17 attracted to 50 year old?
MY Opinion is, I don't think that I agree w/ most of every1 else. I really do think that you should wait till you turn 18 years old tho (b/c that's a legal age). I just feel like "you can't always control your heart, but you can definitely take your brain with you". I have been attracted to older men since I was about your age, & "I" (keyword is "I") have had great relationships w/ them (before & afterwards) & for ME, it's about their maturity level & having more to conversate w/ them about, just things like that, so I completely understand. Well, good luck to you, I just think that if you 'know' that there's an attraction there, then so does he. If your feelings are that strong, then hey, go for it, but "I" would wait at least 18yrs old. Again, good luck to you.
How to I get my seven year old nephew to listen to me?
First of all, he used to like me and love when I babysat him and now it's just a horrible time for both of us. I try to get along with him but the minute I do something he doesn't like (for example start playing a song he doesn't like) he starts to lash out (for example, knock all my stuff on the ground) and I try to reason with him and get him to pay for his actions and that's when he starts acting out even more...screaming, telling me no one likes me, that i'm an "idiot", etc. The only thing that works is me saying I'm going to tell mom...but I really wish he would see me as someone who's in charge and listen to me. My sister has to tell him every single time to be nice to me...and I would really like for us to get along but it's really hard when he's such an evil little boy...literally tells me he's gonna kill me and thinks it's a funny joke. What's worse is he's made it clear that he's not going to do as I say...and laughs and kicks me when I spank him. When I say "why won't you listen to me?" He says "because you're not 25 or older" His mother literally just turned 25 and I'm almost 23 so I consider myself an adult and I wish he would too but I also want him to think he's someone I can have fun with. HELP!
Dating older men - parents have a problem with it?
I'm 23 and my fiance is 31. We met when I was 16 and he was 24. I did used to be interested in guys/men my own age until I was completely messed around by one, then I came to the (wrong) conclusion that all under 20 year old men are just after 1 thing and not interested in anything else. My parents were ashamed actually, and they told me they were, which was quite upsetting. However, to them you are their little baby (even though you are 20!). Honestly, they just want the best for their daughter, in the words of my mum "a boy the same age as you will make you happier, an older boy has done too much, experienced too much, he has lived his life going clubbing and won't want you to do that in case you meet a man your own age". Was she right? No! Despite the age difference between me + my fiance, we still go out to nightclubs, we enjoy romantic meals in and we do have fun in the bedroom. If me + my fiance ever did split, I know I won't ever date a man younger than me or the same age as me. Usually on this site I say to teens "respect your parents + do what they expect from you" (usually related to them getting their tongue pierced or "important" teenage issues!). However, I am going to say, ignore your parents and do what makes YOU happy. Your parents probably don't have an age gap, or a very small one at max. They could have been bought up in a generation where people only date others that are the same age as them. Your mum + dad will come round eventually, once they realise you are happy. Try sitting down and really talking to them (without your boyfriend at first), then introduce him to them, but informally, like at a park or in the shopping centre. Wish you all the best, you only have 1 life - live it how you want to live it, not how your parents expect you to live it.