Do you and your fiance(e) have a large age difference?

[garya505 2]

Do you and your fiance(e) have a large age difference?

Did you get any bad reactions from family or friends, or anyone else?

If so, what did you do, make a joke of it, insult them back, get mad, or what?

[sharky 2]

Do you and your fiance(e) have a large age difference?

Did you get any bad reactions from family or friends, or anyone else?

If so, what did you do, make a joke of it, insult them back, get mad, or what?

come on Charlesandnessa and Carolsmarc.......... don't be shy now..........

[Bosco 1]

Do you and your fiance(e) have a large age difference?

Did you get any bad reactions from family or friends, or anyone else?

If so, what did you do, make a joke of it, insult them back, get mad, or what?

I am curious as to how "large" is defined.

[garya505 2]

Do you and your fiance(e) have a large age difference?

Did you get any bad reactions from family or friends, or anyone else?

If so, what did you do, make a joke of it, insult them back, get mad, or what?

come on Charlesandnessa and Carolsmarc.......... don't be shy now..........

Actually my age difference is probably bigger than theirs. So you wanna take cheap shots at me and my fiance? Go for it. I don't care.

I guess I shouldn't be surprized that you would try to hijack another thread with more of your worthless posts.

[peezey 0]

Normally large age difference to me is when one is old enough to be the other's parent. So, 16 years and up I guess.

[garya505 2]

Do you and your fiance(e) have a large age difference?

Did you get any bad reactions from family or friends, or anyone else?

If so, what did you do, make a joke of it, insult them back, get mad, or what?

I am curious as to how "large" is defined.

Well, everyone has an opinion on that.

I would say that if someone has said something about it being large, then what was your response?

[garya505 2]

Normally large age difference to me is when one is old enough to be the other's parent. So, 16 years and up I guess.

So then, if you had friends with say a 16 or 20 year age difference, how would you treat them? Would you say anything about it to them? If you have already done that, what was their reaction?

[sharky 2]

Do you and your fiance(e) have a large age difference?

Did you get any bad reactions from family or friends, or anyone else?

If so, what did you do, make a joke of it, insult them back, get mad, or what?

come on Charlesandnessa and Carolsmarc.......... don't be shy now..........

Actually my age difference is probably bigger than theirs. So you wanna take cheap shots at me and my fiance? Go for it. I don't care.

I guess I shouldn't be surprized that you would try to hijack another thread with more of your worthless posts.

well if you think my posts are worthless then you shouldn't be offended by the next comments........

but seriously looking at those photos, I'm sure some VJ members would think "ewwwwwwwww"

you must be 25+ years older than her, and of course you really don't do much for your cause with your wife being Phillipino!!

I mean come on.......

but then again love has now boundaries eh???

[peezey 0]

Normally large age difference to me is when one is old enough to be the other's parent. So, 16 years and up I guess.

So then, if you had friends with say a 16 or 20 year age difference, how would you treat them? Would you say anything about it to them? If you have already done that, what was their reaction?

I didn't say I judged people for this, honestly, I don't know why my opinion about their relationship would matter to anyone. I certainly have opinions about certain marriages, but why would they care?

If a friend asked me what I thought prior to getting married, I would ask questions if they've thought it through, potential pit falls, etc. But again, it's not my decision.

[Bosco 1]

Do you and your fiance(e) have a large age difference?

Did you get any bad reactions from family or friends, or anyone else?

If so, what did you do, make a joke of it, insult them back, get mad, or what?

I am curious as to how "large" is defined.

Well, everyone has an opinion on that.

I would say that if someone has said something about it being large, then what was your response?

I wouldn't care. What an individual thinks about my marriage doesn't bother me (although it might hurt if it came from someone whose opinion I valued) - systematic discrimination does bother me. In other words, if visas are routinely denied to couples solely on the basis of an age difference, I would think that is wrong. If someone wants to post that they think large age differences are "abnormal" and "gross", I could care less.

I am almost 6 years older than my spouse. I thought it was a large age difference until I joined VJ and some Yahoo groups. Now it seems like nothing.

[Alex+R 0]

The reason they probably scrutinize more closely couples with large age differences is probably because it's against nature. Humans aren't wired to want to sleep with grandpa or grandma.

Not to say there aren't many perfectly happy and legitimate relationships of people with large age differences. It's just not as common to see someone 22 love someone 65 without ulterior motives.

[sharky 2]

The reason they probably scrutinize more closely couples with large age differences is probably because it's against nature. Humans aren't wired to want to sleep with grandpa or grandma.

Not to say there aren't many perfectly happy and legitimate relationships of people with large age differences. It's just not as common to see someone 22 love someone 65 without ulterior motives.

Especially when they come from countries such as the Phillipines, Africa & South America do you not think?

[Jenn! 918]

The reason they probably scrutinize more closely couples with large age differences is probably because it's against nature. Humans aren't wired to want to sleep with grandpa or grandma.

Not to say there aren't many perfectly happy and legitimate relationships of people with large age differences. It's just not as common to see someone 22 love someone 65 without ulterior motives.

Especially when they come from countries such as the Phillipines, Africa & South America do you not think?

I would say it's not so much about the country itself, but more about the financial position of the beneficiary.

[Dwarf_Ogress 0]

Marlon is only 2 years older than me...

[Bosco 1]

The reason they probably scrutinize more closely couples with large age differences is probably because it's against nature. Humans aren't wired to want to sleep with grandpa or grandma.

Not to say there aren't many perfectly happy and legitimate relationships of people with large age differences. It's just not as common to see someone 22 love someone 65 without ulterior motives.

Scrutiny is fine, but denials based solely on age differences are another issue entirely, IMO.