How old is too old for you?

Philippines
February 1, 2008 3:05am CST
When you date someone, does age matters to you? How old is too old for you? What is the ideal age gap, in a relationship? Would you consider dating or marrying someone way much older than you? Let me know your thoughts on this. Cheers!
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13 responses
@Anne18 (11029)
16 Nov 11
Age doesn't matter as long as you are both happy together. My husband is five and a half years younger than me, age doesn't bother us. He is the youngest person that I have ever been out with and is the right one as we have been married fro almost fifteen years.
30 Mar 08
Age makes no difference when two people are happy together. My partner is 30 soon, while I am 57 years old. We are very happy together, he prefers older ladies and I prefer younger men so it is a perfect match.
@cdparazo (5765)
• Philippines
4 Feb 08
Too old for me if the man can do nothing but hold my hand when we get around to marrying. Maybe too old for me would be around the 60's. There are a lot of factors that i have to consider when i consider him being too old for me and that would be his physical capabilities. If he is in his 60's and can still run miles and make such an interesting companion then, i don't think he is too old for me .
@arkaf61 (10881)
• Canada
3 Feb 08
I tend to think that age doesn't really matter much but personally I would prefer a gap that isn't too big. ALthough it might work for some people, a gap from 10-20 years, for example , is something that wouldn't really work well with me. I do know a few couples where there is a 10 year difference and it seems to work well for them. But more than that I am not really sure.
@cupid74 (11388)
• Pakistan
2 Feb 08
depend on mood and situation attraction and love, is not bound of age some times same age dont match and some time age cal of 15-20 yrs dont matter so its confusing just ask ur heart
@johndur (3052)
• Pasig, Philippines
2 Feb 08
i dont think there really an age bracket when dating someone...as long as you like someone and you think you can love him or her there is no problem if you date him or her,.marrying someone older than you is somewhat more advantageous than marrying someone who is as old as you or younger than you...because most of the time older people are more responsible and know more in life than the younger ones and knows how to handle things due to his or her experience...
@stephcjh (38473)
• United States
1 Feb 08
Age doesn't matter to me. My husband and I have 15 years of age difference between us. I'm not sure what age would be too old though. I have dated guys my own age and it didn't work out very well. I was too mature for them.
@roniroxas (10560)
• Philippines
2 Feb 08
well i am 37 and a sungle mom. well it is okay to go out with someone atleast up to 40 but not as young as 30. thats for me.
@shakeroo (3986)
• Malaysia
1 Feb 08
Age does not matter to me. My wife and I are nine years apart and we are still having a great marriage.
• United States
1 Feb 08
You know there is alot of people i know where one person in the relationship is much older and they are soooo happy. I used to think i woul never date anyone more than 3 yrs older than me but if i was in the dating sceen i would be looking for someone atleast 5 years older than infact maybe 10 years
• Philippines
1 Feb 08
As much as possible, I wouldn't date someone younger than me. If he is older, I wouldn't really have any problem as long as he is not as old as my dad neither older than him.
@piatos03 (393)
• Philippines
1 Feb 08
Age wouldn't really matter that much to me although right now I have a certain preference. It's a plus and minus 5 thing. I would only date people 5 years older or 5 years younger than me, anything over that is for friendship only. I have made exceptions to the rule only twice. The first one was 15 years older than me. We went out on one date and somehow ended up becoming friends with one another. The first time we saw each other, I thought the age gap was only like 5-6 years. I guess the young angelic look threw me off. The other exception was only 8 years older. It was a dare date so I didn't really have much of a choice. I have learned to never do that again. Marriage with someone who doesn't fit my +-5 rule is pretty much out of the question. A date, maybe yes. But I wouldn't go so far as to marry them. It may be conceited but that's just the way I see it.
@malachy8 (26)
• Ireland
1 Feb 08
As one grows older, I don't think age is such a big thing. It only matters when you are young and still discovering yourself. I personally am attracted to older men, say 15 plus years older, however; when it comes to choosing a mate, you don't choose age you choose the person, no matter what the age.