Age Discrimination

This morning on litefm… a question was aired:
How much should parents get involved in their children’s relationship

Which started with a father who called in with the concern over the fact that
his son is dating a woman 10 years his senior:
31 guy dating a 41 lady…
The caller father is also very concerned whether he’d ever get a grandchild
(ya of all concerns, that’s his prime concern, sigh!)

What I wanted to comment is this:
the issue put forward by the DJs was,
how much should parents get involved in their children’s relationship

BUT, the issue generated call-ins commenting on the issue of AGE alone!

It could be seen from the response that people are pretty much repugnant of the fact that a guy a dating an older woman…

I find this to be discriminatory!

When an 80 year old grandfather marries a 18 year old,
the response is: “wow, that old man still has it!”

But when a woman of 41 is dating 31…
the response is: how can they have children.

That to me, is discrimination not only against a woman’s age
But also to a woman’s role in a relationship (woman is baby machine)!

What has age got to do with a relationship?
Do you ask a person’s age before you fall in love?
(Appearance can be deceiving nowadays especially since Placenta Serum was discovered)
When a person is attracted by another person,
it could very well be because of that other person’s maturity (elderly-ness!)

What is marriage?
Is marriage about making children only?

(I think we have enough human beings already on earth…
and even think its environmental unfriendly to produce more human being!)

Marriage is about a man and a woman who loves each other,
wanting to build a home together, sharing their lifes…
It would be great if God bequeath their marriage with a child…
but it there is none, that should not make their marriage less blissful.

So, when people comment about the problem of older woman bearing children
that really is discriminatory! (young man also can be infertile you know!)

What I want to say is:
Age should not stop a woman from love!
(well of course unless she is married already)
And a relationship is not build on the basis of “child bearing”.