Age Difference for dating?

I'm 25 my boyfriend is 50. I have tried to date guys my own age but I feel like I'm babysitting. Not that there aren't mature young guys out there I just haven't had any luck with finding them.

My husband is 5 years younger than me. He was 24 and I was 29 when we married. It seems to run in my family, My dad was 5 years younger than my step-mom, and my son is 5 years younger than his wife. Which makes it kinda of strange when you think about it. I had my boys when I was 16 so my husband is only 12 years older than my boys, and he addopted them. Then my DIL is only 12 years younger than me and she has a son that is 12. So I am a gma @ 42 to a 12 year old boy. But were all happy and all get along really well

When/if (I say when becuase I know we will eventually get married) but if we did today I would be a gma to 2 beautful boys and a girl as his two girls have kids.

i was recently divorced from a man 12 years older. now i'm dating a man 9 yrs younger. maturity is definately not based on age! lol

A post on the booty call thread got me thinking about this...what is your maximum age difference for dating?

My husband and I are 8 years apart (currently 9 since he just turned 43 and I'll be 35 in a month and a half).

I was 22 and he was 30 when we started dating.

Edited to add: We've never really noticed the age difference (unless our friends and his family teased him about robbing the cradle). But we both have the same pop culture references from the 80's. I do tease him once in a while about when he was in HS, I was still in elementry school! HA! I guess I've always just been more mature for my age because I'd NEVER dated guys my own age (couldn't stand them) and my dad always told me that when I settled down it would be with an older guy.

I'm the same way. I can't stand the available guys my age. My first super serious longterm boyfriend at 21 was 29. My current boyfriend is 40 and I'm 27. We've been together four years this fall. I don't think my parents approved of the age difference, but seeing as how I am mature (and always have been for my age), we get along just fine. BEST sex of my life, not to mention. An older guy has time to practice. Anyways, it was actually me who was not certain an age gap larger than 10 years would work. But seriously...I just fell into it, and into love with him. To hell with age. And lucky for me, my guy looks ten years younger than his real age. Nobody thinks he's a day over 32. He takes great care of himself, so I think we're going to have a nice life together.

My first real boyfriend I was 18 and he was 27. We lasted about 5 years. He married a girl 4 years younger than me. That lasted about 4 years lol. But, for some people it works!

I would say that I wouldn't want to date anyone who is more than 8 years older then me, or less than 2 years younger. That being said, I guess it would all depend on the connection I have with the person. Each person is different, and each person acts differently at various ages.

My boyfriend is only nine months older than me - I turned 48 in November, and he turned 49 in February.

The biggest age difference was a guy I went out on one date with when I was 22, and he was 33, so only 11 years. I never went out with him again because, despite the age difference, he was a big baby!

When it comes down to it, age doesn't really matter. But I do notice there are certain points in ones life where people just have different goals and priorities that make it weird. For instance, I am 22 and my boyfriend is 24, but a lot of his friends are 28-30...they're all getting married and buying houses and talking about having kids...I just don't want that yet!!!

No one old enough to be your father and no one young enough to be your son. Gives about a 30 year span to choose from!

No one old enough to be your father and no one young enough to be your son. Gives about a 30 year span to choose from!

Ahh unfortunately, this too fails - at least in my position.

Ahh unfortunately, this too fails - at least in my position.

This is COMPLETELY off-topic, but I saw EmCarroll1990's user name and thought "Wow, MFP doesn't allow anyone under 18 to join the site, why would she put 1990 right in her username? It makes it obvious she's under 18."

And then I realized that someone born in 1990 would be 22 right now. -.- And now I feel realllllly old. :P


Back on topic, I think the only time age would matter is if
a) the age difference results in one partner being underaged (I'm not talking 17+18 here, but someone 20+ shouldn't date anyone under the legal age in their state/country, for obvious reasons)
or
b) one of the partners ends up feeling uncomfortable with the difference.

So as long as everyone involved is a consenting adult, have at it.

my mum was 18 when she married my dad, he was 40. They were happily married for 34 years before he died of cancer 4 years ago. They were always happy and I don't think age was ever an issue. As long as you're happy it shouldn't matter. Both my brothers married women 14 years older than themselves and the same applies.

I'm 42 and my husband is 49. I laugh at his 70's music and he laughs at the fact that I was in 6th grade when John Lennon was shot...and that was his senior year of high school.

For me, age is very important for romantic relationships. Maybe I'm too focused on long term planning rather than the here and now, but I think the chances of me being a young widow would be a lot higher if I was with an older man. That freaks me out. If I love someone, I want them around for the long haul.

Also, I have an added "yucky" factor - I'm generally not at all attracted to men who aren't within a few years of my age (23). It doesn't bother me a bit when other couples have a big age gap, but it would not work for me.

AND aside from the long-term planning and physical attraction issues, I really like it when I can relate to my boyfriend. I know pop culture references aren't a huge deal, but it's nice when we're on the same page and we don't have to explain any jokes or references to one another.

But as I mentioned, these are just my preferences. As long as the parties are consenting (meaning both wanting the relationship and old enough to be able to make that sort of decision), I'm cool with any coupling.

The oldest woman I dated was 44 and I was 19. 25 years difference.

The youngest woman I dated was 27 and I was 35. 8 Years difference. I married her and we are celebrating our 20 yr anniversary in August.