Do u think age matters in relationships?

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zeitgeist057 · Accepted Answer

You're not really clear with this question. I think most people are assuming you are talking about age GAP, but you could also mean just age as in kids having relationships, teens, 20s, 30s, 40s, &c. But either way, the answer is kind of the same:

It's more about the individuals, on a case-by-case basis, than to make a blanket statement about all people. Different people age differently, and mature (or don't) differently. You can make some generalizations like in general, younger people have less of an idea about relationships and what works for them and how to communicate. Older people tend to be more set in their ways and know what they want, which can be good for boundaries, but can also be seen as inflexible or stubborn. Or that younger people tend to be more wild, and older people more stable. But there are always exceptions to these generalizations.

Do u think age matters in relationships?

I have known people who were younger/same age/older, who I've had nothing in common with, and also others I've had a lot in common with.

I really connect with my grandma, who is old. But not really with my grandpa, who is about the same age. I have romantic partners who were >10 years younger than me, but never felt like "I can't relate to you because you're too young." or vice vs. I've also interacted with people older than these aforementioned partners, of whom I thought, "this person is really immature, and I can't really hang out with them; can't connect/relate to them.". I have friends, family, and romantic relationships who are all over the age board.

Obviously society is about "being normal" and fitting in, so any deviation from that "normal" status is going to get frown on, and the bigger the deviation, the more judging and frowning will take place.

inhua · Accepted Answer

barring the legal AOC, once you become an adult you are old enough to drive, to drink alcohol, to own your property, to join the military, to vote in elections, to do whatever job you want even if it's pornography, to make your own choices in life. you are also old enough to get charged with a crime as an adult if you commit such things. people will make excuses to infantilize an 18 yo in a relationship but they'd never make those same excuses if that 18 yo committed a crime say shoots dead an 80 yo.

Apple1996 · Accepted Answer

Yeah it's been proven that large age gaps will cause relationships to fail. Always better to be with someone close in age to yourself so it's easier to relate/walk through life with each other

melanieeeB · Accepted Answer

Yes definitely! And 18 and 38 is grooming and not a relationship. The other one is a pedophile/predator using a teen who is more "impressionable" aka easy to control. Smh just disgusting.

OlderAndWiser · Answer

Yes, there is no way you should be dating a 15 year old boy. Sometimes, age is important.

Avicenna · Answer

At the extremes, yes, it generally does

HighValue · Answer

There are more failed relationships with close ages than there are of large age gaps. If close in age really mattered, almost everyone would still be with the person they dated in high school, even 20 or 30 years later.

The time when age matters is if you want to have healthy kids with someone. So guys shouldn't start a new relationship with a woman past 30 and women shouldn't start a new relationship with someone past 50.

Other than that, it is fine. What matters most is moral compatibility, long term life goal compatibility, and having some things in common you enjoy doing together.

Berethor · Answer

Didn't it well known that men tend to prefer young women? so it matter, especially to men.

FunkyMonkee · Answer

Sort of, to a degree. If they REALLY love each other, it doesn't matter. But, it IS better to be with someone at least close to your age. Like, within 10 or 15 years. People that make a big stink over a difference of 1 to 10 years are usually still in (or, just out of) grade school where one year makes a HUGE difference.

bamesjond0069 · Answer

Yes. Man must be older and the bigger gap the better as long as he's not like 90.

Same age or woman older relationships make no sense in terms of serious considerations. Fun casual stuff sure but serious? Not at all. Fucking weird if you ask me.

Fireguy17 · Answer

to some degree yes it does.
A 70 year old dating a 20 something is just weird.
My wife and I are 9 years apart, we didn't know each other's age when we first started dating, and I have dated 11 years younger, as well as older than myself.

RockyHammock · Answer

Age does matter, just think how many things would a 70 year old have in common with someone who is 20?

Not to mention old age brings a tide of age related diseases like dementia that isn't even on the average 20 year olds mind.

TheVigilantFox · Answer

Age is important in a relationship people who say it’s not are probably nonces.

electromagnetic · Answer

I’ve never dated men well above my age but I can see the appeal. I don’t think she matters much though.

KittyKat90210 · Answer

I don't think it matters assuming both people are adults. There may be less in common between them if the age gap is too big, though.

Adam1978 · Answer

Well age hopefully give maturity and wisdom. And that makes couples to far apart on those scales unfit for each other.

gorydetails · Answer

So yes, and no. Until you hit a certain age, it's more about the stages of life.

Let's take a 10-year age gap.

A 50-year-old and a 40-year-old is no big deal.

A 20-year-old and a 10-year-old is a HUGE deal.

rabbitzzz · Answer

Yah, what was ones teenage foolishness is creepy pervertness when you are old. Guys, teen age time is best time to simp. You have all your life to build a career.

AsaKyo · Answer

If you're like 10 and 25, yeah  If you're like 17 and 20, eh who cares?  If you're like 25 and I don't know, like 32, awesome lmao

MissHope · Answer

At least in the relationship both partners should be mentally compatible if there’s any age gap between them to make it work.

DizzyDesii · Answer

For me it does! Same age preferably but no more than 0-3 year gap

NostalgiaSenpi · Answer

After you're all adults it shouldn't be an issue. Age gap be damned. I knew a married couple that were eleven years apart and were together for thirty seven years until he passed at eighty.

linka_pat307 · Answer

Am ready to be with someone who loves me and trusts and respects me

loveslongnails · Answer

Age matters to a point, indeed. An 18 - 38 , 20 year gap on either gender is going to fail. You'd have a shot if it were 55 and 75! LOL

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