I think it does depend largely on the couple's dynamic. I've been highly skeeved in a couple of my own flings by older guys who were a bit too invested in the whole Daddy/Son stereotype. (Dude, I'm a grown man who's been taking care of himself more than a decade, and I didn't need anyone giving me "guidance" even when I was a teenager. Don't ask me questions using the third person like I'm a toddler!) But others of similar age approached the interaction as equals and everything worked out fine.
How did your brain even learn human speech? I'm just so curious.
Wash ,'Objects In Space'
Lost: OMGWTF POLAR BEAR
[NAFDA] This is where we talk about the show! Anything that's aired in the US (including promos) is fair game. No spoilers though -- if you post one by accident, an admin will delete it.
Matt the Bruins fan - Feb 09, 2005 6:59:43 am PST #5692 of 10000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Scrappy - Feb 09, 2005 7:02:06 am PST #5693 of 10000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
I've seen it--it's treated as a joke that they met while she was in high school. Kinda freaky. I have a huge squick about adult/Kid relationships, yet these couples don't squick me at all. My friend in high school was 16 and she was 22, so there wasn't a huge age gap and they didn't start seeing each other until he was out of her class, which might have made a difference.
Jessica - Feb 09, 2005 7:04:57 am PST #5694 of 10000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I've seen it--it's treated as a joke that they met while she was in high school.
Heh -- actually, I think Frank was talking about this:
One of Jason's friends is a couple who met when she was in high school and she was her teacher
Scrappy - Feb 09, 2005 7:07:28 am PST #5695 of 10000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
OH my God it is SUCH a more interesting story if my typo was true. Sadly no, though.
Frankenbuddha - Feb 09, 2005 7:08:57 am PST #5696 of 10000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Heh -- actually, I think Frank was talking about this:
Yep. I usually resist jumping on typos, but if they get an audible laugh out of me, I gotta comment.
sumi - Feb 09, 2005 8:46:59 am PST #5697 of 10000
Art Crawl!!!
I'm probably not going to get to see this 'til tomorrow.
ION, did you see the SciFi Wire story on the Lost party/fundraiser?
Jeff Mejia - Feb 09, 2005 11:42:16 am PST #5698 of 10000
"Don't think of yourself as an organic pain collector racing towards oblivion." Dogbert to Dilbert
Hola. I'm skipping way ahead (I'm back in the 2200's in my catch-up) to note that thanks to the amazing generosity of Laura Holt, I'm now caught up with the Lost episodes, and am enjoying myself immensely. I plan on taping tonight's episodes, and I hope to be able to provide a preview breakdown. (It won't be immediately posted, because I also watch Alias ). I do have one question: since some have pointed out that the previews are kind of spoily, should I post the breakdown in spoiler font, or would the discussion it would generate get too laborious to follow in spoiler font. Our stated policy is that anything broadcast is fair game, but I thought I would ask anyway .
Topic!Cindy - Feb 09, 2005 11:47:28 am PST #5699 of 10000
What is even happening?
Jeff! (I have no answer for you, that doesn't already appear in the last sentence of your post, but it's nice to see you here, again).
§ ita § - Feb 09, 2005 11:48:17 am PST #5700 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I vote for fair game.
§ ita § - Feb 09, 2005 11:48:25 am PST #5701 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I vote for fair game.
Twice, even.