What is the greatest age difference you can imagine tolerating in your own love life?
598044
Age is a concept that was created by humans eons ago. This concept has been heralded on and on by our ageist society that celebrates only those with the most youthful appearance. Wisdom and experience gained by years of living in this life are simply shooed away in favor of taut skin, googly eyes and often vapid opinions of things that matter in life. I am not saying that all youthful persons have these mis-attributes but that our society is throwing the "baby away with the bathwater" by placing older persons so low on the societal priority. In any event, age being a human concept, logically those who have maturity and true experience in life would not see years' age different as moot in love life tolerance. I therefore, can imagine tolerating ANY age difference in my love life, albeit that I am in a life-long relationship and our age difference is 6 years.
309395
Right away.  And I am 46.  And have been able to since I was 18.  No big deal with the right partner.
200125
lol, I am a 34 year old woman deeply in love with a 46 year old man!  No kidding.  It is working for us so far!  And I have never been happier. Not sure what kind of advice you need.  Our ages never seem to cause a problem.  Good luck to you both.
547846
i have 2 friend whose wife is about ten years older than them. They are all happy with their families, so i think age does not matter as long as love binds them.
972963
hmmm....depends on your state laws....LOL\n\nSeriously, it is completely dependent on a particular persons level of maturity...I know 50 year olds who cannot distinguish between love and infatuation.
325031
Love doesn't have an age limit, but don't be confused with liking someone a lot with loving them. There is a big difference.
229468
not at all. I was 17 and hubby was 25 when we first met.\nmy parents were not to sure at first but they grew to love him. and we have survived, we even have 2 kids of our own now. \nif you are really in love then age doesn't matter at all.\ngood luck
938983
So what! Age doesn't really matter when two people are in love with each other. At 18 you are already at a legal age with all the rights appurtenant to you as a woman...how much more at 19. A ten year gap is not really that much. There are some who got married to a person half or twice as much their age but they still live a happy and successful married life. There are also those who married a partner about their age but still a failure in their marriage...so...age differences really don't matter...what matters most is how you love, understand and respect each other as a person. Good luck!
474705
doesn´t depends of the sex, it´s the person, I do like both the same, but it´s better if I´m enloved of the person\nWomen-18\nMen-21
996168
I have been in a relationship with my partner since September of 1994.  We broke up a few times in the early years.  The longest period of time was for 6 months.  But we always get back together.  It isn't perfect.  He does not have an affectionate or romantic bone is his body, and I really need affection and romance sometimes.  But I'm not perfect either.  I get moody and depressed quite a bit.  So we just accept each other for who we are.  The big secret to a relationship is compromise.  \n\nNow to answer each of your questions:\n\nWhat are you as a gay man looking for in a life partner?  A best friend.\n\nWhat age range?  A maximum 8 year age difference.  If I was single, I would not date anyone younger than 22 or older than 38.\n\nAre looks more important than what is in the heart?  If so, why?  There has to be a physical attraction there, but looks are not what keeps a relationship going.\n\nIf his heart is more important they why?  There is nothing you can ever do to stop age, but love can stay eternally young.\n\nDo you really want a life long partner?  If so, why or why not?  I have been blessed with a wonderful life partner.  People are not meant to be alone.  Life needs to be shared with someone you love.
994819
I am 20.Never dated anyone younger. I like them older. Just until I get into my late 30's early 40's. Then I'll start to like them young.
295629
If they Love eachother then nothing should come in between that.Age is just a number.
928109
If love is blind, then it's also ageless.\n\nThere are the extreme cases that you hear about, that often involve celebrities. For instance, Charlie Chaplin was in his early 50s when he married Oona O'Neil (playwright Eugene O'Neil's daughter) when she was 17 or 18 years old. The had a long, happy marriage which produced 8 children, including the actress Geraldine Chaplin.\n\nPicasso fathered a child at the age of 80-something. And more recently, the late Tony Randall did the same thing with his wife, at the time 50 years younger.\n\nHowever, I think that the general level of attraction runs about 5-10 years in either direction, once you're in your 20s and beyond. There are practical considerations to think of if the age gap gets much wider than that.\n\nBut who ever said love is practical, either?\n\n______________________
288296
I think older... gives you more time to meet the right person, more time to live with someone to see if your compatable and you will be obviously more mature when you make such a life changing decision...
745531
hmmmm which one?\n\nWhen I was about 15, I got into a stupid argument with my first true love, he left for the army, and I never saw or heard from him again. If I had to do it over again, I wouldn't have argued with him over something soooooo stupid.\n\nWhen I was 20, I started dating a guy, dated for 3 years, got married, and stayed in the abusive relationship/marriage for 17 years. If I had to do it over again, and I knew then what I know now, I wouldn't have even given him a second look or gone out with him in the first place.\n\nWhen my mom died from diabetes in a nursing home nearly 7 years ago, I wasn't there to say good bye and tell her I loved her. I would love to have seen her and talked with her one more time, and tell her how much I love her. I still miss her a lot.
900586
Personally I believe when you really love someone, I don't think age is a problem. It is more of whether both of you can communicate with each other and both have you must be able to accept each other.
85131
Nothing wrong with dating someone twenty years older if it works for both of you.  And you are at least 18.