Acceptable age gap in a relationship?

[TW]Fox;16665007 said:
I don't care what anyone says, I personally find massive age gaps very weird if the girl is particularly young. I cannot see a single reason why a stable, sensible, mature and decent 40 year old man would want to have a relationship with a 17 year old girl. It's seedy, sordid and the idea repulsis me. 17 year old girls are just kids - great fun for 17 year old guys but for a grown adult? It's pathetic and desperate, sorry.

I appreciate some might find this opinion quite abrasive but I just really, really dislike it. The guy is usually taking advantage of the girl, offering her security, etc etc which is how he gets his own way.

The crap about both sides being happy so its fine is just that - crap. A 17 year old who is 'happy' with an 40 year old man is only happy because they dont know any different or have been conditioned to feel that way by the guys constant gifts, better financial standing, etc.

Neither can I see why any young girl with her head screwed on would want to date somebody older than her father. Seriously, why? All those nice fit guys around of her own age, interested in the same things she is, in tune with her own culture and she picked some seedy guy who couldnt even hold together a long term relationship like most other 40 year olds?

Why? Too many questions with this sort of thing.
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agree with the above.

OP - do a runner mate - look at mandy smith, she is still mental!
 
Totality said:
Here's a question for everyone! What is the maximum age difference between two people in a relationship that people would deem as acceptable?
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Does it really matter when it is a past relationship? For whatever reason she is no longer going out with him now so surely the age gap is only an issue if you make it one. However I can understand that it might be a concern if she's still in touch with her ex as he sounds like a stand-up guy who any woman should be happy to associate with...

In relation to the question itself I don't think age hugely matters up to a point but beyond that it will become more of an issue - the problem is of course determining where the line should be drawn, it's the sort of thing that I'd think varies on a case by case basis and any attempt to provide a universal rule/formula is doomed to failure.
 
[TW]Fox;16665200 said:
And when she does, he'll no doubt call her a cheating ***** when in reality its probably every 18 year old girls natural behaviour and why few people spend the rest of their life with the person they met aged 16.
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Exactly, I have warned him plenty of times.
I also agree with [TW]Fox, to me anything with the word "teen" in their age just screams out to me kid, child, not mature! I don’t believe this rubbish about "its because girls mature quicker than men" what a load of rubbish! It’s simple, because the older man has stuff what appeal to a younger girl which they don’t have/want. Good income, maybe own place and good car.
I had conversations with a few people in my pervious jobs saying,
“wouldn’t you like to be 40 odd and still be able to pull a legal teen” I tell them no, they think they can pull legal teen but really the crap they tell them doesn’t work with someone their own age because they are old and mature enough to figured them out, teenage girls wouldn’t as they are just kids. And it always seems to be the guys who just because they are sleeping with one 18 year old they can go out and pull another young girl.
They are fully grown adults, they should know better and be setting the example.
 
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