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Duffy

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#121

Jan. 11, 2002, 09:57 AM

I'm 45 [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_eek.gif[/img] and my ex is 39. I thought I'd be able to train him right. Alas, things did not go according to plan. He married another older woman, although not quite as old as moi. I am seeing a man a bit older than me now, which makes him quite a bit older than my ex, which is quite a switch for my children. That said, I will be an extremely content older woman if I look and act even remotely the same as him when I'm his age! [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif[/img]

\"Riding a horse is not a gentle hobby, to be picked up and laid down like a game of solitaire. It is a grand passion. It seizes a person whole and, once it has done so, he will have to accept that his life will be radically changed.\" -- Ralph Waldo E
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baymare

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#122

Jan. 11, 2002, 11:43 AM

That so many of us have hubbies five or more years younger than we are! Should we start a "cradle-robbers clique"??

About the only time the age difference crops up is when we discuss popular music!

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NRB

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#123

Jan. 11, 2002, 04:59 PM

cradle robber clique, I'll join.

I'm 32 and hubby is 28 and has solar sex panels. (love that term)
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hoopoe

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#124

Jan. 11, 2002, 05:14 PM

5 years difference is robbing the cradle???

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LaurieB

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#125

Jan. 11, 2002, 07:00 PM

Aside from the age differences, it's interesting to see so many women (certainly the majority of those who have mentioned it) married to younger men. I wonder if this is the norm, or we're just a wierd bunch. [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_eek.gif[/img] [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_razz.gif[/img]

For the record, I'm older than my husband too, though "only" by two years.

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Fred

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#126

Jan. 11, 2002, 07:35 PM

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by LaurieB:
Aside from the age differences, it's interesting to see so many women (certainly the majority of those who have mentioned it) married to younger men. I wonder if this is the norm, or we're just a wierd bunch. [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_eek.gif[/img] [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_razz.gif[/img]

For the record, I'm older than my husband too, though "only" by two years.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

we are a weird bunch. [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_eek.gif[/img] [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_eek.gif[/img] [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif[/img]

watchdog: read it that night and next morning. THAT'S why my horses were miffed!
now I'm hooked. [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif[/img]

Did I mention that my husband also has solar sex panels? (two days later and that is still making me laugh - I obviously don't get out at ALL). But that when I met him he looked like some sort of avenging angel or Jesus with a chip on his shoulder - 6'4" with long blonde curling hair, mulitple ear piercings, mirror sunglasses.
'course, I used to look a bit better too back then [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_frown.gif[/img]

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Hound Dog Diaries

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#127

Jan. 11, 2002, 07:57 PM

Now I have something to look forward to [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif[/img]

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#128

Jan. 11, 2002, 08:36 PM

17....18 on June 26!

Rebecca
Eeks! My horsie looks like a mule!!!
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jetsmom

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#129

Jan. 11, 2002, 10:13 PM

38.... Although I tell people I am 58, and they proceed to tell me how great I look for my age!! It sure beats telling them I'm 29 and having them thinking "My God!!! Doesn't she know how to take care of herself??? She looks like hell!!"
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lillian

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#130

Jan. 12, 2002, 12:01 AM

Glad to see I fit into the most populous age group.
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ljo

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#131

Jan. 12, 2002, 05:53 AM

WELCOME! [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif[/img]
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michigan

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#132

Jan. 12, 2002, 05:56 AM

I'll be sweet 16 this monday ! YEp erinb , THIS monday!

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Molly99

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#133

Jan. 12, 2002, 12:51 PM

28

And according the GMA, past the average for marriage.

They did a report this past week on the fact that people are getting married later.

Currently the average ages are:

women 25
men 27

Why does that not seem like getting married later to me?
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just_me

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#134

Jan. 12, 2002, 01:19 PM

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>WC Princess wrote:
28

And according the GMA, past the average for marriage. They did a report this past week on the fact that people are getting married later.

Currently the average ages are:
women 25
men 27
Why does that not seem like getting married later to me? <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Doesn't seem old to me either. I married my my 7 years younger, chrome domed husband when I was 34. Had my daughter a week before my 36th birthday. My best friend married her 11 years younger husband when she was 37.

People assume that time is a strict progression of cause to effect, but actually from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint - it's more like a big ball of wibbly wobbly... timey wimey... stuff.
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InWhyCee

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#135

Jan. 12, 2002, 02:19 PM

You are my new idols! I can't tell you how often I've wandered through through the local campuses thinking, "A greenie could be a lot fun, and I could train him my way! He wouldn't be old enough to be soured, and I could ride him for years..."

As my optometrist once told me, "Some men mature in their 40s, some men mature in their 50s. But a lot of them NEVER do, so you might as well find yourself a young one."

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PinkPonie

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#136

Jan. 12, 2002, 03:10 PM

I will 15 on the 15th! [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif[/img]

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Linny

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#137

Jan. 12, 2002, 03:34 PM

welcome aboard. You are a woman after my heart, my hubby is 8 years younger than I am!

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Lily

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#138

Jan. 12, 2002, 05:16 PM

I'm 23...but apparently I don't look my age at all! I'm always confused for a high school junior. [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif[/img]
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Fred

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#139

Jan. 12, 2002, 07:19 PM

before my 30th birthday. The marriage licence application referred to my status as 'spinster". [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_eek.gif[/img]
That made me laugh out loud. When is the last time you heard that word used? [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif[/img]

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Kafue

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#140

Jan. 13, 2002, 07:03 PM

I'm 50 and feel fitter than ever but a lady of 65 who rides at my barn puts me to shame. She rides every single day either before or after work. If she rides before work she is at the barn at
6:30 a.m. and I'm talking Ontario folks, where the temps hit the frigid mark sometime in December and stay there until March.
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