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Originally posted by cashmoney
5 years difference at the max. Anymore than that and there will be problems at some point. Whether you're 20, 25, 30, 40, 45....you dont need more than 5 yrs apart if it's someone you want to marry or be with in a long term sense. Why? Well, there are a lot of reasons. Men loose their sexual drive a lot earlier than women, men go through their mid-life crisis and having a younger woman is fine....but when women go through theirs, having a much older man won't be good.
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Hello?! This is why I prefer to date
younger men. I don't want some old lump who's going to be losing his sex drive when mine is at its peak, lol. Why assume that an age difference always means older man/younger woman?
Anyway, Mr. valkyrie is 6 1/2 years younger than I am and it's really never even been an issue. Sometimes it weirds me out a little when he mentions something like when he graduated high school and that happens to be after I graduated college, but we've had no problems with it and have been together for over two years. Personality-wise, I think I'm better off with a younger guy because I like someone who is fun loving, flexible and not too set in his ways (and of course there's the whole sex thing
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I'm sure that there are instances where an age difference could be a problem -- as discussed above, it could be tricky when deciding whether or when to have kids, for example if one person is to the point where he/she wants kids and the other feels too young -- but that's not going to be a problem for me since I don't want them anyway. I think the age issue, like any dating issue, just comes down to knowing yourself and figuring out what you're comfortable with and what you're looking for from another person. That being said, as long as everyone is an adult, I don't think that there is any ideal limit.
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