6 or 7 years is hardly a big age difference IMO, no matter which partner is older. I remember someone writing to Dear Margo (or one of those columns) some years back because her 33-year-old niece was marrying a 27-year-old man, and the aunt was basically afraid people would snicker and point as her niece walked up the aisle. Which was ridiculous IMO- it’s not as though when he’s 40 and she’s 47 she’ll be using a cane and dentures while he’s out rollerblading, and she was still well within her childbearing years if they wanted kids. Margo basically told the aunt to "MYOB".

But being gay doesn’t mean that he can’t have kids, and some heterosexual men never have children. If that’s the father’s only concern with his son being gay then he should get past it pretty easily, but I suspect it goes deeper than that.

"same problem with my boyfriend.

his parents were 40 when he was born, so he had to take care of them in highschool. and now that he’s trying to just live life and start his career, they are pressuring him and guilting him into going back where they live to take care of them… you’re father is old and his health isn’t good, mom can’t drive and needs help…

i feel horrible for him. it’s incredibly unfair for his parents to expect their young son to come home and take care of his elderly parents before he has even experienced anything.

if you want kids when you’re older: don’t expect them to be your caretakers. are you having kids for the sake of cherishing your children, or are you birthing your old-age nurse?"

40 is not inordinately old to have children, and by my calculations your BF’s parents were in their mid to late 50’s when he was in high school and are in their what, early 60’s now? That’s hardly elderly- it’s not even retirement age for most people, and they should still be able to take care of themselves. It sounds like they would have laid a guilt trip on him no matter how old they were when he was born- tell him to try not to get sucked in.

Wow (no pun intended), I cannot believe how everyone is picking on this Mormon guy!  He was being upfront about his beliefs not because he’s gay or asexual or anything but to be honest and for her to have resonable expectations of their relationship. She could of presented herself in a way that made her seem like she wanted to get busy (for a lack of a better way to put it) and he was politely saying that is not his interest. 

Regarding his divorce, the letter writer just said he converted as an adult.  He could of converted years after his divorce for all we know.  Here is the shocker he could just be honest! WOW!

Maybe so. But if he’s indeed so devout and true to his beliefs, one wonders why he’s going online to find dates and dating women who aren’t Mormon, who are unlikely to hold those same beliefs and be content with a platonic courtship. That’s the part that seems "off" to me.

Wow (no pun intended), I cannot believe how everyone is picking on this Mormon guy!  He was being upfront about his beliefs not because he’s gay or asexual or anything but to be honest and for her to have resonable expectations of their relationship. She could of presented herself in a way that made her seem like she wanted to get busy (for a lack of a better way to put it) and he was politely saying that is not his interest. 

Regarding his divorce, the letter writer just said he converted as an adult.  He could of converted years after his divorce for all we know.  Here is the shocker he could just be honest! WOW!

Maybe so. But if he’s indeed so devout and true to his beliefs, one wonders why he’s going online to find dates and dating women who aren’t Mormon, who are unlikely to hold those same beliefs and be content with a platonic courtship. That’s the part that seems "off" to me.

Religion aside, I don’t get it- if he doesn’t want sex and he isn’t looking to remarry, one wonders what his purpose is in dating. Finding a gin rummy partner? Margo is correct that she should let him be.

But ( and it’s a big issue for me), what was a story about a desperate man, doing desperate things, in a desperate situation, changed with what happened to Aaron Paul’s girlfriend. Before, it was someone caught up in a situation, way out of his depth and trying not to drown. The act with the girlfriend changed all that and now it just looks like greed and power. I lost all my sympathy for Brian’s character, on that episode. So, I never even watched the entire pink, singed bear episode. I’m not sure I want to follow, where the show seems to be going, now.  

You should watch the finale episode. Trust me, just do. And I think Walt’s actions with Jesse’s GF do in fact jibe with a man who’s out of his depth and is trying to protect himself and his family, which now basically includes Jesse for better or worse. Besides blackmailing Walt, he felt Jesse’s GF was ruining Jesse’s life and leading him down a path of self-destruction. Remember, the main reason he didn’t want to give Jesse his cut of the money all at once was that he was convinced Jesse would shoot it all in his arm and die of an OD. So Walt’s decision to do (or not do) what he did with the GF wasn’t based merely on greed- misguided as it was, he wanted her out of the picture for Jesse’s sake. And let’s just say there were some major unintended, almost biblical consequences at the very end of the finale.