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Original Post by ignayshus:

Almost 10 years later now and we're expecting our third child and discussing the theme of the new baby's nursery.

 If one of your 3 children came home from high-school one day and told you they were dating someone who was a couple years out of college, would you be a little weary of your kid's date?

Yes, but then if any of my 3 children came home from high-school one day and told me they were dating (at all) I'd be leary of their date.

Original Post by ignayshus:

Meh. I met my wife to be when she had just turned 17  and I was 23 at the time. That's almost exactly the same age difference (6.5 years in our case).

I met her in a salsa dance club/bar of all places, found out a few weeks(months?) later (yes my memory sucks) that she was not in fact 21.

Almost 10 years later now and we're expecting our third child and discussing the theme of the new baby's nursery.

oh, iggy.  iggy iggy iggy.  pointing at one situation retrospectively and saying, "look how well it turned out" doesn't do anything to change the original dynamics.  just ask mary kay letourneau.

All I'm saying is she knows a lot more about herself and this guy than she's divulging here and some posters are getting swept up in fruitless speculation.

Original Post by ignayshus:

Yes, but then if any of my 3 children came home from high-school one day and told me they were dating (at all) I'd be leary of their date.

 wary too. :)

I don't understand why the guy's age is of any importance at all. It doesn't matter if he's her age, 5 years older, 20 years older, or a three eyed monster. He made a commitment with the OP, and she cheated on him (or so many here have agreed to call it, cheating).

see how wary becomes weary prompting me to misspell leery leary

Original Post by pgeorgian:

Original Post by ignayshus:

Meh. I met my wife to be when she had just turned 17  and I was 23 at the time. That's almost exactly the same age difference (6.5 years in our case).

I met her in a salsa dance club/bar of all places, found out a few weeks(months?) later (yes my memory sucks) that she was not in fact 21.

Almost 10 years later now and we're expecting our third child and discussing the theme of the new baby's nursery.

oh, iggy.  iggy iggy iggy.  pointing at one situation retrospectively and saying, "look how well it turned out" doesn't do anything to change the original dynamics.  just ask mary kay letourneau.

 More than one marriage that started young has been successful - I hesitate to label Iggy's position invalid because it's purely anecdotal.

The default is probably 'wait till your older' but it truly does depend on the couple.

Original Post by ignayshus:

see how wary becomes weary prompting me to misspell leery leary

 *lears at Iggy* We're gonna go down the road of mispelled moonlight no matter what, aren't we?

mispelled is misspelled

hee hee.

fyi, we're probably going with a space ship theme as my idea of just adding tanks and explosions to the pink ballerina teddy bear theme (you know, to butch it up a bit) was overruled.

igy, i just figured i'd mention that the OP was the first person to mention their age difference (and i don't believe it was asked)...and she was also the first to get defensive about it in her next post (again, with no one commenting on it). 

Original Post by ignayshus:

fyi, we're probably going with a space ship theme as my idea of just adding tanks and explosions to the pink ballerina teddy bear theme (you know, to butch it up a bit) was overruled.

 when are you guys due, Ig?

She's probably caught a lot of flack over it and is just addressing the obvious.

I know I felt a bit like a pedophile for the first year, still I joked with her about it.  She definitely had some "growing up" to do, as is normal for anyone of that age, even geniuses as in my wife's case.

Late July. Not quite Irish Triplets, but they're all about a year and a half apart.

One of you had better be Irish to toss out a line like that - ;)

Have you determined the sex of the Ig-Spawn? Am guessing 'boy' with the spaceship theme?

Indeed, though I was hoping for a girl from a purely practical point of view. Now the nursery needs to be changed and we need to go clothes shopping :P

Plus I do love being a daddy to a bunch of lil girls ::sniffs::

Aww, your boy will be a little prince with two older sisters to moon over him . :)

Besides a boy will be good for the household balance - there will come a day that a wife and two daughters will drive you to some remote man cave for shelter - it will be good to have a man at your back. :)

son's are for the mom!  will never forget our son when he was about 3..and B and I were "discussing" a bit loud and angry...went over to B and kicked him and yelled to him "be nice to my mommy"

ahhh....such adoration...

but our oldest when she found out that she couldn't marry her daddy vowed she would never marry...(she is now 16 and had changed her mind)

our 3 kid...we had just for fun...she has been since birth,. our bonus baby

the age difference of the OP doesn't concern me...not in the least, but that inappropriate play does...I think it mean more then she wants to admit...time to really be honest with yourself...and with him.