TheSeaAndStars wrote:Thats groovy too, dude. But I don't think they were talkin' bout marriage yet. This thread was a bout someone askin' if datin' somebody younger was groovy with God n family or not.
Given this, I am compelled to review the initial post:
[Quote=PanZ]I have a christian friend that i really like a lot. She and i are just really good friends right now. We click so incredibly well together it is scary. We have the excact same thought process. I would love to be able to call her my girlfriend just so i know that i have someone who will be there for me. Even though God is there, there is still someone here on earth for me and i think she is it. I would like to know what anybody thinks. She is 16 by the way if that makes any difference. Keep me in your prayers please. Being alone is hard on me. Thank you. God Bless you.[/quote]
Going back on what I said, does loving someone mean that you have to be in a "relationship?" Relationship that is, defined as that ridiculous "exclusivity boyfriend/girlfriend claptrap the media or society champions." My answer is still no. In fact, why be "BF/GF" at all? My opinion (not that it matters) is that becoming so would ruin matters! You'd feel compelled to go out with each other, buy gifts, make phone calls rather than freely loving or giving as perscribed by the Word. I could be wrong. Remember my opinon doesn't matter.
Once you come to the realization that "God is there," you are never alone indeed! If God is as real as people tell you He is, and you know Him, you could have nothing else in the world and still be complete. St. Augustine really hits this point home (and it is something I still struggle to accept). So even if you never have someone to call yours, if you feel and know God, that is the best thing in the world. Friendship is good too, but the intimacy one shares with God completely eclipses any mortal friendship.
And as I can see from the initial post, little emphasis was put on age. Let me tell ya--my parents are eight years apart (Mom being the elder) and yet they couldn't be any closer. I don't think age matters; in fact, if I marry (I'd rather not, though), I hope it's to a woman much older and more successful than me, simply because money wouldn't be a problem anymore and I have no ambitions or desire to make ridiculous amounts of money.
. I never said that I was in the AF. What gave you that idea? 
But remember that you have more life experiences than she, and you have more responsibility. 
If you're going off to college, or are already there, (R u a McMurry Student? My parents were. 
) think carefully about what is more important to you, and if one is interfering with the other. 
) but I really think you're making a good decision. Thank you for taking advice so gracefully, even when it goes against your initial draw. I think it's a really good quality and some girlfriend one day will truly admire that in you. 