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7. When you were younger, were you ever in a relationship with someone you now realize was way too old for you?

I wasn't, but I'm damn lucky I wasn't because I'm exactly the demographic that's most vulnerable to that: believed to be a woman (even by myself at that age), convinced I was smart and mature for my age, miserable because I thought I was better than everyone else, and horny af. It was just lack of opportunity that saved me from that kind of exploitation really.

Instead, my first boyfriend was two years older than me (exactly! we had the same birthday! he called me up to say "happy birthday" and I replied with "you too!" which I think rattled him, that's not usually how that greeting is answered!), my second was a year younger, first girlfriend was two years older again I think, then...two years older, one I don't remember how old he was but it was again a few years older than me, one nine or ten years older...another two years older... That seems to be my type, heh. Stuart is a lot older than me but I was almost thirty when we first got together and the age difference has never been weird or problematic. He found it hilarious.

But yeah, this was the silver lining to not finding anyone to date until my 20s, I missed out on a lot of bad choices!