Posted on 09/10/2019 9:03:59 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Quote from Douglas Fairbanks when observed by reporters getting off a plane with an early teen girl “I may be too old for her, it I assure you she’s not too young for me.” Disgusting gun grabbing liberal Democrat.
How did he do such fantastic stunts with such little feet?
For a bit of fun? Maybe (for him at least). For marriage? Don’t make me laugh.
Am I the only one who knows of the “Half plus seven” rule?
It works.
A 40yo man cannot date a woman younger than 40/2 + 7 = 27.
A 50yo man cannot date a woman younger than 50/2 + 7 = 32.
A 60yo man cannot date a woman younger than 60/2 + 7 = 37.
RE: Am I the only one who knows of the “Half plus seven” rule?
What authority gave that rule and why?
RE: Am I the only one who knows of the “Half plus seven” rule?
What authority gave that rule and why?
What if Doug Hutchison were 61 and she were 26 ?
I was told by my same aged boyfriends that I was "old fashioned" and a "stick in the mud". My values were from a different era.
When I met my husband to be we meshed. We liked the same books and music. We held very compatible world views. He was the only older guy I dated and the one I married. Make of that what you will.
An age gap relationship featuring an older male and a younger female makes perfect sense from an evolutionary perspective. Males seek young healthy females most likely to be able to produce healthy offspring. Females seek status and resources in a partner so as to be able to provide for those offspring and for her while she is caring for them. Each gets what they most want. The idea that the couple should be of roughly the same age is a culturally Western view and s fairly recent one at that.
RE: He was the only older guy I dated and the one I married. Make of that what you will.
May we know what your age gap is as this is the topic of the article.
I've just always heard that as a guideline. Part of southern US culture.
I’m three and a half years older than my husband. My mother was six months older than my father.
> Him 45,her 30===> Maybe not
What precisely is your objection in this case?
He was 55 and I was 36 when we got married.
Oddly enough it is actually a Jewish thing. The Talmud teaches that when looking for a husband for your daughter you should seek one that is closer to her age then yours. It was considered a shame to marry a young girl off to an old man.
it would only make some sense if this was the guys first relationship....I can see the stock piling of financial assets to support a young family....
but if the old guys go for the young ones, whats left for the young guys?...they are at their prime sexually and physically and what do you expect them to to while fat bald grandpa dates young women....twiddle his fingers?
there is a reason why men naturally loose their ability to perform, etc.....its natures way of saying "enough"....its natures way of saying we need new genes from the young and healthy guys...
The total amount of marriages of between 10 and 20 plus years difference in the US is only 7.4% of all marriages.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_disparity_in_sexual_relationships
Everything else is closer no matter which one is older. I somehow don’t think this is a really big issue especially since one divorce will cause such a shift in numbers for that category with the limited size of the phylum.
rwood
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