No bull with Natalie

Dear Natalie,

I am 21 years old, but I am more of an old soul and I am not a typical young person. I am considering dating someone, but he is 10 years older than me. How old is too old? 

Dear Little Lolita,

That's a really good question. When I was in high school I worked at Burger King and one of my managers wanted to date me. He was older than me, and said, "age is just a number." To which I replied, "age is not just a number. I'm 16 and you're 29!" That, and he had teeth rot. My scenario was a little different, and I'm also not even sure why I told you that story. 

The point is, you're an adult. It's not up to me to say how old is too old. It's up to you. If you think you can handle a relationship with a 31-year-old, go for it girl, and more power to you! What matters is what you think and how you feel because it's your happiness on the line, not anyone else's. And besides, if anyone tries to say anything, they're probably just jealous. If he's 31, that makes me assume he has a decent job, which means you can get him to buy you things. Score!

Love,

Natalie

Dear Natalie,

I have two friends that do not know each other. One's a girl and one's a guy. I have been thinking about how perfect they would be for each other, but I haven't tried to fix them up because my guy friend has a girlfriend that he's been with for some years. They have so much in common and I think they would really like each other, but feel it is rude to tell my guy friend about this other girl because of his current girlfriend. What should I do?

Dear Matchmaker,

I generally follow only two rules when it comes to my friends. 1) Don't sleep with them. 2) Don't let them get you involved in their relationships. With this kind of situation, you don't even need to put yourself in it! You're right, it would probably be dicey to tell your buddy how great he would be for your gal friend when he is already in a relationship. What you can do is introduce them to each other and whenever you go out with one of them, invite the other along. For example, if you want to go get some Chinese, just invite only the two of them and see what happens! If it's meant to be, it's meant to be. 

Love,

Natalie

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