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Hey there, folks, it is Monday, September 1st, and age ain't nothing but a number when it comes to dating.

But what if she is an 18-year-old freshman?

Does age still matter if the gap is 25 years? But oh, the story gets oh, so much more complicated than that. And with that, welcome to this relationship edition

of Amy and TJ. We're going over Robes, a question that a reader sent into us on our Yahoooo.com column asking for some advice you can find

it yahoo.com a new one every week in the life section let's start with that rose there is an age

gap here 25 years now when you first hear that is big deal? Oh, that's a pretty big deal.

I mean, that's a parent to child generational gap.

Okay, so you would have a follow-up question immediately.

Hey, think about dating somebody.

He's 25 years older.

Your first question, you need to know how old the woman is right now, right?

Yes, 100%.

Because, well, there's already going to be literally a generation gap between the two of you.

But if you've lived enough life where you can go into that relationship with enough experience,

you won't obviously ever catch up with your partner,

but you've had enough life experience

that you can navigate your way through it potentially successfully. If you're young,

if you've just started off in life, if you've just left your parents home, it's like you just

went from your dad to your boyfriend.

Like it's almost as if you are still seeking that same sort of relationship where you've got that dynamic where someone is a parental figure to you because how could he not be?

Okay.

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