Originally Posted by
ninjapenguin
I find it sad you think theres better out there due to his age, or am i missing the point?
If hes in his 30's and hasnt settled so what? Maybe he didnt want to. Perhaps hes actually happy not going with the norm? Perhaps he has a bit of free spirit still inside him that hasnt been crushed by the mundane ruling classes that seek to dull every ounce of soul we posses?
Perhaps hes a useless wanker who will never amount to anything. Perhaps hes a complete slacker? Perhaps he will sponge from you and take you for all you have? Perhaps he'll never grow up and take responsibility?
You could face the same questions with a 20 year old.
If hes nice and you like him and he treats you well and you can be there for eachother and you dont have anymore hangups about it then **** what others think and go for it.
Geez I didn't mean for it to sound like that.......I guess I am looking at it from my family's perspective. I shouldn't be, but it's hard not to. Jesus, my mom puts all of this pressure on me to find a PhD student or professor to date, f*cking doctors, etc. I am ashamed to say it, but they really look down on people who haven't gone to school as well. It's ridiculous and offensive, and because of that, I worry they wouldn't like him just because he is neither of those things...
But you made some really good points above (see the bold paragraph). I mean, they are really refreshing and could describe how I want to be. Frankly, my parents should know better that I would gravitate towards free spirits/alternative types not only based on my personality, but even something as silly as my appearance!
I have been thinking about him a lot lately and how we could be really good for eachother...I think we could learn a lot and really compliment eachother in a lot of ways.
Therefore, I am going to say f*ck it and ask him out next week when he has off.
