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Submitted by Stephanie (United States), Oct 19, 2009 at 16:34

To all the women that marry men over 10 years younger... I can understand up to ten years in age difference but after this, 15 and 20, really it seems like it's getting up there. Doesn't it ever make you wonder if these men will be wanting children and all the other things that comes with someone younger that you can not give? Isn't it scary? I honestly don't think any man really marries a 15 to 20 year older woman for love. I knew a couple here, a rich woman with a man that was like 20 years younger and he seemed faithful enough, stayed with her for several years and they got a long great for about 7 to 10 years I suppose. You could definitely tell she was older and he was alot younger. It wasn't like they even compared to being equal in how they looked when it came to age and she wasn't pretty granted. Eventually though, he married a woman closer to his age and they had three children together.

I personally would be a bit apprehensive no matter how beautiful people would say I am...if he had no children from a previous marriage and I was this older woman in my late 40's, 50's and 60's...i'd always wonder if he'd be looking for a younger woman for this purpose later on. Afterall, Muslim men can marry up to four women and yeah they may need the approval of the first wife to marry but talking with Muslim men, if she doesn't give this approval all the men tell me they would just divorce her anyway and get on with life. Ummm...it's all scary to me.

I am and was never in this position but seriously I think of these women on here that are and it would be such a huge concern of mine if I had been so much older.

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