Kaliska
11-12-2003, 05:30 AM
Hello all. This is my 1st post. My question to all of you YW is how do you deal with those times when the age difference makes your partner feel old or you feel out of place? Actually, I don't want to limit this to the YW - men, please jump in here too!
There's a 23 yr age difference between myself and a certain very sweet, very sexy OM. Most of the time, I don't think about the age difference and I know he forgets, too. Especially when he asks me "hey, you remember..." (the Rolling Stones 1st American hit; the Apollo landing.. whatever) and I have to say, "No that was X years before I was born".
Last time this happened he looked a little wistful and said, "I forget how OLD I am sometimes". It made me sad. I don't think of him as old - Older, yes, but not OLD - and I don't like to think I am making him feel decrepit simply because I am younger but by no means young? (I'm 34).
There's a 23 yr age difference between myself and a certain very sweet, very sexy OM. Most of the time, I don't think about the age difference and I know he forgets, too. Especially when he asks me "hey, you remember..." (the Rolling Stones 1st American hit; the Apollo landing.. whatever) and I have to say, "No that was X years before I was born".
Last time this happened he looked a little wistful and said, "I forget how OLD I am sometimes". It made me sad. I don't think of him as old - Older, yes, but not OLD - and I don't like to think I am making him feel decrepit simply because I am younger but by no means young? (I'm 34).