I went out with someone younger, being 17 and she was 14. So, no.
Then someone my same age (18) but completely different mindsets. No.
I noticed I preferred older, so my ex was 5 years older, she was an incredibly mean person and I went through a lot of humiliation and some serious issues with her tormenting me. Awful.

My girlfriend is older than me, 18 years older. I honestly never expected to be with someone with such an age difference, but I realized that I cannot stand girls my age or a bit older. She is incredibly supportive, super loving and we look after each other, sometimes we don't notice it and our families can't either.

oh lawd! Idk if i can be serious with someone who is much older/younger than me. My gf and I are 6 months apart and it's great! I'm "older". It's easier to communicate and we're both in same headspace dealing with the same thing. It's very relatable. I can't imagine PERSONALLY getting that with someone much older/younger than me.

Plus why younger - I want to go drink with my girl lmao.

My girlfriend now is 5 years younger than me. I guess I am attracted to younger people mainly because I must be immature! LOL I don't know, people my age just seem so.....mom'ish. I don't want to stop being young yet!

I honestly forget my girl is younger than me. We just fit so well in so many aspects!

I date people the same age (ish) as me.
I've found I only want to be in a romantic relationship with someone who's in the same place in life as me. Give or take a couple years, but I personally don't mesh well with much older or younger individuals on that level. I've gotten way too creeped out by older (romantic) interests' sexuality and life goals, and I don't want to get married or settle down or anything (ever). I also don't do well with much younger individuals because I don't want to take care of someone else. I want to be in a relationship where both of us are indepent and self-sufficient and benefiting emotionally and financially by willful union but never in any sort of dependency on each other.

That has a lot more to do with my independent nature, and that I'm not a hopeless romantic by any means. I'd imagine attraction would probably play a factor for some people that I'm missing out on when it comes to age gap.

the youngest I dated was 3 years younger than I was. he was 18 or 19. I've been seeing my current husband for 8 years and at first it was first for us because I wasn't ready to grow up and be mature. It took me about 4 years to be ready to settle down. So yeah he had to put up with a lot... anyone else would have been done with me, there were few areas in both of us that needed to be ironed out. but we are growing together again. Woo

I think it depends on where you are in life and the maturity level of both people..Just a couple of years can make a big difference if the people are looking for different things in life at that point..for example, I am in my mid 20s but I have been on my own sense 17, work full-time in a professional career, am finishing up my Master's degree and am ready for a wedding and some babies. On the other hand some people in their mid 20s aren't even out of their parents house yet and can't plan past which bars they are hitting up the next weekend..don't judge a book by its cover, everyone is different =]

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I personally Couldnt date anyone more than 6 younger but i would date someone 10 years older

I've dated younger people, most was 3 years younger than me, but the oldest was only 2 years older than me. There really isn't any pros or cons with this except if you are 21 and your partner is not yet 21 it might be hard to get into certain places together.

The reason why I say there are no pros or cons, is that just because the person is older doesn't say ANYTHING about them personally, like how mature they are. All the women I dated that were older than me were the most immature.

I can't see myself dating anyone more than 2-3 years younger (unless they were unusually mature for their age) but could easily see myself with someone as much as 10+ years older. No exes to speak about, but wanted to put in my two cents.

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My current partner is only three years older than me. However, my previous gf was almost twelve years older than I am... and about half as mature! lmao I think age is only a number.

I've never been with someone younger than me, or my own age for that matter. The minimum gap was 4 years, and the largest was 20. My current partner is 11 years older than I am. I've pretty much always found people my own age to be frivolous and irritating, and surrounded myself with people older.
Never said never to seeing someone younger, but it hasn't happened.

I think that's starting to balance out though, as my peers are catching up and in a similar place now. I'm 25.

Most of my girlfriends are a little older. I did once date a girl my age YIKES.. And I have never dated younger. I however did "talk" to a girl 2 years younger and another 9 years older. Honestly the younger one had her life more together than the older... but I couldn't take either one seriously.

There is a 3 year differnce with my current girlfriend I am 21, and she 24. We have been together coming up on 2 years and she is by far the most wise of them all, she is so level headed and established to be only 24.

ONS with someone 16 years older than me, short relationship with someone 6 years older. My partner now is less than a year younger than me.