Comments on: Age Difference in Relationships http://www.coopyrite.net/2007/03/28/age-differences-in-relationships/ Understanding of human relations, attitude, behavior Sun, 07 Sep 2008 15:41:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 by: rod http://www.coopyrite.net/2007/03/28/age-differences-in-relationships/#comment-3662 Thu, 20 Sep 2007 05:50:58 +0000 http://www.coopyrite.net/2007/03/28/age-differences-in-relationships/#comment-3662 It is agreed that younger people can be more mature but generally maturity comes from lifelong experiences and to a large degree lessons learned by making mistakes; the more mistakes you make the more you can learn "what to do," "what not to do," "what your preferences are," and how to react in the same situation 'differently' in the future.  Being 'in tune' or 'on the same wavelength' is a major problem in Western society... because we generally are not "in tune" and rarely have the "waves" for very long... statistically the average young person will have 5 serious relationships before the age of twenty and all are said to be "in tune"... until they are not... these are really only metaphors for that suggest "I like you... until I don't". Sites about age gap -- it's a "hot topic"... most sites are just capitalizing on the interest... if you look there are far many more for teens... (but not focused on age gap since from one teen to the next... there isn't much of one.   It is agreed that younger people can be more mature but generally maturity comes from lifelong experiences and to a large degree lessons learned by making mistakes; the more mistakes you make the more you can learn “what to do,” “what not to do,” “what your preferences are,” and how to react in the same situation ‘differently’ in the future.

 Being ‘in tune’ or ‘on the same wavelength’ is a major problem in Western society… because we generally are not “in tune” and rarely have the “waves” for very long… statistically the average young person will have 5 serious relationships before the age of twenty and all are said to be “in tune”… until they are not… these are really only metaphors for that suggest “I like you… until I don’t”.

Sites about age gap — it’s a “hot topic”… most sites are just capitalizing on the interest… if you look there are far many more for teens… (but not focused on age gap since from one teen to the next… there isn’t much of one.

 

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