..wat do u think..bout dat...age doesnt matter.ryt??

I would like to say it doesn't, but I have a hard time getting guys my within five years younger and my age, because they all seem to want younger women. Yet guys don't like it that I say I prefer men within ten years of my age (younger or older). I personally do it because of the likability of common interest...so no if you share lots in common with someone, age should not really matter.

I like younger girls. Finding the young ones who want a relationship with an older man is challenging. BUT, age IS just a number.

As long as they're both legal, and mentally mature enough to handle the relationship, and have thick skin as far as what others think, I don't see why an older man and younger woman can't be in a healthy relationship.

Ditto with an older women being in a relationship with a younger man.

I, along with many others, have answered this question over and over and over.

age does matter in a long lasting relationship.

age does not matter in lust and/or a quickie affair.

a 60 year old man may prefer a 18 year old girl, yet it will not work.

I believe in telling the truth not some romantic mystic nonsense.
Age does matter. Maybe, one instance in 500 hundred will work..that is not encouraging and not sound advice. Hell 1 in 2 of the same age does not work...yet those are better odds.
My entire life I have been romantic and open minded, but if you really want to find love...find someone your own age...you have more in common and can weather the storm at the same rate.

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I've always said, "you love who you love, the rest is just details."

Sure it works for the now, as was said but if your middle age and you want to be in each others arms
to the last years then it would be wise to have a woman close to your age.
If your 65 and she's 44 and hitting a selfish stage in her life and still looks great, geting attention
from 20-25 year olds then your probably going to be looking for a companion again.
I get lots of attention from 24 year olds as I'm young for my years & thats fine now but itwould be bad
planning for the future.
So age is just a number now but people change especially with a 20 year age gap.
Today, its not the age its " where they've been" "maturity"

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it shouldn't you like the person you like them there age shouldn't matter

right those situations are pretty unique and often have some such characterisitic that allow them to work. I think my dad was my stepmom's "hero" and he got caught up in that - liked being the hero

Ok I convinced by these storys, i'll go get a hot impressionable 25 year old, some seen to like me. Lol.
I dont think 6 months ago I would of ever entertained the idea , nor have I for the last 16 years.
I no a lot of wealthy men married trophy wife's 20 years younger and most of then now are running
around with young boyfriends and probably a lot more so before Viagra.
I do realize that they've been ignored in most every sense of the word.

I think I might be more prejudiced against my own race in this situation.
I think I will stop right there as i'll spill it all on a new tread.

pony it is so obvious that your heart is as big as your mouth (LMFAO - just messing with ya)

but seriously - why let age or race being a deciding factor?

why not let love and total hotness be the deciding factors - if she makes your sugar shake...go for it, my friend

Age is just a number... but I think there are (generally) some limits. What those limits are, of course, depends on the individuals involved.

Personally, I'm generally willing to date men seven years to either side of my own age. I once dated a guy who was nine years older than me, but that was a stretch (and I was quite young at the time, so it was an even larger gap than it might be today). I don't think I'd do it today unless the guy was really something special.

And have to say I doubt I'd have enough in common with someone more than a decade older or younger than myself to make a relationship or even a date work properly. I have friends for whom gaps that large and larger work fine, but in my personal experience, commonality seems to fall off at a pretty high rate beyond seven or eight years of difference.

I tend to agree that closer to ones age is preferred. nonetheless I do not close the door on friendships with any age group. For a relationship to work requires a bit more though, and I can see where age could be a factor. I guess it's up to the couple to decide if it will be a factor ... for them

I have dated much younger men also. they are too indecisive.

Well, in my friendships, age isn't an issue. I have close friends who range in age from young enough to be my kids to nearly old enough to be my parents.

It's just in romantic relationships that I feel the need to keep within certain age boundaries.

yes I suppose that makes sense. It's been so long since I have had a romantic relationship I quite forget what my "rules" were. lol

I prefer platonic friendships only for now - in which case, yes, any age is fine

I like older MATURE guys ,