I was being a dick. Glad you saw the funny side though 
I *knew *I should have posted quicker!
You never know how these things will work out. Look at Sam Taylor-Wood and Aaron Johnson - they were (IIRC) 42 and 19 respectively when they got together. They’ve now got two kids together. Life is funny like that.
[Max Smart]Missed it by that much![/MS]
The issue is that if it were just sex, you could say “great sex” and walk away. But sometimes, the crazy takes your stuff. Vandalizes your possessions. Accuses you of rape or abuse. Tries to turn your friends against you. Seduces your best friend just to see if she can make you nuts. Make a pest of herself at your job to the point that your boss starts to have issues with YOU. Not that I’ve ever seen any of these happen…ok, I’ve seen ALL of these happen. Even if you don’t get emotionally attached, the crazy can still screw you over.
To me though, there are two potential issues with May December romances (and I had one myself, maybe two depending how you count them), regardless of gender of the relative parties. Neither of them is an issue if you are both just using each other for short term sex - although a true fuck buddy relationship is actually harder to pull off than most people want to believe - and come into play if this is a long term thing.
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There is a question of relative maturity. Is this a situation where the older person is enjoying and looking for a power imbalance. Or the situation where the older person has an arrested maturity themselves. If either of those situations seem true, I get concerned for the friends involved. However, I do know of a few of these relationships that have worked long term, either because neither of these conditions ever existed, or if they did, they were worked through or the parties were content with them, which creates situation #2.
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Are you willing to be 40 when she is 70? My in laws are in this situation now. She was 20 when he was 50 and they met. She has aged beyond her years because they do things older people do - not things middle age people do. And she is heading towards being a young widow - or perhaps she’ll get lucky and just have years of care giving ahead of her…Another friend is 40…her husband is 60 and not in great health, her daughter is 11. There is always a chance even young parents will die, but his odds aren’t good for dancing with the bride when his daughter marries.
My second sexual relationship was with a significantly older woman than me (20+ yrs) - I learned a lot, had a lot of fun, but in the end, we just had nothing in common besides sex, and that just never lasts.
Have fun with it, don’t be cruel if you find your interest waning, and learn all you can. Your future girlfriends may unknowingly thank her. 
You can probably go older.
That’s what I love about these middle-aged women, man. You get older, and they do too.
I was hoping for a senior prom joke.
This isn’t the case, I don’t think… My online persona may not give the impression (or rather, really, really shouldn’t give the impression), but I’m a pretty mature guy for my age. We work out pretty well…
But this is the problem. I think she knows that this can’t last all too long…
Be very careful, this is a delicate situation. She could break a hip.
Why? They have so much in common, what with his voice still changing and getting ready for the big dance and shes going through menopause. Think of all the common activities, interests, nostalgia and tastes they share.
But yeah, the OP sounds like a Love Line caller that’s about to get booted.
Yours, if you’re lucky.
Can’t she put him on her AARP insurance?
Maybe you’d get less flack if you just said “I’m fucking a 48 year old. We don’t really date.”
You bagged yourself a cougar. Congratulations. I had my eye on a few when I was your age but never got one. So I can see wanting to brag about it, which I suspect is what this thread is really about.
Go ahead and enjoy yourself, but just in case you really believe you’re in a “stable relationship” as you claim – you’re not. She has a boy-toy and you have an experienced woman to show you a thing or two, and everybody’s happy… until you start pretending it’s more than it is. Just sayin’.
This. For a 48 yr old to date an 18 yr old…there’s something *wrong *with that 48 yr old.
Your future girlfriends WILL unknowingly thank her. I was in a May-December arrangement for a while and that lady taught me things about how to make females happy that I didn’t even know could be done. And the ladies since then have all benefited from it.
Having a senior moment - who was the sci-fi author who dreamed up the society where young men were paired up with older women who taught them how to do the lovin’, and then when the men were older, they were paired up with young women and taught them how they should be loved, etc, etc. Was it Heinlein?
I was thinking overly neurotic, not Fatal Attraction-level crazy. Do we really think that’s what the OP has gotten himself into? I doubt it.
I’m not sure that’s true considering that one of the hallmarks of maturity is the ability to engage in romantic relationships with members of your age cohort. Why don’t you cop to it: not only are you dating a 48 year old, but this is the first woman you’ve dated. (Oh, wait, I remember you also “dated” (albeit online only) a girl who lived abroad and told rococo tales of parental abuse and suicidal ideation! When it rains, it pours.)
Is your lady friend employed? If so, is it full-time, skilled work? Does she experience any of those conditions associated with neurasthenia (depression, anxiety, chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia, obesity, alcoholism or prescription drug addiction)? Is she housebound? Has she had any relationships with anyone her own age before? Have you ever met her in person?