Dating younger man

Don't feel silly Mermaid. You were both trying out the relationship to see how it went and unfortunately it didn't work out.
It isn't anyone's fault and it could actually be a good thing that your other friends didn't know about it as there's no embarrassment there

My friends husband is 11 years younger.He was 19 when she met him and she left her husband and 2 kids to be with him. He dotes on her and in her 80s now they are very happy.

Mermaid You have done the right thing. He showed you his true self and you took note, which is good. It's no one's fault, although you are obviously disappointed, but better not to be used for sex. You deserve much better.

Good on you mermaid I wish you well

We make a habit of marrying younger men in our family. My aunt was 11 years older than her husband. They were happily married for over 40 years. At a trivial level DM was three years older than DF DDiL is 2 years older than DS and I am a month older than DH.

So what?

ShropshireMiss

Judy Finnigan is only seven or eight years older than her husband Richard Madeley. But when you photos of them out together they look like a middle-aged son escorting his mother, elderly aunt, or even grandmother. I wouldn’t like to end up like that, and it must be very embarrassing for Judy.

Judy's problem is in addition to the age difference, her reputed bad health shows in her face, not had any obvious cosmetic surgery, and Madeley has a maddeningly boyish face!

They do seem to have a happy marriage though.

DH was two years younger than me which seemed quite a big gap when we were in our early twenties. A few decades on of course it made no difference at all. A friend of mine was in her late forties when she started an affair with a chap in his twenties. After a few months he went off with a girl his own age, but she had a jolly good time while it lasted.