UPDATE: I think our age gap is too much (33F) (26M)

After a couple long conversations that drifted towards talk of what’s going on in the world, we decided it was best for us to part ways in the most amicable way possible. Logistically, we are at different point in our lives. She is ready for kids and home and financially, I am not. I think if the younger her met the older me, things would be ideal.

I think our age gap is too much (33F)(26M)

I (26M) have been dating a (33F) for about three months now. When we first started dating, it was pure and simple fun. Playful conversations, lots of joking around, she took a lot of interest in my interests. She was coming out of a pretty bad relationship and I think that I was more or less a novelty to her. I think she secretly liked the idea of dating a younger guy, and I enjoyed the idea of dating the older women, it was a conquest. When we first got intimate, she like the idea of “showing me a thing or 2” and would remark how she didn’t have the worry about someone my age performing (an issue she dealt with in the past).

We’ve been having issues recently because she seems to forget my age. I know that she wants marriage and kids and she has never come out and said it, but she makes it apparent. I also played into it more than I should have, which complicated things. She is at a point where she is solid in her career and I am just getting started in mine. She makes a good salary and I am struggling working hourly. She wants to have the stable life like all of her older friends and she doesn’t like my schedule. I am out a lot, and I invite her to come along, but I don’t think she likes my younger friends. She’s told me that she just feels old around them. Also, I think her friends are not a fan of me being younger and my family is not keen on her being older.

I’m think our age gap wouldn’t be an issue if I (M) we’re older, but I think that it’s going to be the end of us. The first month was excellent when things weren’t real, but when it was no longer a game of flirting, it lost its luster to her.

Submitted March 16, 2020 at 12:11AM

After a couple long conversations that drifted towards talk of what’s going on in the world, we decided it was best for us to part ways in the most amicable way possible. Logistically, we are at different point in our lives. She is ready for kids and home and financially, I am not. I think if the younger her met the older me, things would be ideal.I think our age gap is too much (33F)(26M)I (26M) have been dating a (33F) for about three months now. When we first started dating, it was pure and simple fun. Playful conversations, lots of joking around, she took a lot of interest in my interests. She was coming out of a pretty bad relationship and I think that I was more or less a novelty to her. I think she secretly liked the idea of dating a younger guy, and I enjoyed the idea of dating the older women, it was a conquest. When we first got intimate, she like the idea of “showing me a thing or 2” and would remark how she didn’t have the worry about someone my age performing (an issue she dealt with in the past).We’ve been having issues recently because she seems to forget my age. I know that she wants marriage and kids and she has never come out and said it, but she makes it apparent. I also played into it more than I should have, which complicated things. She is at a point where she is solid in her career and I am just getting started in mine. She makes a good salary and I am struggling working hourly. She wants to have the stable life like all of her older friends and she doesn’t like my schedule. I am out a lot, and I invite her to come along, but I don’t think she likes my younger friends. She’s told me that she just feels old around them. Also, I think her friends are not a fan of me being younger and my family is not keen on her being older.I’m think our age gap wouldn’t be an issue if I (M) we’re older, but I think that it’s going to be the end of us. The first month was excellent when things weren’t real, but when it was no longer a game of flirting, it lost its luster to her.