We’re talking about two consenting adults. Even more, 18+ years old.
I’ve seen a large age gap sometimes (it’s not very common, tho).
Do you think it’s only social stygma? Or do you think the older partner has a psychological edge in the relationship?
At what point does the age gap become weird, socially and psychologically?
Do you have experience with dating someone (much) older or younger than you?
I think, at least socially, that the age gap is not static. And it can be socially acceptable a greater gap, the older both partners are.
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In my experience, girls always dated “slightly” older guys.
Also, in my experience in university, girls where dating the early 30s guys.
I’ve honestly never had a [real] friend (during my adulthood) who was female who was younger than me. I’m not sure what it means psychologically. Typically all my female friends have been 2 years older than me. Some even more. But there’s something about girls born in 1988 that I seem to be real good friends with everyone i meet 
even in college i wasn’t friends with many girls but the ones i was friends with were born in 1988.
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Wow i just realized thats FN weird, since my dad is 2 years younger than my mom.
Yuck! Weird! Jk…kinda
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Its the middle ages rn???
Nice computers we got then!.!.!.!
Strangely, weirdly, and disgustingly, Edgar Allen Poe was like 26 years old when they wanted to separate him from a 12 year old girl he was living with and he refused to be separated because he was “in love with” the 12 year old. A year later he married her when she was 13.
I think if there’s a 5+ year difference then 21 should be the age of consent.
Times change certainly. Still makes me think less of Poe. Although he was a good writer.
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Dude, the girls at uni allways dated the 30 something guys lol. Ok not allways. But it was a trend. We are talking about 13-14 years gap.
My exact thoughts on Lovecraft. But the fact that I don’t like him doesn’t mean that I don’t appreciate his work.
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A lot of the attractive girls in my high school dated the seniors when they were freshman. And I assume or kinda heard that the same girls married early to guys who were ready to settle down. Aka guys who were like 30, when they were 20. Like you said.
Im Not judging just saying.
Really young girls (I mean like 18-23)…aint my cup of tea…sorry. What do we even talk about 
Cant imagine dating someone with very little real life experiences.
And especially 18-20 ones…cuz they’re not even of legal age for anything that concerns me 
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Yeah. But imagine we move up the age gap. Let’s say a 39 y.o. dating a 55 y.o.
Suddenly it isn’t that weird socially. And it’s 16 years of age gap!
I dunno. then you’re getting into “you could’ve be my teen mom” territory
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My late wife was several months older than my mother.
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My mom is the most attractive 77 year old ive ever met. I couldnt imagine dating a 77 year old. Different situations there (im sure you and your mom have a less of an age gap than me and my mom)
Im so sorry for your loss 
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Sorry for your loss @firemonkey .
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I usually date girls younger than me because in person I look far younger than I am.
Girls in their 20’s eye me up, but that’s too much of an age gap.
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It’ll be 19 years this September. My mother was a few months off 22 when I was born.
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Again, @firemonkey I’m very sorry for your loss.
Thanks for reminding us that we can find someone special… Sometimes M.I. people tend to throw in the towell very easily.
We met in psych hospital . It was kismet.
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I was 27 when I met a 52 year old woman I hit it off with in the mental hospital. She told me she loved me when I met her at a restaurant a week later. She had previously said that she played hard to get with her ex-husband. And that’s why their relationship went well for a while. But then she came on too strong with me. Maybe I would have fell in love with her had she not come on too strong. Give me time to think/breath. It wasn’t meant to be though.
It wasn’t kismet. I’m glad to think of her cuz she was nice and we really had a soul-to-soul-connection.
These days I wish to date women in the same decade as me (their 30’s). Dunno what changed for me.
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Yeah, I feel like establishing an age limit for myself as well. But…
Have you ever try to put too many filters on a booking search? You end up with very little results… and the ones you get are lackluster.
Sometimes it’s just better to be more open minded.
Are you suddenly gonna change it when you grow older? Is it because of social customs?
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Im not exactly looking for a relationship at all tbh. I enjoy my solitude. But if it did happen i would just assume it would be with someone in their 30s lol. 
more in common, same generation and stuff. just seems right at this point in time.
Women in their 40’s mostly have like teenage+ kids. Not all but many. 20’s idk they seem young. That’s a 5+ age difference. Im just not interested in girls that young 
I’m not very customarily in general. It has nothing to do with that.
I do feel my parents would judge 95% of the people im interested in dating but idc about that but its frustrating how judgmental they can be.
Im not looking to date. But if i did it would be a 30-39 year old women with preferably no children.
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