# Dating someone younger -- bad idea?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dating-someone-younger-bad-idea/150882>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [January 25, 2003, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dating-someone-younger-bad-idea/150882 "2003-01-25T17:55:25Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2003, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dating-someone-younger-bad-idea/150882/21 "2003-01-27T00:03:30Z")

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One note: If, in the future, you have to get rid of her, just tell her she is too young for you, works everytime. Of course, in the future she may say you are too old for her. That works too 🙂

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**Author:** ![Magickly\_Delicious](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magickly\_Delicious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magickly_Delicious)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2003, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dating-someone-younger-bad-idea/150882/22 "2003-01-27T00:42:10Z")

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Ask her what _she_ thinks.

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**Author:** ![raisinbread](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8491ac/32.png) [@raisinbread](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raisinbread)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2003, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dating-someone-younger-bad-idea/150882/23 "2003-01-27T01:38:59Z")

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Or you can just throw her into the void like Emperor Ming

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