Dear Prudence: Just Like Dear Old Mom

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Dear Prudence Just Like Dear Old Mom In a live chat, Dear Prudence advises the mother of a teen involved with a woman 30 older. By Emily Yoffe Posted Monday, Mar 05, 2012, at 07:57 PM ET Emily Yoffe, aka Dear Prudence, is on Washingtonpost.com weekly to chat live with readers. An edited transcript of this week's chat is below. (Sign up here to get Dear Prudence delivered to your inbox each week. Read Prudie's Slate columns here. Send questions to Prudence at prudence@slate.com.) Emily Yoffe: Good afternoon, everyone. Let's get to it. Q. My Son Is in Love With a Woman Older Than Me: My just turned 18-year-old son, who is a senior in high school and lives at home, recently came home and told me he has his first girlfriend and that he is in love. He said she is older than he is. He looks a bit older than 18. Turns out his new love is 48 years old. That is a year older than me. I met her, and she is actually very nice and in love with my son. If I had grown up in this town, we would have been in school together and likely best friends. She is not his teacher or in any position that would be suspect. They simply met in a cafe and fell in Love. Is this OK? A: She may not be his teacher, but she'll be his teacher, all right. This does not feel very OK, and if the sexes were reversed it still wouldn't. A 30-year age difference for a first romance is definitely designed to make one's parents unhappy. As "nice" as this ... To continue reading, click here. Join the Fray: our reader discussion forum What did you think of this article? POST A MESSAGE | READ MESSAGES Also In Slate Dear Prudence Grades Rush Limbaugh's Apology—and Suggests a Few Revisions When Did Douche Become an Insult? Advice on Hot Drinks From the Experts, Like Samuel Beckett and the NIH	Advertisement
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