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Hi brothers and sisters,

Thank you for this website and thanks for your input.

Anyway, I have been dating a guy for two years. He lives in Europe and I live in the US. I'm 35 and he's 72. What drew me to him is that he's a hippie from the 60s, spiritual, gentle mostly, a loner type, happy, and a "gnarly" dresser. He also knows my past and doesn't judge. We seem pretty similar, as I'm basically a hippie of the modern day (minus the random hookups and drugs). We both dress Bohemian, colorful. We're both into third world rustic, idyllic cultures, especially Brazil and we dream of going there together. He's a gypsy traveler (about 55 countries, mostly third world). He's a simple, poor fellow, the romantic type of poverty, like me. I'm the product of African parents and he loves African women. I've met him twice for three weeks each.

I don't know though, now that I write it down, we seem like a match made in Heaven. I guess I'm just starting to lose interest as I grow in faith. Socializing seems mindless and meaningless. I care about him but sometimes when we talk, I want nothing more than to watch a Christian show or pray or something.

I know I'm making a mountain out of a molehill. Someone correctly pointed out that him being so old is a good thing, as that means one day I will get to be alone and more monastic.

Also, there are a couple of younger, Christian guys that are interested in dating, but I don't see it going anywhere. I don't want to get married or have kids. I want to be celibate.

Thoughts?
 

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Hi brothers and sisters,

Thank you for this website and thanks for your input.

Anyway, I have been dating a guy for two years. He lives in Europe and I live in the US. I'm 35 and he's 72. What drew me to him is that he's a hippie from the 60s, spiritual, gentle mostly, a loner type, happy, and a "gnarly" dresser. He also knows my past and doesn't judge. We seem pretty similar, as I'm basically a hippie of the modern day (minus the random hookups and drugs). We both dress Bohemian, colorful. We're both into third world rustic, idyllic cultures, especially Brazil and we dream of going there together. He's a gypsy traveler (about 55 countries, mostly third world). He's a simple, poor fellow, the romantic type of poverty, like me. I'm the product of African parents and he loves African women. I've met him twice for three weeks each.

I don't know though, now that I write it down, we seem like a match made in Heaven. I guess I'm just starting to lose interest as I grow in faith. Socializing seems mindless and meaningless. I care about him but sometimes when we talk, I want nothing more than to watch a Christian show or pray or something.

I know I'm making a mountain out of a molehill. Someone correctly pointed out that him being so old is a good thing, as that means one day I will get to be alone and more monastic.

Also, there are a couple of younger, Christian guys that are interested in dating, but I don't see it going anywhere. I don't want to get married or have kids. I want to be celibate.

Thoughts?
Like you said, "I don't want to get married or have kids. I want to be celibate." My advice is to go with that.
 
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Like you said, "I don't want to get married or have kids. I want to be celibate." My advice is to go with that.
As bcbsr is saying, that ^ proviso makes all the difference.

If your intention is to have affectionate, friendly, relationships that do not contemplate marriage or even a longterm commitment, I don't see any reason to break this one off or feel uneasy about it, age difference or not.
 
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Also, there are a couple of younger, Christian guys that are interested in dating, but I don't see it going anywhere. I don't want to get married or have kids. I want to be celibate. Thoughts?

Does he want to be celibate? I know he's 72, but also know some people age better than others, and age doesn't stop the mind, but I know little about either of you so, there's that.
 
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I think you should pray and ask the Lord about the situation that you are facing

1. The motive for being in a relationship is to
get married and having Christ as the
Centre

2. Love the Lord first and ask the Lord about
Being in a relationship
 
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At his age illness would be not uncommon. What if he gets a deadly or incapacitating disease, or Alzheimers? Would you want to take care of him?

I will be frank with you, the guy sounds like a wanderer, not likely to settle down. Also, since he doesn't have much in the way of roots, apparently, and you are so far away, how can you check anything out on him? Would you bet next year's salary that he doesn't have a wife (maybe more than one) somewhere and kids? What do you really know about him for sure? It might help to sit down and list those things somewhere.

You sound confused about what you want, like you are kind of just puzzling over this and wondering about that. On the great news side, it seems you may be growing spiritually as evidenced through less of a fascination with the world.

I would say to just gracefully exit out of your relationship though, speaking frankly again, I really doubt anything would come of it.
 
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