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Originally Posted by RobinMask
I wonder how much 'too much' is when talking about age-gaps. I guess it depends entirely on culture and personal preference, after all - as mentioned - it seems more common and accepted in Japan than it does in the west. Personally I don't think there is an age difference that's 'too much' . . . unless you're eighty, like Hugh Heffner, and dating twenty-year-olds, then it's plain creepy 
I don't see the attraction either, when it's more then fifteen years it reminds me too much of a parent, too. It's creepy, because it's like 'you're old enough to be my mom/dad' . . . then again I have friends dating guys around ten years older, some who fancy guys twenty to thirty years older, and they find its a lot better than dating guys their own age. My parents have a twenty-year age gap, and they've got a wonderful relationship. |
I wouldn't have a problem dating a much older man. Actually, I have realized that I tend to be attracted to men who are way older than me (I've only recently found that out about myself). And I'm talking 20, even 30 years older. Isn't it kind of weird in Japan for a girl in her 20ies (my current age) to be dating a man of about 50? When you say it is "more common" in Japan for young girls to date much older men, do you mean common enough so as not to have people think there's somewhat of a common interest on both sides of the relationship?