The Downside of Dating Someone Decades Older

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🗓️ 16 November 2025

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Dr. Laura schools Rachel on the reasons she should discontinue dating a man nearly 20 years her senior. Got a dilemma? Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com - Listen to The Dr. Laura Program daily on SiriusXM Triumph 123.

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0:26.4	Rachel, welcome to the program.
0:29.0	Hi, Dr. Laura.
0:30.2	Thank you for taking my call.
0:32.3	You're very welcome.
0:34.5	So my question is, and I'm a little nervous to get your response, but essentially my question is, how do I contend with my mother, who is understandably very disapproving of the man I'm dating?
0:54.4	What doesn't she like about him?
0:57.6	He's a lot older than me, 19 years older to be specific.
1:04.6	I'm 32 years old.
1:06.5	He is 51.
1:08.7	Well, that is so rude of him.
1:10.3	That is selfish and rude of him. And that's my mother's
1:15.5	response to. And I do realize how self-centered that is to take a young woman in her 30s and set
1:24.7	her up to be his caretaker in his old age? That's terrible. And I'm not kidding. That's absurd.
1:31.0	You don't have much in common. You're totally different times of the eras. It's just ridiculous.
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