May-December Relationships

"I'm not here to either judge you or support you; rather, I want to direct you to a post titled '48 y old man with a 21 y old' on Guy Talk board. I believe it is relevant for your situation. I would not if I were you consider this boy your 'so' and this a start to a beautiful LTR lasting many happy years - for the sake of my  own sanity."

I have read the post and respect your 2cents. However, for my own sanity, I must respond. There were some points that people made that were true and just, as well as some that are not, b/c a lot of the time when ppl talk, they dont know what they're talking about.

Not only my being in a relationship with someone younger, but also being a mother to a 20 yr old son, I have had many emotions and have discussed in detail with my SO the ups and downs for BOTH of us in being in a MDR. They are equal.

I'm not sure as to your age, and perhaps you are an elderly person that would call a 22 yr old-boy or girl, but at 22 I was a wife and a mother, which I feel would rule out the label 'girl'. And it is true that a 22 yr old doesn't typically have the life experiences that a 38 yr old has. However, a lot of 22 yr olds aren't stupid and know what they want in life and where they are going, or at least where they hope to be going. My life is totally different than it was when I was 22 and if you had asked me at 22 where i'd be at 38, i promise i wouldn't have said dating someone 15 1/2 years younger...you could've asked me at 32 where i'd be when i was 38 and i still won't have given that answer. But life changes and things happen, all you can do is make the best of any and all situations. 

My "SO" may not be there til the day I do, whether it be my choice or his is unknown. There are no guarantee's in life-you have to enjoy things that are good while they are good, take the good with the bad and if and when there comes a time when the bad out weighs the good-then move on and that's with ANY relationship, no matter what the age difference.