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by BenjiB on September 20th, 2004

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Is it out of the question for a 17 year old to be interested in or fall in love with a 23 year old?

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  • by Anonymous on October 26th, 2004

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    A 17 year old should be dating some one closer to their own age and maturity level, like a highschool friend. Some one who shares the same interests and concerns, like homework, chores, etc. A 23 year old should be too, like someone else who is out of highschool, is in the process of or has established a career and is more close to being ready to start settling down. If the 23 year old isn't on the road to a career and settling down yet, then they are probably kind of immature for their age, and the 17 year old will probably out grow the relationship shortly. Once the 17 year old finishes up highschool and enters the real world, they are going to find out that there are so many options that they need to explore and by then, the 23 year old should know what they want to do, or at least have a pretty good idea. Once people get to around 30-40, they start to be more on the same wave length and the age difference isn't such a big deal, but I don't think that you should date someone more than 2-3 years older than you until you reach at least around 25 or so and have established a life for yourself.

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    • That may well be true of some people but you're generalizing far too much for your answer to be useful.

      Relsqui

      by Relsqui on January 28th, 2005

    • Yeah, that was a major generalization there. A highschool student's interests are homework and chores? And a 23 year old needs to starts settling down? How utterly depressing. As for the rest of the answer- life isn't that black and white. I pity your outlook.

      DaBigToe

      by DaBigToe on September 26th, 2007

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