Should age matter in a relationship?

There is quite a large age gap between myself and my partner yet we have been together with nearly six years now and are getting married on the 1st May. He is a lot younger than I am but that gap makes no difference either to us or or families and friends. Age is definitely not an issue

Provided both ppl are of legal age and are consenting then I see no issue with it..Like you said, age is nothign more than a number..I've never dated anyone YOUNGER than me but I've dated older than me...from 11 yrs old than me to one guy who was twice my age actually....The "number" isnt important IMO, its the maturity thats key.

No age shouldnt matter and then to men lie about age just as well as women. When I met 2nd hubby he said he was 25 and I was 23 so that wa ok and then he turned around a few months later

For me age doesn't matter when it comes to relationship specially if they love each other. And age was just a number yes, I agree. But when we are talking about responsibility it doesn't count the numbers. There are old people but irresponsible in many things while there are young at age but they know much about the life. When it comes to love I am much agree that age doesn't matter. Because it talks about the feelings. What we feel not the counts of how much age do we have. And there is no restrictions what we feel. Love is blind and powerful it conquer everything. This is what I think. Have a nice day friend!

Only you can answer that question. In my opinion age should not be an issue, but in society you will always come across people that may think differently of you due to your age difference. My husband is actually older than me, but that has never had an effect on our relationship. Only you can make the decision as to whether or not an age difference will bother you.

From my past, i'd always ended up with younger guys maybe because i kinda look younger than my current age, also i know more younger adults. Once, i've been with a guys who is much older than me. Age is not an issue to me as long as we could get along well. For my case, it didn't work out well for long for either younger or older ones. So age shouldn't matter at all in the 1st place.

I think the older you get, the less important it is, as long as you both have a lot in common. I was seeing someone that was a lot older than me and the problem was that he wanted to listen to what I call "dated" music, it was all from a certain era and he refused to listen to anything else and a lot of his ideas were from an earlier time and he didn't want to 'get with the times' it was like he was stuck in a time warp. But I like to keep up to date on music, news, and anything else that goes on. I do know a lot of women that would have liked hanging out with him but I couldn't do it for very long....maybe I should start going younger instead of older...

i think it depend on the ages, now if a guy is like 19 or older, and he's with a girl who's 16 then yes its wrong. or if a girl is 19 or older with a boy who's 16 then yes its wrong. i do know some females perfer older guys because they act different then younger guys. but to me i couldnt be with someone old enough to be my mom, or young enough to be my daughter.

Age shouldn't matter as long as there are no disillusions involved. Many relationships fail because of disillusions no matter what the age difference is.

well, i prefer to stay with a guy who is older than me, or the same age than me.. but sometimes wecould find that younger has more brain than olders.. when im talking about older people, im not refering like 60 years old because is not my like (thanks god hahaha).. im refering that im talking about no more than 10 years old than me.. but if i could choose, i would like to choose to my smae age or older.. not younger.. because i dont lkike to be her "mom" lol! have a nice day, thanks for asking.

I also think age is nothing but a number. It depends on maturity and interests. I've dated older women and younger women, and have had much younger "women" interested, but I let society dictate my actions and pushed them away. My strength is liking all types of music although I am into psychedelic rock, rythmn and blues, etc. I think I got my attitude from my mother and grandmother who always had the latest hits playing in my household. I can go way back to boogie or come to the present and dance to Black Eyed Peas. But interests are the key. You and your partner are not going to be interested in the same thing 100% of the time. Also, if I'm with a younger woman, I'm going to support her for what her interests are since I might not be around that long. I say this because I've seen many widows who have found other things to enrich their lives. but I do say this, there are too many single women with not many eligible men out there and they will lose out if they let society and their friends dictate their happiness because of age.

For me age does kind of matter. When I was divorced I went out with women that were a lot youngr than I am. I would really notice the differance when an old song would come on and even though she said she liked it those weren't the things she listened to. I would always get along very well when I first met them but as time went by I could feel the difference just by the things they liked and I found out I really didn't.

I think everything depends of how compatible both persons are, obviously age difference give an additional challenge to the relationship, as big as the age difference is, as bigger the challenge is, but it is not something that cannot be done, everything depends how good the couples get along, and in what stage of life both are,for example if a woman 28 and the guy is 38, is 10 years of difference, but both persons probably are in stable jobs, they have achieved some success and they may have the same interests, however if the relationship is between people that are 18 and 28 years old, it is still a 10 years age difference, but an 18 years old is still working in his education, he just got out of high school, and a 28 years old person already went to college, and it is ready to settle down. So in my opinion everything depends of how compatible are both persons and in what stage of life they are.

I personally feel that age is never a factor if you love someone. Anyway's girl's mature faster than boys so they would be on equal mentally if the boy is younger and so it does not matter.

I personally do not think that age matters in a relationship, provided the people in such relations, understand each other... My fiancee is 12 years elder to me and we intend to marry. As far as I remember, we've never had an argument so far- forget quarrels! We love each other madly and passionately... We care for each other! If we differ upon some subject or issue or matter, we speak to each other and solve the problem... For more than a year this has been a healthy relationship... My advice is, if your partner is a little immatured, then try to understand him. He/she is immatured, that's why they make mistakes sometimes. At such instants, the elder partner should play an understanding role towards the younger one. Understand, analyze and forgive! Yeah, one of course, must explain the younger one what his/her mistake is and how it caused annoyance to the elder one. People who are in love, avoid making mistakes that will annoy their partners, that's what my experience has been... I wish you Good Luck dloveli... Have fun! Happy lotting!!!

my bf is 26 years elder than me, for me i don't feel any communication problem or age gap between us, only the problem comes from my parents, who have the problem to accept this. The reason why they don't accept is that they are afraid the steretypes from their friends around them.

To me age doesn't matter because my husband is way younger then me. But we love each other. We don't go to clubs or go out drinking that is not our kind of thing to do. When I was about 28 or 29 I have dated young guys around the age of 18 and 19 but I never went to places that they couldn't go to either. Now if my kid is 17 and tried to date a 20 year old that won't happen.

The problem with age, isn't so much the specific age, but rather maturity. The fact is, most parents do a pathetic job of raising kids, and that's being nice. So when they should be mature adults, ready for long term commitment and able to take care of themselves.... instead they are basically whiny children in adult bodies, still selfish and childish, immature and unable to be the husband or wife they should be at that age. What ends up happening, is you have young boys who get with older girls, and end up acting like you are their momma. Why? Cause they are still children in 19-year old bodies. Similarly, girls tend to want older men to be their daddies, or their knight in shining armor who whisks them away to a castle to live in luxury, and then get angry at having just an average life. So the real goal is maturity and character. I know a girl that is why younger than myself, that I'd have no problem marrying, simply because she is mature. She understands life is hard, and that there is no prince charming.

Age should not matter as long as there is respect, trust and friendship in the relationship. These are the ties that binds so nurture them.

Hey i personally feel age does matter if the age difference is not much like 2-4 yrs its fine but greater than tht may cause lot of problems. The first thing is the age gap more than 2-4 yrs will feel like a generation gap. The level of maturity , expectations and activities of different age group ppls differ significantly and u mite tend to get bored or irritated by one another. But again Love is something with no defined rules there is nothing two ppls in love can sort out. So if u can sort the things out and not be embarrassed about it U mite go for it...