Age Difference for dating?

When I was 26 my husband was 19 (divorced when he was 25 nothing to do with the age blame it all on fighting the good fight in Iraq)

Last year I dated someone 60 and I was 35 (he may have bee 60 but he was built like a 40yr guy great shape great attitude and tons of fun to be with)

I'm 52 and my husband is 39. We have been married since 1994 and met in 1993. Greatest marriage ever!

My girlfriend and I have a very similar age difference. She is 12 years, 8 months older than me, but I could not be happier. She is the most beautiful woman on Earth, and we share the same desires, goals, and interests. It makes me happy to hear success stories of other couples... As a hopeless romantic, I believe in true love, soul mates, and fate. I truly believe and feel that she is mine. She owns my heart, and I could see myself with no other woman. Sometimes, it's just meant to be! I love you, ms_tris!

I like to be at least two years older than I was the last time I was dating someone.

Love it. Same here!

My domesticated partner and I are 8 years apart. I honestly don't notice it, until we hang out with friends of his, and I'm always the youngest one by nearly a decade. It's not that noticeable, really, unless we mention when we all graduated high school or something like that. I've always interacted well with any age group, though, so that could just be me.

Now, my parents had an 18 year age gap, and that might have been a bit much, especially trying to raise a family. With my significant other, 8 years is just barely pushing the differences in generations, but we're still part of the same generation, for the most part. My mother and father were completely different generations, and they found expectations that they had to be different as a result. Their marriage didn't last more than eight years, especially once they had my sister and me.

I never dated anyone more than 5 years my senior, I have slept with some people that were more so older than me, the most was 15 years. I was 21 he was 36, I don't even remember his name, lol

My husband (who's 41) is 5 years younger than me.

I'm truly saddened at the number of beautiful women in this thread that wouldn't date me due to my age!!

Basically, that's what it's like to be a woman.

Lol...ok, you've definitely got to clarify this one =p.

By the way, from your other post...you're one of them!

Men, in general, look for women who are younger than they are. So every year a woman ages, her dating pool shrinks. Most women wouldn't think twice about dating a man 10 years older, but most guys (I say *most* here, not all) won't even consider dating a woman 10 years older. It's not as strict as it used to be, but still generally true...

And yeah, I'm one of them. I don't see the point of dating that much older than me. If he has more in common with my dad than me, something is wrong. It's a generational issue for me...

I see what you mean...and yes that makes complete sense.

But for the record, your Dad would have to be pretty freakin young for me to have more in common with him than you lol.

Other than that we're both male, of course!

I'm truly saddened at the number of beautiful women in this thread that wouldn't date me due to my age!!

Basically, that's what it's like to be a woman.

Lol...ok, you've definitely got to clarify this one =p.

By the way, from your other post...you're one of them!

Men, in general, look for women who are younger than they are. So every year a woman ages, her dating pool shrinks. Most women wouldn't think twice about dating a man 10 years older, but most guys (I say *most* here, not all) won't even consider dating a woman 10 years older. It's not as strict as it used to be, but still generally true...

And yeah, I'm one of them. I don't see the point of dating that much older than me. If he has more in common with my dad than me, something is wrong. It's a generational issue for me...

Ah this is true but in my experience the guys always end up with women their own age for the long term and toss the younger ones in the end. Just my two cents.

I'm truly saddened at the number of beautiful women in this thread that wouldn't date me due to my age!!

Basically, that's what it's like to be a woman.

Lol...ok, you've definitely got to clarify this one =p.

By the way, from your other post...you're one of them!

Men, in general, look for women who are younger than they are. So every year a woman ages, her dating pool shrinks. Most women wouldn't think twice about dating a man 10 years older, but most guys (I say *most* here, not all) won't even consider dating a woman 10 years older. It's not as strict as it used to be, but still generally true...

And yeah, I'm one of them. I don't see the point of dating that much older than me. If he has more in common with my dad than me, something is wrong. It's a generational issue for me...

Ah this is true but in my experience the guys always end up with women their own age for the long term and toss the younger ones in the end. Just my two cents.

That probably won't be me. I have almost nothing in common with women my age...and it's not a maturity thing either. It's more of a belief system thing (and I don't mean religion). What's funny, is I'm finding to have ANY commonalities...the girls I date will have to be either sub 30 (it's semi frightening how low that goes too...which sucks for me), or post 60.

Yes, I'm likely to remain single for my remaining life.../sigh.

Ahh, but...I'm a young 99?

There ain't no party like a centenarian party!

Yeah, looking forward to THAT one =p.

I'm truly saddened at the number of beautiful women in this thread that wouldn't date me due to my age!!

Basically, that's what it's like to be a woman.

Lol...ok, you've definitely got to clarify this one =p.

By the way, from your other post...you're one of them!

Men, in general, look for women who are younger than they are. So every year a woman ages, her dating pool shrinks. Most women wouldn't think twice about dating a man 10 years older, but most guys (I say *most* here, not all) won't even consider dating a woman 10 years older. It's not as strict as it used to be, but still generally true...

And yeah, I'm one of them. I don't see the point of dating that much older than me. If he has more in common with my dad than me, something is wrong. It's a generational issue for me...

Ah this is true but in my experience the guys always end up with women their own age for the long term and toss the younger ones in the end. Just my two cents.

That probably won't be me. I have almost nothing in common with women my age...and it's not a maturity thing either. It's more of a belief system thing (and I don't mean religion). What's funny, is I'm finding to have ANY commonalities...the girls I date will have to be either sub 30 (it's semi frightening how low that goes too...which sucks for me), or post 60.

Yes, I'm likely to remain single for my remaining life.../sigh.

Yeah I'm in the same boat. Resigned to singledom 'cause eventually the dudes I have stuff in common with grow out of the midlife crisis lol

I'm 30 and my husband is 43.

I'm 6 yrs younger than my husband. I personally have never been attracted to guys around my age. I would get along better with their mothers than them. So I prefer older lol.

My longterm boyfriend is 38, I'm 25. I have had an additional longstanding relationship with a man who is 44 and another that is 35. I've always dated older men in my life. I'm the girl who had a 19 year old boyfriend when I was HS. And no - he wasn't a creeper.

My son's mother is 25...and while I'm NOT actually 99, your boyfriends age is pretty comparable.

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My girlfriend and I have a very similar age difference. She is 12 years, 8 months older than me, but I could not be happier. She is the most beautiful woman on Earth, and we share the same desires, goals, and interests. It makes me happy to hear success stories of other couples... As a hopeless romantic, I believe in true love, soul mates, and fate. I truly believe and feel that she is mine. She owns my heart, and I could see myself with no other woman. Sometimes, it's just meant to be! I love you, ms_tris!
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Ours has worked out truly great and we never want to be apart. We have about everything in common but are accepting of our differences too. I can't imagine being with anyone else. He's my twinsoul:) He feels the same way. People think we are still on our honeymoon! Hope your relationship works out for you both also:) Finding one's other half is the greatest, isn't it?