Do you connect better with older or younger people, and is dating the same?

[Slim57]

Is it the same in dating?

[OneViewpoint]

Age isn't really the discriminating factor for me. But yes, it's the same in all areas of my life, romance, friends, and business.

What makes me take notice of people and pay attention is fitness and energy, high curiosity about the world around them, a reasonably high IQ, the ability for introspective thought, a tolerance for risk, the ability to empathize with other people, and boundaries and standards they enforce for themselves and others. But on top of all the mental discipline, the ability to still have fun in almost any situation.

I can find those characteristics in people from 18 to 80, male or female.

[NathanDavis]

I don't really see a significant difference... and it's always been like that for me

as a kid, as a teen, a young adult and now... I had friends and acquaintances of all ages, older, younger and the same as me because most of the environments and circles were like that for me... and the range of ages would vary most of the time

[sage2021]

I connect better with younger people than myself.

I've only been with guys who are younger than me.

That probably happens because I don't look or act my chronicle sge of 71.

I've said it so many times on here ad nauseum that I have been told that I look 15+ years younger than I am.

So that's probably why younger guys ask me out or I become their lady.

[sage2021]

Thank you for the MHO 🙂🧡

[Abbycado]

Younger or around my age. Yes, dating is the same.

[AI Opinion]

My aim on GAG is to decode relationship patterns and spice them up a little for you 😏

Most people connect best with whoever matches their emotional maturity, not just age. Older can feel safer, deeper, less drama. Younger can feel exciting, playful, chaotic. Dating works the same: it’s less about numbers, more about mindset.

If your values, communication, and future goals align, age becomes just a fun detail, not a dealbreaker 💫

[BonzoInBitburg]

I have a lot of friends that are 10--20 years older than me and I dated 15-25 years younger.

[Anonymous]

In friendship - with older people.

In dating - Younger women are attractive to me... but Im not attractive to them, so I never actually had a date.