Dating a man twenty years older

The Reality Of Having A Boyfriend Who’s 20 Years Older Than You

I'm 24, and my boyfriend is To begin with, I was wary. I was vaguely suspicious of a forty-something attracted to a twenty-something with student loans instead of a sorted older woman at her sexual peak. Then a few realisations fell into place: firstly, nobody is sorted. Secondly, it was hardly surprising that I connected with somebody much older — Kevin McCloud was one of my teenage-crushes. If anyone should have been worried about age-fetishes, it was him, not me.

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The waiter hovering nearby followed suit. Meanwhile, I wanted to slide under the table and disappear. But not before I checked his ID. He was born in ; I was born in I'm about to turn 48; he's about to turn And yet we're in love.

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Even though relationships with large age gaps have existed forever, there's still a lot of stigma and taboo that surrounds them. When we look at the cultural conversation around relationships with big age gaps, there's usually two main judgements.

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My Partner Is More Than 15 Years Older Than Me—Here’s How We Make It Work

Is he rich then? And despite the age gap, we eventually plan to get married. Regardless of his age, we have so many common interests which make our conversations deep and interesting. His presence in my life has been a genuinely calming influence on me.

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