My wife is only about 4 months older than I am. We are both almost 29 years old, and have been married for six and a half years. We have a daughter who's five and a half (so she tells everyone... repeatedly) and a son who's not quite seven (that's right... you can do the math ;) ). Anyway, to many people, my wife looks like she's 5-10 years younger than she actually is, and I'm often mistaken as 5-10 years older. This leads to a great many misunderstandings. The unabashed pickup lines my wife regularly gets from high-school boys... "Sorry kid, I've been happily married for 6 years... to a man with a regular job... who doesn't live with his parents." The glares and scowls my wife gets when she's out alone with the kids... "Sorry, if I'd actually been pregnant when I was 12, my children would be starting high school, not kindergarten." The glares and scowls I get when I'm out with my wife... "No, actually, she's older than I am." The knowling grins and meaningful winks from the bartender I get when my wife and I go out on a date... "No, actually, she's older than I am." As much as any relationship, dating or marrying someone much older or younger than you can either work out quite well, or not... It all depends on the people. Just don't be surprised by any reactions you may encounter. Appearances have far more sway over our emotions than most of us would like to admit. [/QUOTE]

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