Age difference

Guess I'm with some other dudes here, I don't really mind as long as she's 18+. I have known too many adults in the work force that are worse than jr high kids, so maturity is really subjective for anyone... who knows.

18+ as well. I've had some people with bad experiences that dealt with age differences even if one was 17 and the other 18 :/. It may be ok in other countries but not the one I grew up in.

I don't think it's so much age issue (unless you're a perv) so much as the fact that I can't relate to teenagers at all. Different life stages are pretty incompatible to healthy relationships, I think, just because what you want isn't the same thing. I remember I saw on some advice column a woman who was in her 30's writing in that her significant other was younger than her, 6 years I think, and they were having issues because she wants to have kids and that he keeps pushing his "deadline" so to speak back from after graduating grad school to when he's in his 30's.

xueli that's exactly the sort of thing I think of when this topic comes up. In an extreme case like an 18 year old and an 80 year old, they would be entirely different in culture, experiences, moral standards, sense of style, taste in music, hobbies, and a number of other things. I can't imagine much that such people could enjoy talking about day after day. There needs to be something meaningful in common. A generation gap isn't necessarily a problem as long as there is notable common ground. 20 and 40 can work just fine if there are hobbies in common and/or they are like minded in other ways. Attraction also helps. Maturity has been noted many times, and it's definitely a key factor. It can be fairly independent of age though. A woman might prefer older men over those near her age because they are stereotypically more mature, only to find an older guy that's less mature than she is. To me maturity seems to be a bigger factor than age. It's important both mentally and physically. Once someone is both mentally and physically mature, the connection is all that matters. In general, by the time someone reaches upper teens to early twenties they've achieved physical maturity and most if not all of the mental maturity they'll get. If they're still in high school I'd say it's a poor idea, even if they are 18 and technically legal. Let them finish school before getting distracted by a relationship like that, unless you were already together in school or are maybe 1 year apart. Otherwise let chemistry do its thing and forget about how old the other person is.

*Quietly tucks away his excessively large folder of lolicon.. uh.. "material"* Um... No comment?

It is true though that women do consider their age when factoring in children. Just because the older we are, the higher the chance of our babies having health issues. Specifically down syndrome