[miss_crayon]

Kinda off topic...but not really.

I think it is completely stupid when people don't think there is an age difference from early 20s to their early 30s. Men and women always justify the question of "does age matter" with the reason of, "She was so mature for her age," or "I was mature for my age."

At 20, I was still in the mindset of I was going to get married by 23/24, have kids by 25 and be happily married and shit. I was definitely going to be that young wife and a cool hip mom despite thinking of all the troubles and issues LIFE would hand me along the way because..well.."I am such an old soul and I am so mature for my age."

I dated guys in their late 20s, early 30s (even one with 2 kids) during that age (20) and let me tell you it was hard to continue anything past the dating part of it because we were just in different phases in our lives. I put myself in such emotional drama that now when I look back on it...I feel EMBARASSED for all the shit I've done and said.

----I'm closing in on 27 and I can tell you I can wait another 4-5 years before getting married despite being in a long term relationship because there's just so much adulthood throws at you. A career, financial obligations, finding a home, meshing of 2 lives (including their family/friends etc), still figuring out who you are etc etc..

For this girl to be 22 and you 31...I doubt it will end up the way you want it to. I know so many girls around that age (from my brother) and I'm telling you....chicks nowadays are even more immature than we were back in the day. BITCHES BE CRAY! SERIOUSLY!

But all in all, it's up to you. Your experience may differ from others so with that said...please let us know what happens!