u When you are in your teens or early twenties, it is more common for girls to date slightly older guys. However, it would be a horrible mistake to take that general observation and turn it into a "rule" that must be followed.
There are several reasons why a girl might want to date a slightly younger guy. Maybe older guys have tried to dominate her and she wants someone who will treat her as an equal. Maybe SHE wants to be the dominant partner. Maybe she thinks the younger guy is very mature and she just likes him.
Ask your mother why she doesn't think you would be a great catch for ANY woman!
Not at all. 2 years is absolutely nothing. Now, if your girlfriend was 65, I might blink once or twice in surprise. But hey, even if your girlfriend was 65, I'd just be taken aback. No judging.
For me in both cases (men beign the older and women beign the older) can start to look weird if the gap is of +10 years. Specially if a gap reach 20 years they look like they are dating their mom/dad.
A gap of 2 or 5 years older is not such a big gap for me. So I don't find your girlfriend beign 2 years older weird. I mean, I probably wouldn't even notice at first sight who's older in such kind of gap. You know, the gap could look more or less weird in other eyes according to what age they look more than what age they truly are.
Short answer no. Long answer I think there is a stigma in our society about age. My take is if both parties are of legal age and would like to pursue a relationship then that is their choice. The same engery they give "older women" dating younger men should be put towards men. I will say that the feeling of I'm older you need to listen to me is a trait that needs to be unlearned. No one want to feel like they are dating or married to their parents. You were already raised lol.
I think its okay if you guys are at similar levels of maturity and look roughly the same age. I know a woman around 10 years younger than her husband and she looks like she is 20 - 30 years older than him. My dad thought his wife was his mother when we first ran into them.
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I am 2 years old than my boyfriend he is 23 and I'm 25... We joke around sometimes, I call him young blood and he calls me a cougar. But honestly after highschool it really doesn't matter. As long as you love and respect your partner, age is just a number.
No, not at all. Sometimes it seems weirder if it's a big age gap. But I have no reasonable explanation as to why.
Two years is close to nothing. I think it is cool, nothing weird about that at all.
My wife is 5 years older than me, but It doesn't really have an impact, though it did stop me from asking her out when I was 23, so we were friends for a while before we started dating.
Weird? Not at all if the age or maturity gap isn't too large. Personally, I have never dated any guy older than me.
No. I don’t think there is anything wrong with it ☺️
I personally don’t think it’s weird. That being said, I still like my boys older.
No. Why would it be? Should it be weird if the guy is older than the girl in a relationship? Sure, it might not necessarily be a norm. But that doesn't mean we have to deem it as weird.
I don't think age should be a factor as much. It doesn't matter who is older. I talk to someone whose beliefe is that the man should be older and taller. Always. But to me it doesn't matter.
Nah I tend to go for cougars half the time so it works out :P
Well I got into a relationship with a much younger guy like 15 years younger he still wants to be in a serious relationship bit I broke it off cause things were getting serious way to fast and I wanted to start out as friends not a married couple.
nope! i personally would most likely not do it, but i don't judge those who do.
I don’t judge anyone who does, but I personally wouldn’t. Most girls mature much earlier then guys. For some reason, it is socially more acceptable once both people are over 30, it seems.
I did. But then I met a really nice guy (unfortunately I called it off because I thought it was weird for me to be the older one in the realationship) but I regret it now
I dont think I see many young women are attracted to older men
It’s unusual just in the aspect that it isn’t common, but I wouldn’t say it’s weird or wrong.
I cannot see any problem, as long as they are old enough !!!
No I think people’s main concerns for both sexes is when the age gap is too far.
Nah. My brother married a lady a few years older than him. My girlfriend is a couple of years older than me.
Not for adults, not at all.
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