just like everyone else you will never understand love...but i dated a man older then me by alot of years and we are still friends after 5 years..no matter what he looks like now i still have strong feelings for him.we get along very well and fight to but we seem to always find our common ground again..i will not push him to show feelings ... he isn't known to show much emotion anyway LOL..should i try to keep my feelings put away to keep him happy ?

hi there i kind of know where this is at as im kind of the older man (only 5 year difference) i think you should tell him how you feel because he may not have the foggest idea how you feel. to be honest if he isnt interested in you in the same way that you are to him im sorry hunny but he just aint the one for you and you should move on for a man that does have the same feelings for you as you have to him. hope that helps sorry sleep deprived little bad with the keyboard tonight

can you really be happy hiding who you really are from him?

To be real,,I don't think you can put an age on falling in-love, but to the showing qualities or in your case, the non-showing emotions from him. Thats something that you have to except or change, to be good with it inside your heart.
First, no offense,,but YOUR HERE,,,and asking this,,,so to be HERE.
As this is a more single people type place,,lol,YOU may be looking,
and if your looking,,I would say you are not happy inside your heart
So to find that peace in you,,,you other talk to him about the showing,,or you will never really FEEL,,,that in which your missing.
And to look else-where to find that,,would be wrong to do to him.
You mentioned you two fight,,and that you've shared life now,,for five years. So you and him,,,,are an entity of together...
If he seems to not be enough for you, please, don't kid yourself and him,,,TALK ABOUT THIS,,,and find out his thoughts,,and if he is reluctant to try and change,,I would tell him, you can't move anymore forward with him,,,because YOU,,,,,here me PLEASE,
YOU CANNOT LIVE YOUR LIFE,,,,for HIS HAPPINESS...
It has to be for the BOTH of you to live feeling each other inside and out,,or you will have waisted your youth away, as he passes away,,and YOUR NEVER FORGIVE YOUR SELF,,for all the years you lost,,in making YOU a happier person,,inside your heart and mind.
Everything that comes to be,,has to be with you knowing, that love
and loving someone,,,should not be at a LOSS for you to feel GOOD
about loving them...Good Luck and THIS is just my thoughts to you.
As a man who might be closer to HIS age,,,