Age Difference in Relationship: How Much Older and/or Younger You Could Accept?

Malaysia
January 15, 2013 8:04am CST
Sometimes love is unpredictable. You can have a set of rules that you must see in your potential partner and ended up dating someone who is totally opposite to the conditions you've set. How about age difference? How much older and how much younger that you think you can handle? And why?
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4 responses
@doroffee (4222)
• Hungary
15 Jan 13
As a woman, I wouldn't date someone younger than me. Maybe it's just a stupid thing society planted in me, but I want someone older. As for attraction, I can be attracted to a guy even 20 years older than me, but if I think about it with my brain, like how hard it's gonna be to bring up kids when my partner is that older, or how huge problems the age difference can cause (like in our rhythym or life or so), I think I'd draw a line at 15. But, as for now, I'm totally content with my fiancé, he's 5 years older than me... that I consider ideal, because the guys my age I usually find really immature and childish, they usually only care about partying, at least here. (I'm 23 now)
• United States
4 Mar 13
Wow,I am way way older now, but when I was younger and in the dating world,I never liked dating older men.I always looked at them as being dirty old men.I also felt the same way about dating younger men,I found them so immature.I always stayed in 5 to 7 year age difference range. I'm just saying,to each it's own.
• Malaysia
17 Mar 13
What a thinking...about that dirty old men... Haha... I always have a fantasy thoughts for these old men....
• Vietnam
10 Mar 13
I used to think that age difference was not a problem at all. But now i change my thoughts :) It is a matter if you fall in love with someone at the age of your father/mother/etc. and vice versa. I myself, as a female, won't love anyone younger than me. The maximum age gap for me is 8.
• Malaysia
17 Mar 13
Why don't you want to date younger men? In my opinion, they have the innocence that older men don't have. It could be a good thing as they normally don't come with baggage from the past unlike the older experienced men.
@ctryhnny (3460)
• United States
15 Jan 13
There was a time when I dated guys 10-15 years younger than me but as I've grown older I lean more towards guys who are my age. I don't think there's anything wrong with people dating younger than they are. It's the person not the age!
• Malaysia
29 Jan 13
Wow, how old were you when you dated 10-15 years younger men? I think it is amusing considering men always wanted to date much younger girls. I guess you must be looking very much younger than your age.
@youless (112481)
• Guangzhou, China
5 Mar 13
I don't like my spouse who is older than me a lot. Probably five years old is already enough because I don't want we will have a generation gap. Besides, if he was so old. He might not have energy to be with me. Now my husband is older than me four years.
• Malaysia
17 Mar 13
In my opinion, generation gap is not entirely caused by your partner age. Up bringing, experiences and their own mentality play a major part as well. What's important is how you explore each other. Differences sometimes bring variety and excitements in life.