# My 38 year old friend/co-worker is dating a 19 year old... thoughts?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-38-year-old-friend-co-worker-is-dating-a-19-year-old-thoughts/245602>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [May 17, 2004, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-38-year-old-friend-co-worker-is-dating-a-19-year-old-thoughts/245602 "2004-05-17T14:11:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2004, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-38-year-old-friend-co-worker-is-dating-a-19-year-old-thoughts/245602/61 "2004-06-22T13:47:21Z")

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Good luck to them. It will either work out or it won’t and that is the best you can say for **any** relationship. Hope for the best.

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**Author:** ![citrus\_x\_paradisi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6f9a4e/32.png) [@citrus\_x\_paradisi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/citrus_x_paradisi)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2004, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-38-year-old-friend-co-worker-is-dating-a-19-year-old-thoughts/245602/62 "2004-06-22T15:39:42Z")

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While I agree that their relationship is their own business, it’ll be good when one of their birthdays passes, so the ‘twice as old’ issue will be less striking. 😛

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