Grace
25 Years Old, Female
Location: Cebu City, Province of Cebu, Philippines
About Grace
Location: Cebu City, Province of Cebu, Philippines
For me, age will not always be a problem given the fact that you truly know you want that person even if you have a huge age gap. Being the older partner doesn’t guarantee emotional maturity, just like being younger doesn’t always mean you’re less mature. I can’t deny the fact that some man who is older from his partner will think that in relationships with big age differences may face more concerns about the longevity of the older partner. The younger partner may fear being left alone when the older partner passes. Communicating with each other about these feelings can be an important part of processing them and if even I found a man who is mature and older than me, I will always let him feel how important he is from me and he will always be taken cared of. With relationships, there will always be people on the outside looking in. Maybe even more so when outsiders visually see the age difference and in cultures where small relationship age gaps are more common, others may treat people in a relationship with a large age difference with judgment or criticism. The biggest challenge is facing criticism from those who feel there must be some ulterior motive for both of them. For example, a younger partner might be accused of only choosing an older partner because of their wealth or status, and an older partner might be accused of choosing someone younger for the way they look. I want my future man or partner to disregard ignorant opinions of people we don’t know. What truly matters to me is that we respect one another and we always strive what’s best for our future family living life healthy and stay focused with dreams in building the future of our kids.
I don’t really look after on the judgement of the people that surrounds me. I do have high respect to family’s traditions, country’s culture and heritage. I considered myself as a career-oriented woman who seek for a good and healthy lifestyle of my future family together with my future loving man who is supportive, hardworking, loyal, honest, god-fearing and most of all with respect and honor the family’s tradition and culture. For me, good communication, honesty and transparency, respect and faith are the foundation of all good relationships. These are the qualities that I look for in a man who I dream to get married and live my whole life someday. Making it work is really about having enough in common to bond, enough difference to learn from each other, and similar views on partnerships.