by Chrystal Blythe

Created on: October 24, 2009

Is it right for a man past forty to have a relationship with an eighteen year old woman? This question clearly has only one answer, and that is yes. Anyone who is eighteen years of age has the right to date someone of any age of eighteen or older. In the United States we have the freedom of choice and it is not against the law to date an older man or woman. Will some disagree with this? Yes of course, one's who are relating to their own value system and are stating opinions. I believe we need to look at our own relationship and pay attention to what we know makes us happy and to follow our dreams. If we do this, we will be spending less time looking into others. Unless one is a professional and has been hired to help a married couple with an age difference it really comes down to this...It is not our business to judge.

In the United States we have numerous of divorces and separations that are not related to age difference. Marriage fails due to many of reasons. Can we even say that a man and woman with a age difference will fail or not? Each individual is different due to their environment, social, and biological influences. Men tend to mature different than woman as well as their ageing process is different. This is what two people need to be aware of as they make a decision rather they are a match for one another. There can problems or issues that occur due to the difference and if the couple wants to be together bad enough they will work at it. It has been documented in the past men and woman stayed together and did not divorce due to conflicts of age difference, how did they do that?

When thinking about this particular question we need to look at the whole person which is their values, culture.and what they are made of before we can even begin to guess if one is compatible with another. Have we studied any of these things before we made our decision? Is this against our value system is that why we are so quick to judge? So if you ask me if it is right, you will have to ask a couple with the age difference. It all boils down to this, If they are in love, lusting, fulfilling their destiny or playing sugar daddy, it is their right.

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