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8:58 pm - 11/06/2011

What do you think of marriages with an age difference?

50 year old actor Kuroda Arthur is to tie the knot with a woman 17 years younger than him- his second marriage. goo's mobile polling service "Minna no Koe" put to it's users the question: What do you think of married couples with this kind of age difference?



1. It's up to the couple themselves
2. I think people who didn't know the couple would gossip a lot
3. It would be better if their ages were closer
4. I can't make up my mind
5. I'd do it myself
6. I've already married with an age difference
7. Maybe the generation gap would be too big
8. Other

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fumine 6th-Nov-2011 11:09 pm (UTC)
1. basically. If both are legal, it's up to them. And compared to some Hollywood couples, 17 years is not that much...really, it would only creep me out at an age difference à la AN Smith & JH Marshall.
A sprinkle of 3 on top, just because I think when your ages are closer, you might have more in common.
uchuu_kita 6th-Nov-2011 11:11 pm (UTC)
1. It's up to the couple themselves.

a_grumble_cake 6th-Nov-2011 11:16 pm (UTC)
This poll reminds of that gross 50 year old Japanese rocker personality that started 'dating' his co worker when she was 13 and then they got married and she wrote a book on how to have happy marriages. How this wasn't a huge scandal I will never know.
retahdedtim 6th-Nov-2011 11:44 pm (UTC)
EW! How old was she when she wrote that book?
taylorniw 6th-Nov-2011 11:19 pm (UTC)
Depends on their current ages. Although a 50 year old and a 33 year old probably aren't in the same place in terms of what they want in life, it's still better than say a 15 year and old a 32 year old.
nyappnyappcafe 7th-Nov-2011 12:14 am (UTC)
This.
ohprecioustime 6th-Nov-2011 11:21 pm (UTC)
this reminded of Courtney Stodden XD

number one plz,10-15 yrs to me isn't that big anything more then kinda :/

though if your are plus 21 IDC really...
wapiko 6th-Nov-2011 11:23 pm (UTC)
LOL me too, then I realized it said his wife is 17 years younger and NOT 17 years old. XD
xcapsule 6th-Nov-2011 11:21 pm (UTC)
let people do whatever they want srsly


i, myself, wouldn't date, let alone marry, someone who's the same age as my parents/has kids around my age, it'd feel creepy.
devilhunter_04 6th-Nov-2011 11:26 pm (UTC)
It's up to the couple I guess but a 17 year gap to is something that would turn me off personally.
starsinshapes 6th-Nov-2011 11:44 pm (UTC)
At first I thought she was 17 years old and I was like yikes. But 17 years younger when you're 50 is not bad. That's only 33.
morroska 6th-Nov-2011 11:50 pm (UTC)
as long as they're both adults i don't see the problem. although i don't know what 2 people with a large generational gap would have in common but w/e.
rainbow_spanker 7th-Nov-2011 12:32 am (UTC)
lol, isn't the real question "How do you feel about old farts dating young girls?" because let's face it, nobody is contemplating the alternative here.
koakumaneko 7th-Nov-2011 12:34 am (UTC)
I think is no one's business what a couple do or how they are, specially if the couple is happy.

I'm married with a person with a big gap of age different, and God bless this relationship, because is the best one I had in my entire life.
siha 7th-Nov-2011 12:42 am (UTC)
as long as both are of legal age, i'm okay with it.
i'm very attracted to older guys right now, like 15 years older than me at least.
alycey 7th-Nov-2011 12:57 am (UTC)
I'm attracted to older guys, too.
Honestly, if the couple seems OK with it and their legal, it really doesn't bother me.
brucelynn 7th-Nov-2011 01:46 am (UTC)
If it is legal there is no problem.
love_keiko 7th-Nov-2011 02:13 am (UTC)
for me, it depends. a 50+ year old man dating a teenager (courtney stodden) i am not ok with. mentally they r in two different places. him, a midlife crises---her? ...i really don't kno. daddy issues?

but otherwise i really dont care, it's up to the couple.
dearmisterecho 7th-Nov-2011 02:41 am (UTC)
If it's legal I can't get that up in arms about it, but I'm sorry if the dude is in his late 30s/40s and is marrying a girl in her early/mid 20s, I sincerely doubt they have ~so much in common~ and he's marrying her because she's still young and pretty. There's an obvious power structure at play in that situation that really bothers me.
xvic3 7th-Nov-2011 03:03 am (UTC)
I don't really mind it. I would totally marry GACKT even though we're 17yrs apart. It's the marriages like Hollywood's teenage bride that freaks me out. I mean who'd let their 16yr old daughter marry a 50yr old man? o.O
crsg 7th-Nov-2011 03:22 am (UTC)
I don't think there's anything inherently wrong with a big age gap, providing of course that it's legal and that both people are happy with it. Lol, I kinda have to say that though, my partner is 18 years older than I am. XD
yunizhamasaki 7th-Nov-2011 05:02 am (UTC)
It's legal. They are happy. Then I don't think it's wrong. It's their life. Plus, the woman is 33 years old.
agentduckiechan 7th-Nov-2011 05:57 am (UTC)
I choose 8 (Other). I don't really have much of a right to tell others how to live their lives once both parties are legal so more power to them. However, I personally would not date someone who was more than a decade older than me. Maybe in the future, but I would feel awkward and childlike if I dated someone much older than me right now (I'm 24 and often mistaken for someone much younger).

The big reason why I don't judge, though, is that my own parents were born 27 years apart. If my mother had had reservations about age difference, I would not exist right now.
awkward_as_heck 7th-Nov-2011 08:32 am (UTC)
Peoples business is their own, as long as they are mature consenting adults.
xelloss_poo 7th-Nov-2011 11:25 am (UTC)
At first I read the article as saying he was marrying a 17 year-old and was a bit "... ...". And then I read it was a 17-year age difference. Good for him for finding someone else to marry. I hope they have a good marriage.
shukudai_rescue 7th-Nov-2011 11:33 am (UTC)
What is 17 years compared to Kato Cha marrying someone 45 years younger?
linhmy 7th-Nov-2011 12:17 pm (UTC)
lolz, pp has their own life to care. :)) 17 gap for my feeling depends on couple I see. :D Aston Kutcher &Demi Moore=> still ok as both of them look not really different. oh, if i pair with s.o hot like Kimura Takuya ;));)) i wouldn't mind lolz. and yes, he is exactly 17 yrs older than me lolz .
mjspice 7th-Nov-2011 12:37 pm (UTC)
Well if the couple is ok with it then who cares? :S
abusedpancake 7th-Nov-2011 01:49 pm (UTC)
i think that as long as you consider having a relationship with anyone, you should be mature in thinking.. not really in age,.

if you're ready to face the consequences -gossips, maybe not such an attractive body, kids almost your age so on, go for it.. but don't expect any praise or a statue, lol

and if the girl is 17 and he is 50or so - see famous US couple - im sorry but she doesnt look 17, i dont believe she is 17 or 18.. she looks 32, and period. but at least he looks younger than 50.
nova_usagi 7th-Nov-2011 06:23 pm (UTC)
Obviously as long as it`s legal, it is ultimately up to the couple... However, in most cases, major age disparities between couples--especially when one of them is still in his/her teens, 20s, or even 30s--is troublesome. It`s unrealistic to expect the relationship to be fair, balanced, or healthy. Of course there are exceptions, but most cases don`t fall into that category.
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