Parents aren't always right, in many cases they can be completely wrong. When one or both of your parents have failed you as a child, how is it immature for said child to not value their parent's advice? Are you supposed to defy all logic and still have faith in someone who couldn't even properly take care of you in your youth?
The bolded part cracks me up. Thus far, User's posted no reason for us not to like his father other than "he's an overly-rational ass" (I quality I happen to find endearing) and "he doesn't understand." And even if he were a flawed human being, he's still his father, and just about every father cares deeply about his children. Add in the fact that there are serious concerns about dating older women, and I find his parents in a deeply sympathetic situation.
I feel that you're relying too much on "logic" and not enough on psychology. Place yourself in his dad's position for a second.
So are you suggesting that people shouldn't date outside their own age? Because gold diggers come in all ages, thinking a woman is one because she's older is kinda ageist.
No. I'm suggesting that there's great risk that comes when dating older women as a youthful, naive (we're all naive), idealistic twenty-something-- a concern that, you know, would worry a parent.
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