I feel like age isn't an issue, but maturity is. I know some 30 year olds who act like they are 15, and some 15 year olds who act like they are 30.

i am 23, my boyfriend is 37. i used to think age gaps were a big deal. I never went out with anyone more than 3 years older than me.

Then i realised that age is just a doing it number

Doesn't really mean much to me. My sister is 20 and her husband is 31

To a point, I don't think age matters. Now, if a 21 year old hooks up with a 90 year old, I think there is something wrong with that.

As long as they're both over 18, have at it.

The biggest gap between me and a boyfriend was 3 years... and my fiance is 6 months older than me, almost exactly. But, I wouldn't not date someone I liked just because he's a lot older than I am.

You arent going to grow old together though if you're say 25 and hes 55. Doesnt seem like you be together that long, but say he lives to 75 thats 20 years together which is long come to think about it.

I have dated women much older than myself, as much as 23 years older. In those instances, I didn't know how old they were at first because they didn't look their age. They looked much, much younger. Dating is fine, but marriage is another thing. I was extremely wild over the woman I dated that was 17 years older than myself, but I also thought of the facts like, when I would be 43, she would be 60 and such. It might be fine while you both are fairly young, but as the years go by and there is a lot of age difference, I am sure the problems would ensue. A 43 year old is going to be able to do much more than a 60 year old. What about when one gets into the geriatric age and the other is still working? IMO, 10 years would be the most for marriage.

I don't feel like age is a big issue. My bf is almost 5 years older then me and what matters is that we can mentally be on the same page. I've dated a man as much as 10 years older then me, it diddnt work out tho cuz I was to nieve and just couldnt relate well with him. I don't think age should matter younger or older so long as you can connect and function together and make a good team. Unless its a pedifile type of relationship age difference then someone needs to go to JAIL!

if its a 15 yr old kid and a 35 yr old man or something

then yeah
that freaks me out

to me, age doesnt mean a thing. my mum is 12 years younger than my dad and they've been together nearly 23 years now
but there comes a point when it is wrong like a 15 year old going out with a 35 year old etc

my husband is 7 years older than me.

edited to add....that I love him so much, that I can't imagine my life without him. So no, I don't think age really matters that much.

The only time I think it might be iffy is if the girl is like 15 and the guy is 30, he might just want to have sex. Or yeah, if the guy is like 90 and the girl is way young, you know money has to be involved or something like that.

I certainly don't have a problem with age gaps. My husband is 5 years younger than me, but you wouldn't be able to tell it. We have been together for 5 1/2 years and from the time that I first met him, I though he was older than me. He is way more mature for his age and more mature than me sometimes. When we hang out with friends that are his age (his friends from school) I tend to regress back to that age and not act my age (ie. partying, drinking, socializing). Sometimes that can be bad, but for the most part, it makes me feel young, so Im not hung up on the fact that Im 5 years OLDER than him....

I'm 2 years younger than my husband. I think that it doesn't matter to an extent. LIke someone said before, a 20 year old and a 90 year old is just weird and fishy to me.

Nick is five years older than me. My dad was extremely upset when we started dating because "he is a grown man and grown men dating girls under eighteen only want one thing". Wrong. So wrong. Nick and I are pretty much the male/female versions of each other. It's amazing the connection and bond we have together.

In some instances, age differences just weird me out. A now sophomore that I went to school with is dating and having sex with a 28 year old man, and I just find that really odd, and kind of disturbing.

Age does matter. People go through phases at different points of their life. My very best friend is married to someone almost 15 years older than her, and they're in marriage counseling now. He's had time to go to school and establish a career and now he's ready for babies before he gets much older. She's going through school now and wants to establish a career and doesn't want to put it on hold to be a mother. They're at completely different points in their life. Oh, also, he sometimes acts more like her father than her husband.

I'm not saying this is what all relationships would be like. Some people can make it work. But saying age is just a number is not true. Not true at all.

Aaron and I are two years apart.

I think it has more to do with maturation. My friend dated a guy her age. She was ready to settle down and he was just interested in drugs and traveling.

I am 35 and my hubby just turned 28 however we get along unbelievably well and couldnt imagine a life without him

I think a lot of maturity comes with age and experience. There are some people who mature at a young age, but most need to see life to really have a handle on it. Even mature people look back on themselves ten years before and shake their head.

Relationships work when both people are on the same or similar ground in what they want. Big age gaps usually bring unequal ground with them*.

*Notice I said usually and not always.

My boyfriend is a 21 months older than me. I don't think I would date someone more that a few years older than me.