Older woman, younger man
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- May
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This week, “Sex and the City” actress Kim Cattrall revealed that she’s dating a guy who’s 23 years younger. He’s 28 and she’s 51. (See the cover story in The Line for more on the new movie.)
Their age difference is even greater than the Demi Moore/Ashton Kutcher divide. And honestly, I think it’s great! But if I were single, I really doubt I could pull it off. Wouldn’t it almost feel motherly?
Then again, I find it extremely creepy when older men date women young enough to be their daughters.
What do you think about all this? Should middle-aged people stick with their own kind?
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Baby boomer Linda Lombroso was born in Queens and grew up in Port Washington. She began her journalism career at New York Magazine and Rolling Stone, but left to pursue a master's degree in elementary education. Shortly afterward, she returned to magazines as an editor at US magazine, but again left the field, this time for the birth of her first child. Linda and her family moved from Manhattan to New Rochelle in 1988. After spending 10 years as a stay-at-home mother, she joined The Journal News as a police reporter in 1997. She's been a Life & Style writer since 2000. This is the only year her three children are teenagers at the same time, which means she undergoes a daily critique of hair, makeup and wardrobe. Her parents still live in Port Washington Ń and they like everything she wears.
A few years difference either way is fine for men and women but this is crazy. I remember being about 16 and working. There was this girl who was my age there who told me she was dating a 30 year old guy. I thouht that was gross then, and still don’t get it.
It depends on the people involved. What makes a relationship fulfilling? I can see a viable relationship between an older woman with a younger man 15 years her junior, but no more than that. If the man is mature for his age and the woman finds he is a compelling companion, who am I to judge? Certainly, a relationship based on arrested development for the woman can’t be sustained. Let’s not lock ourselves into superficial criteria using age alone as the most important aspect. Sometimes, loneliness makes us seek beyond a common age bracket and maybe it’s just a joint partnership of novelty. We all have a right to enjoy life the way we want to.