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WCDT: 2470-2474 (17-21 June, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
sitnspin:
Age differences are not the problem. The only problem, if there is one, lies in power disparity. If both parties are adults and one does not hold a significant amount of power over the other, then there's nothing untoward about it.
As a gay lady who has dated plenty of older women, some significantly so, I don't understand why anyone would pass judgment on one while accepting the other. Who you love (or simply lust after) is who you love (or lust). I find older women attractive, physically and emotionally. And apparently plenty of them have found me the same. Once past the age of consent, acceptable age disparity becomes arbitrary.
Zebediah:
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--- Quote from: Zebediah on 18 Jun 2013, 09:37 ---OK, I'll bite: So what's wrong with relationships with an age difference?
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enjo_k%C5%8Dsai
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There's more going on there than just an age difference. The whole idea of paying someone to date you is creepy, yes, but that's the case even when both people are the same age.
So let's see about a specific counter-example. When I was 30 I started dating a woman who was 47. Neither of us paid the other. We were both financially independent - I actually made more than she did, but that was because I was a software developer and she was a teacher. Still creepy?
DSL:
For me, the creepiness, or perhaps simple cynicism, would be a difference in maturity levels, quite apart from calendar age differences (I knew a May- ... well, September ... couple about whom I had misgivings for that reason; the younger-in-years partner was/is way more mature than the older partner. I don't know the reason for the eventual divorce but I can guess.)
Age of consent and the older-in-years person using that age/authority to advantage in the relationship (teacher-student, boss-subordinate) would certainly contribute to my disapproval.
Beyond that, I tend to go with the line "all adults are the same age," with "adult" defined as "one who accepts responsibility for one's actions, including and perhaps especially as they affect others."
I have a little bet with myself as to who in this forum will respond in what way to the comments above.
Renewman:
I hope people aren't trying took at this with some homophobia angle because that's absurd. It's more so a blow to Jim's pride. He wanted to get another chance with Dora when she worked out her issues only to find out that not only has she worked out her issues and is dating someone without even letting him know, it's another female. Now Jim possibly feels like he was being led on and as a man I can understand that feeling. Jeph definitely caught me off guard with the taco joke though lol.
94ssd:
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