Thank you for listening

And thank you for your desire to understand us and our attraction bases rather than jump on the universal hate wagon.

As for your concern that kids are better off without the complication of relationships. Relationships can be hurtful when they go bad, but we can also LEARN from them. Sometimes experiencing heartbreak can be useful in teaching us important things in life, and this can also help us to learn what type of people are good for us and what type of people can be wrong for us as individuals. It may not be a good idea trying to protect kids from taking these emotional risks, because if we do then they will be inexperienced when they DO reach adulthood and will be suffering a lot more pain in the long run as a result. In my opinion, it's best to let them learn about love and relationships at as young an age as possible so that they will be prepared for the down side to relationships by the time they grow up. Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Also, contrary to popular belief, in intergenerational relationships, the older person is much more likely to be hurt than the younger person. Young people change much faster than adults, and as a result, they often tend to grow out of love with their adult partners after a relatively short time. Though I think there is the possibility of a long-term relationship being established between a younger and older person (and psychologist Robert Epstein certainly does, but I will comment much more on his book The Case Against Adolescence in a future post), more often than not the younger person moves on in time. But many of us still believe the relationship was more than worth for as long as it lasted because of how happy it made us while it was still going on. In many cases, two former intergenerational lovers end up as friends for life.