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06.13.08, 21:47 PM General Topics
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I need some advice from the single (or formerly single) moms out there. I have a 6yo dd, 5yo dd and 3yo ds. For the last 9 months I have been dating a man much young than me (I am 34 and he is 24). I really hadn't anticipated anything seriousy ever developing, but after a few dates we stopped seeing anyone else. I only introduced him to my children a month and a half ago and lately he has been talking marriage. I love him, I truly do, but I just worry about the difference in age and his getting so caught up in a woman with children, divorced and older. He has discussed having children together and having a big family and being a father to my children as well. It all sounds right, but at 24 I just don't know - do you think he will change his mind in a few years after seeing what the life is like? I'm sorry, it's just been on my mind so much since we had a long serious conversation about it all two nights ago. This just isn't what I expected my life to be at my age I guess. [ Reply | Watch | Flag ]
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you better not let him go! i am dating an older man right now and i want to marry him - i've wanted to marry him for the last three years. we have been dating for five years, i am 37, he is 45 and he has a 16yo daughter and a 14yo son and i have a 6yo. i want more kids with him, but only if we are married. he doesn't even bring up the topic unless i do. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.13.08, 10:32 PM Flag
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Think back to 10 years ago and what you were doing/thinking at 24 yo. Now, thibk back at least 3 more years and that is probably what stage in life he is in right now. Hate to be so pessimistic, but at 24 yo, unless he is truly 1 in a million, there is no way he is really "ready" for all of this. Best of luck though! [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.14.08, 05:32 AM Flag
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i agree with the previous poster - as much as he thinks he can handle it, 24 is still an age where great change is happening in a person - when i was 24 i was still out partying, dating around, i wasn't ready for marriage and family until my early thirties [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.14.08, 06:59 AM Flag
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do not marry him [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.14.08, 07:24 AM Flag
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you are overthinking love [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.14.08, 08:05 AM Flag
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I think you are irresponsible for letting him and your children begin a relationship when you are not sure about the future with him. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.14.08, 08:33 AM Flag
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I want to marry him, I do. I want him to be in my life forever, but lately I have just been worried that I am laying such a weight on his shoulders with having a family already. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.14.08, 08:36 AM Flag
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