Would you date/marry someone from a different generation than you?

[Gojira]

Sure, why not

 

[Gojira]

Sure, why not

But, seriously folks... I had a friend visit me from California this past week. Her name is Kate, and she's 33. I'm 59. She's a good friend of mine. The age difference between us is not felt or seriously noticed. I almost feel like she's a peer.

But, when she came to church with me yesterday, a guy there asked if she was my daughter. I said 'no', and he looked somewhat taken back. I told him she was just my friend.

Just know that if you do do something like that (get involved with someone more than a decade younger than you), you are going to get looks, and probably some judgment too.

 

[Lanolin]

Has anyone actually read Generation X by Douglas Coupland.

If you have, maybe start that discussion because I have read it and it wasn't really what I thought it was going to be about.

In a nutshell, it wasn't so much about the whole 'my parents divorced and now I don't really know what to do with my life' kind of thing. To me it seemed like the offspring of people who grew up during the war I think it was just didn't understand why they didn't want to change their decor. lol

 

[GaryA]

My wife and I have been married for over 30 years now and I am only about two weeks older than her. Our birthdays are coming up soon and we will both be 58 years old.

Congratulations!

 

[CarriePie]

But, seriously folks... I had a friend visit me from California this past week. Her name is Kate, and she's 33. I'm 59. She's a good friend of mine. The age difference between us is not felt or seriously noticed. I almost feel like she's a peer.

But, when she came to church with me yesterday, a guy there asked if she was my daughter. I said 'no', and he looked somewhat taken back. I told him she was just my friend.

Just know that if you do do something like that (get involved with someone more than a decade younger than you), you are going to get looks, and probably some judgment too.

This is very interesting. I've heard similar responses in other areas. It must be different in the south though (the Deep South, that is). My experience in a relationship with a bigger age gap than that, no one ever said anything for years. Only one time did a young cashier stare at us (but who knows why she was really staring).

 

[Gojira]

This is very interesting. I've heard similar responses in other areas. It must be different in the south though (the Deep South, that is). My experience in a relationship with a bigger age gap than that, no one ever said anything for years. Only one time did a young cashier stare at us (but who knows why she was really staring).

Interesting. But, somehow that makes sense to me. Not entirely sure why.

 

[GaryA]

The woman in Proverbs 31 is a metaphorical representation of what the church should be. Not an actual single individual. A single individual woman would die of exhaustion trying to do all and be all of that.

Well - she doesn't have to do all of that in a single day!

I hope you know that this was just intended to be humorous - teasing you about what you said.

I can't help but see it as the "Bride of Christ ".....just saying....my wife can't make girdles worthy of the marketplace but that doesn't mean that she isn't one in a million.

Again, it is not a 'to do' list of things every woman is required by God to do. Rather, it is a 'characteristic personality traits' list that reflects the mentality, disposition, and habit/practice of every 'virtuous' woman.

 

[GaryA]

And, if that list I made in post #68 describes your wife - you are a very blessed man!

 

[GaryA]

23 Her husband is known in the gates, when he sitteth among the elders of the land...

Lots of guys want a proverbs 31 wife that does all the work while he hangs out with the guys at the city gates.

Yall know I'm right! 😄

1) This is indeed very funny.

2) Unfortunately, you are correct about lots of guys.

3) In the context of the passage, that verse illustrates how/that such a woman contributes to her husband's success.

 

[JohnDB]

I hope you know that this was just intended to be humorous - teasing you about what you said.


Again, it is not a 'to do' list of things every woman is required by God to do. Rather, it is a 'characteristic personality traits' list that reflects the mentality, disposition, and habit/practice of every 'virtuous' woman.

But....

Shouldn't the "Bride of Christ" absolutely be all of these things with those attitudes and ideals? (Possibly more?)

 

[ForgivenAndRedeemed]

Absolutely. Can’t be too picky at my age. 😏😉

 

[GaryA]

But....

Shouldn't the "Bride of Christ" absolutely be all of these things with those attitudes and ideals? (Possibly more?)

Sure...