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[quote=Anonymous]DCUM can be a tough crowd!

OP, you were asked for your advice. Your SIL must value your opinion. Good for you.

I dated someone 24 years older for a while (and then married someone 12 years older) so I have been to this movie. "Helpful" friends and family will opine on age, but the key thing isn't the age difference, but a slightly more complicated equation: the ratio of likely "good" years out of likely total years together.

There are young 66 year olds and old 45 year olds, so those raw #s don't mean much. The thing to understand is that there's young old, mid old, and old old. Young-old can be active, attractive, well traveled, sexually active. In fact it can be a lot more fun than earlier stages because you have more security, confidence, and self-acceptance - and the time to enjoy them. Old-old, on the other hand, is not for sissies.

Obviously no one knows what the future holds. But you can take a good guess by looking at someone's habits, attitude, and genes. [/quote]

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