Many people talk about someone being too young or too old for them, but does it really matter how old someone is? This is just my opinion, but the number of years a person is alive does not fully represent what is underneath. Should a true connection be lost because of a number? I believe that it is the maturity level that is more important.

Tell me what you think. How important is age?? How do you think age relates to compatability and relationships??

I couldn't date you because you are younger than my youngest son...and that would just be weird.

Some like 'em young
Some like 'em old
Some like 'em thin
Skinny legs and all
I like 'em buttered
I like 'em proud
Now when they walk
They know they draw a crowd

Most of us go through different phases in our lives at certain ages and why I don't date too young has more to do with that than actual age. It's more of a been there done that thing.

lol It's funny you bring this up...me and my sister were having a conversation about this awhile back (she's 16) and she was talking about how hot Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Mel Gibson and Bruce Willis is and how she would happily be Mrs. _____ with any of them.

Yet when asked what she thought of a guy I was interested in (who's 32) she was like, "OMG! He's so old!!" I had to laugh at her and point out that most of the people she said she would "happily be Mrs. ____" with were older than that...some in their 40s. Her response, "But that's different."

Why? Because they're movie stars who are very good at playing a character but who she knows nothing about on a personal level. To me...age doesn't really play too big of a factor...like you said, it's just a number. And way back in the old days...it used to be the norm for teenage girls to get married off to men in their 30s+. It's just society that has changed over the years and now frowns on large age gaps.

I think it has to do a lot with maturity. Some older folks act like their 22 and some 25 year- olds act like they are 55.

I don't think age matters much, within reason, it's the person behind the number. Now of course I do draw the line somewhere though, like if someone's 20 years older then me, that's a little much.

my dad was 21/22 years older than my mom and he outlived her . . kind of wierd having a dad thats a month older than your grandparents

On the older side, they are most likely at a different place in their life than I am also...like getting ready to retire.

They are prolly not looking to have another family! They already had one. There are too many things that just don't line up going more than a few years either way really. Not that people don't make it work, but you may miss portions of a normal life cycle in order to make it happen.

I won't date teenagers or anyone more than 10 years older than me. As rules go I'd say that was pretty sound

dont have to be a date, could just be a fling.

previous g/f (12yrs yngr) got bent because I said, "Yah go out dancing with your friends haven't done that in a while".

-you mean you're ok with that?

-why, should I NOT be?

She was pissed that I WASN'T jealous & possessive. WTF


Sorry...no time for games.
DO realize there ARE plenty of 20 somethings that are beyond this.....but still the experiences are too different (for MY "taste")

I don't care about age .. I'm the resident "date younger guys" woman on here ..

It's all about connection. You connect it's G2G. Love is bigger than any other dynamic

Age is only a number. I careless how old or young a person might be.