Any age gap relationships?

[marbear31]

There's a ten year age gap between me and my SO. At first, a lot of people made a huge deal out of it, but it didn't make me blink twice. I just thought of him as a hot Irishman who happened to be ten years older than me, and I've never been one to restrict friendships or relationships to an arbitrary age gap anyway. The longer we're together, the more I think people realize we're in this for the long haul. It just takes the rest of the world a little longer to realize what we've known from the beginning.

Good luck to you!

[blankita719]

There is almost a 10 year difference between me and the SO. In my 30's it isn't a big deal, but the kids issue does come into play. He has a son who will be 18 in a few months and I have a 9 year. Conceivably we could have another child together, but I know it would be difficult for him starting over in his mid-40's with a baby.

And I'm sure everyone who is younger will hate me for this, but yes, there can be a huge problem with dating someone so much older when you are younger. You will change. If you're very, very, very lucky, you will grow together. My SO and I were 27 and 18 when we first met. He will tell you himself that the girl I was at 18 and the woman I am now are very different.

[littlemimi]

There's a 7-year gap between my SO and I, and i Must say I love it! :P I love a mature man! and he loves that i'm young loll :P There is no age for love! <3

[MadMolly]

8 year gap here. To be honest I don't notice it; I felt the 6 year gap with my ex much more. Weird huh.

[Kiyama]

There's a 13 years age gap between me and my SO. I understand your worries. I'm 28 and he's 41 and we are both ready for children. However, when we finally live together, I'd actually want to spend some time with him alone and enjoy all the things we don't have now. So I wonder how old he'll be when we start having kids. But it's not such a big deal for us.
But you know if he's the man of your dreams, age and distance don't matter.

[Justalexi]

There's a 14 year age gap between Pete and I, me being 19 and him 33. We never notice it tbh. There were a few people who weren't happy with our relationship in the beginning but now I've moved to England and closed the distance, nobody says anything against it.

[Mims27]

My SO is 7.5 year younger than I am. She's 22 and I'm 29, so there's a little gap. hehe It used to bug me a tiny bit but it doesn't anymore. And I don't really care what other's think. lol

[kteire]

I have to agree with what snow_girl said... I think it's a huge age gap to consider for having children. I think it's maybe because no one in my family has been particularly long-lived, but I'd be terrified to have a partner that might not be around for most of our children's lives, and might never meet our grandchildren. I don't know how that would affect my relationship, but it is definitely something to consider. My mum is dating a man who's 9 years younger and we all thought of that as a huge age gap... and they both already have children and are in the same place in life. I just can't imagine being with someone more than twice my age personally.

[Anna N' Luc]

My ex was 15 years older than me. It really wasn’t a big deal for me. Everyone says to me “Oh you must have broken up because of the age difference right?” I always say no, it had nothing to do with age, he was just an ass in the end. Really I think that if you love him and he loves you (and it’s legal), age is really just a number. One piece of advice, have some separate friends, friends your age.

[sewbama]

My dad and stepmom are 14 years different. My mom and dad have four kids together, but got divorced when he met my stepmom. And they got married, and had two kids together. The youngest was born when he was 51. They've been together like 13 years now. It's worked ok for them. It definitely can work. Like people have said, age doesn't matter if that's the person you are supposed to be with.

[Dezface]

I'm a little squicked out by age gaps that are a generation apart. But in the end, if you're both consenting adults, then who am I to judge?

[milaya]

We have a 10 year age gap in our relationship.
I didn't wish for it and didn't like it myself in the beginning, but in the end we just fell in love.

[bethyylovee]

Stephen and I have a small age difference...five years. It seemed really bad when we first started because I was underage. But I have to admit I lied to him about my age from the start. Not my smartest idea...but love is love. When you're in love there's really not a lot you can do about it. Things are good now because I'm 19 and he's 24, and when I'm 20 and he's 25 no one will care.

[US2CAN]

It really depends on you and how you view it, If YOU care about the age difference at all.

[MattDavies86]

We only have a 5 year gap, she's at 21 and I'm at 26