My Question of the Day: You’re invited to an event where alcohol will be served, but you don’t drink. What do you do?

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The Question: Imagine your mother is single and tells you she is going to marry the man she believes is her soulmate. She reveals to you that her fiancé is the exact same age as YOU, and then she asks for your blessing (support). What do you do??

My 2 Cents: Traditionally, society has accepted older men being with much younger women. However, when it is an older woman with a younger man, we raise an eyebrow. Studies have shown that women mature faster than men, so it seems unnatural for an older woman to have anything in common with a younger man when studies say that a younger man is even more immature than his actual age.

Having said all that, I’d give my mother my blessing (support) in who she has chosen as a life partner. I won’t say I won’t be uncomfortable with her choice, but I’d make every effort not to be a hindrance to her happiness. When all is said and done, my mother’s happiness is the most important thing to me. She would have my full and undivided support no matter what.

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Take a few moments to check out the tweets from Twitter on this subject:

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Mitch_M  I think this question would be easier to answer if my mother was younger; now, I’d have to lay some smack down. lol

Mo_Rease  I would give her my blessings. I mean if she was happy then I would have to respect that.

NightShade10  I’m sorry whether your a male or a female,that’s rather like being a pedophile,that’s gross. I’d love her and pray for her afar

davidsbass  Been there. Done that. Rudy’s only a bit older. I freaked. I doubted. I observed. I finally endorsed him. But trust …?

tclarkusa  It’s mom & her life decisions are hers to make despite any uncomfortable feelings I may have I’d still support her decision

TankaBar_JasonD  I would be coo with him you never know it might be for the best. I would want nothing but the best for my parents.

BLKMGK  Give my blessing. A soulmate is not necessarily your same age.

consciousskillz  Pray that I never find myself in that situation. lol

rishaholmes  CHILD PLEASE..I would tell that man to Kiss Da baby!ewww

MissMeandI  If I don’t live with my mama (or even if I did) I would have nothing to say abt who she marries, her life is her’s to live

JoshDamage  before I opine let me say what an excellent ? That is. Now I wud just hope for the best and hope my dad is happy with her.

ItsThaTarheeLdy  Pray 4 her and tell her if it is God’s will then who I am 2 block her happiness.

BigEd_1956  No Way!!! But I’m old school… Hehe

womprat99  I don’t believe love knows an age difference. As long as it is legal and is truly love, I support it.

nukirk  Actually, that’s a BIT closer to home for me. I can’t imagine that because it happened. For the record, he was actually about 7-8 years older, but still… Mom’s died before the marriage happened. But I didn’t really care about that. All I care about is that she was happy.

md20737  I tell my momma I support you and I love you. And gone about my business. I dont think age matters with adults.

chela816  As long as I am old enough to be out of the house (ie, he doesn’t have authority over me), then best wishes to them both!

Hadji4ever  I would give her my blessing! There’s a recession in men!

xsashagirl  Who am I to question Mom’s destiny? I’d try to get to know the dude & hope for the best

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The commentary doesn’t have to end!

Please feel free to continue to add your comments below.

My Question of the Day: You’re invited to an event where alcohol will be served, but you don’t drink. What do you do?

My Question of the Day With A Twist: You and some friends drive to an event where alcohol will be served, and all the guests are drinking, including you. The event is coming to a close, and you realize you and everyone you came with was having such a fantastic time that all of you have indulged in a bit more alcohol than you or they planned. Your host has not made arrangements for people to stay over who may be too impaired to drive. What do you do?

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My Question of the Day: Imagine your mother is single and tells you she is going to marry the man she believes is her soulmate. She reveals to you that her fiancé is the exact same age as YOU, and then she asks for your blessing (support). What do you do?

RULES FOR COMMENTS

1. DO NOT include links in your post. There is a place for you to include one link when you’re filling out the Name/Email/Website information. Comments that include links will be deleted.

2. If your post is obviously irrelevant to the question at hand, it will be deleted. This is a tactic spammers use to simply show up on blogs.

3. Please keep your comments respectful. We can agree to disagree without attacking each other.

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