Are we May-Decemberers really a snowballing trend?  We’d love to find some real statistics.  If you happen to have any lying around, please send us a message.  Intelligent articles on this top keep popping up.  Enjoy….

Debunking the “Half-your-age-plus-seven” Rule of Thumb

If you’re one of those people who stares scornfully from your park bench at that 21-year-old girl walking romantically with the 55-year-old man in the park (or maybe it’s the 55-year-old woman walking hand-in-hand with the 21-year-old college-age guy)–it’s probably a good idea not to show too much open disgust. It’s likely other people around you will give you a look of disgust in return for thinking there’s something wrong with it–on par with those who still have outdated racial or other biased issues with people. Maybe it’s Hollywood setting trends once again (however arguable how influential they really are in today’s times)–but those people who sacrificed scorn with getting into a relationship with someone much younger or older than they are likely helped other people who’ve perhaps thought about it but avoided the situation for their own good.

Read the whole article:  May-December Relationships and Marriages: A Snowballing Trend in America – Associated Content.

For all of you women who are dating younger men, I think you’ll find this of interest.  You may not just be “cougars” anymore, perhaps you are bright, intelligent, vital women who marry the man you love regardless of what society might say!   And do we really have to call him a “toyboy” or “boy toy?”  Yikes!

Age gap – smage gap!  I mean…. I’m just saying….

Cheers,
Gayle

Nine years on and Barbara Windsor and her toyboy husband Scott are happier than ever | Mail Online.

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