Rowan Pelling's sex advice column: I'm 52 and dating a 29-year-old and my friends and family are shocked. Should I finish it?

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He swears up and down that if he didnt want to be with me he wouldnt be. I cannot give him children, I am over raising mine! His emails were fun and witty and when we first met for a lunch date we left the pub at 6pm, always a good sign. I never believed that, until I started dating guys on the cusp of 40.

He got married a few years later and had a couple of kids, which I could not have given him. Honestly, just smile, laugh, enjoy the moment take it slow - the world's not ending tomorrow. I just turned 38 and have been seeing a beautiful and vibrant woman of 27.

Rowan Pelling's sex advice column: I'm 52 and dating a 29-year-old and my friends and family are shocked. Should I finish it? - We have an awesome relationship and I am treated like a queen by him. That's when their age differences really show the most...

Yeah, F~k him like the world is coming to an end, seriously never get off it, always be wanting to do it. If you keep that up for at least a month you'll have him for the rest of his life. He won't know what hit him. Honestly, just smile, laugh, enjoy the moment take it slow - the world's not ending tomorrow. As long as you both are enjoying each others company -- enjoy. If you run into any problems that's what we're here for 10 heads are better than one Honestly being a 34yo guy I don't act that old, trust me I can tell you there's a huge difference in maturity and life experience between the two of you. Not saying that to put you down at all, it's just the way it is. I personally wont date anyone younger than 25 because of that. Not saying it won't work, just that you need to keep some things in mind if you are going to keep it working. You really have to try hard to step out of your own shoes, and imagine how different it is in his. Life experience can leave you kind of jaded when you get some years under your belt, because you realize every 5 years or so that you've made a leap in how much you understand, that you were almost oblivious to before. So knowing that, just try to figure out which parts of your behavior he finds cute and endearing, and which parts the most immature things he might cringe at a little. He may find your youth and energy, bubbly-ness to be some of the best parts about you, but only to a certain level. Also if you know you lack experience in, or are ignorant of something that comes up finances, kids, ex wives or whatever then think before you go throwing your 2 cents in. Step back and try and understand it whether it's from asking him or another older person. Other than that just enjoy, and don't let him become your boss in the meantime. You are an adult, and if he wants to be with you he shouldn't treat you like you're his kid. Also I have seen this work before. A good friend of mine used to date our boss. She was mature for her age, and it worked for over a year. I'm a 38 year old guy in a relationship with a 24 year old girl. It's going really, really well, easily the best relationship I've ever had. She is an extremely intelligent, confident and interesting girl, also as a nice bonus extremely hot, the type that most guys drool over. She has plenty of attractive, fun male friends of a similar age to her, but she hasn't had a great experience dating guys like that because although nice as friends, as dates she finds them immature, unimaginative, selfish and she doesn't feel they treat a woman properly. So she socialises with them when she feels like relaxing, and she spends time with me when she feels horny or wants to be taken out or, basically, made to feel like a woman. I think it's important not to think too much about the age difference. I think the reason for this is that people slow down in their development after early twenties. I mean, the difference between 21 and 22 is quite significant for many people it would mean moving from college to having a job, moving away from parents' house maybe getting your own place, being able to drink legally is no longer so exciting, etc. The difference between 37 and 38 is minimal. And as a 38-year-old, in my head I still think almost exactly the same way I did when I was 25, I like the same things, I wear many of the same clothes quality lasts , my idea of a fun date would be pretty much the same. Main differences with me are, from experience I know better how to treat a girl properly, and I'm more confident in most situations life throws at you. And I'm very definitely better in bed than I was in my 20s, not through magic tricks or kama sutra style techniques, it's just a question of knowing better what I want, being more dominant in bed and also at the same time more relaxed about it. The friends thing is probably the single biggest issue. Basically it means we are happiest by ourselves, or with just one or two good friends who are understanding of our relationship. So now, if a group of friends wants to go out, we would usually tend each to do our own thing that evening. Headman - Yeah, everything you mentioned is why these types of relationships generally don't work in the long run. She is still discovering things that you already know. It's kind of like been there done that for you and you just look like an old man to her. So while she is an adult and she looks like an adult, she just won't have the depth of knowledge and life experience as you. And you won't have the same hope, wonder and optimism as she does because you have wisdom. So it's fun while it last and I mean it's a lot of fun but sometimes there is too much ground to cover to make it a viable long term situation. But every relationship and person is different and I've been wrong before -- once in 1999 it'll never happen again haha good luck bro.

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Your beau sounds like a breath of fresh air after a stressful time. I had six brothers growing up and I know how much a twenty year old likes having sex. They're both grown ups though, so whatever they want is their business. When you're 30, you can date a 22-year-old. All had a history of dating older guys; all were either currently dating men younger than themselves, or were keenly interested in doing so. I have always been with older men but this is my first young guy and I dont look forty either. She's 19 and apparently not just seeing, but sleeping with a 35 year old Scottish man that none of her family has ever met or knows anything about. My younger sister has a history of telling lies about who she's socialising with and what she gets up to when she goes out and despite numerous talks with her six older siblings she's the youngest in the family she can't seem to see the problem with this. Just little stuff like on his cell phone he will put just an initial instead of a name and transpose the numbers or something because when I call them I get the operator saying there is no such number or cant be completed as dialed. Do remember, however, that they are likely to feel cautious about any relationship you develop, with their keenest scrutiny based on the man's character and treatment of you and them , not his age. Although she seems quite mature for her age, so am I I think. The games you are playing...