Does ages really matter in relationships?

[Lodipetmalu]

Age signifies so much more than just a number: it can reflect your maturity, your stage in life, and your experience.  At the same time, age can be deceptive.Does  it matter if men date younger women? If so, how much of an age gap is an acceptable one?

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[aleksej996]

Well I think it says a lot about a person if they specifically date younger people. It would mean that probably that person is not as interested in his mate's maturity as much as other aspects.

There is no rule of course, but if a person dates someone that is a lot younger, it could seem like they are taking advantage of them and they possibly are, even if it unintended.

I personally feel like the 80% younger person has a pretty low possibility to be close to your equal in maturity, but even bellow 90% can be suspicious.
I guess you can see connection between that an IQ, as I believed that once IQ was defined as a maturity compared to age, where 100 means 1:1 ratio.
There is only a very small percent of population bellow 80 percent of IQ and they are classified as having border-line deficiency.

The point is that it isn't really fair to the less mature person to be in a relationship with someone quite more mature then them.
The wiser person in a relationship could quite possibly take charge and get his/her way even in the best intention.
Certain equality between the couple seems to be quite necessary, but there are of course many people in many different situation in their life, so making any quick judgments could be unfair.

[Opnsrc]

I think ages here always matter. A woman must not be much older than a man, but a man should not be too old for a female. I think the gap in both cases (maximum) is 10 years.

[Prinox2]

Age signifies so much more than just a number: it can reflect your maturity, your stage in life, and your experience.  At the same time, age can be deceptive.Does  it matter if men date younger women? If so, how much of an age gap is an acceptable one?

Gone are the days when girls marry almost their father's age mate, nowadays 2-3years gap isn't bad provided that both understand what respect is all about in the relationship  which is a key ingredient after love.

[Hopeful2017]

Age signifies so much more than just a number: it can reflect your maturity, your stage in life, and your experience.  At the same time, age can be deceptive.Does  it matter if men date younger women? If so, how much of an age gap is an acceptable one?

Age is just a number and not a measure of compatibility. When you fall, your not falling about age. When you are building a relationship, you're not building an age. Relationship is a matter of compatibility and not of numbers. There are younger people with matured thinking and there are older people with childish thinking.. Its not about age, its about maturity and compatibility. As long as you are both happy then age is not a hindrance..

[Fantastic33]

Like what they said "age is just a number".. so when it comes to relationship, age doesnt matter. What matters most is that both of you love and understands each other. You support your partner and help him bring out the best in him.. and also you have the right amount of maturity so you will be able know how to handle a relationship..

[Shamburis]

Age signifies so much more than just a number: it can reflect your maturity, your stage in life, and your experience.  At the same time, age can be deceptive.Does  it matter if men date younger women? If so, how much of an age gap is an acceptable one?

ages doesn't really matter in relationship like me i marry a man 10 years behind and it is much more happier and exciting year and year goes by. when you really love somebody or someone show it. because love is blind.

[Yurkov]

Age signifies so much more than just a number: it can reflect your maturity, your stage in life, and your experience.  At the same time, age can be deceptive.Does  it matter if men date younger women? If so, how much of an age gap is an acceptable one?

if you encounter a partner who is smaller or larger than you, you can better clarifying some things to see if you have a future with that person or not.

[cloudbleron18]

Age signifies so much more than just a number: it can reflect your maturity, your stage in life, and your experience.  At the same time, age can be deceptive.Does  it matter if men date younger women? If so, how much of an age gap is an acceptable one?

yes age doesent matter in a relationship because if you love the people you love have no age matter if you will in a relationship

[feinter]

Age signifies so much more than just a number: it can reflect your maturity, your stage in life, and your experience.  At the same time, age can be deceptive.Does  it matter if men date younger women? If so, how much of an age gap is an acceptable one?

Gone are the days when girls marry almost their father's age mate, nowadays 2-3years gap isn't bad provided that both understand what respect is all about in the relationship  which is a key ingredient after love.

Perhaps, at the beginning of the relationship, the age difference is not very important, but with time, things change radically. The great discrepancy in the years reflects

[inoymuninoy]

I think age doesn't matter in a relationship as long as they know what's the meaning of love and they know how to manage the responsibility when they loved someone. Because in love, the age is just a number, but your true feelings are really important.

[billsted86]

According to a study conducted by University Emory, having a considerable age difference with a partner may increase the risk of divorce.

After surveying more than 3,000 men and women, experts found that a 5-year age difference between married couples would increase the risk of divorce by up to 18% compared to the same age.

Meanwhile, a 10-year age difference will increase the risk of divorce by 39% and age difference by 20 years will increase the risk of divorce by 95%.

Conversely, if the age difference between husband and wife couple is only 1 year old, then the risk of divorce only increases about 3%.

Nevertheless, although this study found that age differences are associated with increased divorce risks, the experts still can not determine whether the "age" factor is indeed one of the causes of divorce.

[Mrkupido]

For me ages doesn't matter into a relationship?Because there's a saying that age doesnt matter...
As long as the person love each other and understand each other....
Ya age its just number 3 to 5 years of gap i think its ok if the women is older than the men because women is have more patience than the men

[Advk7700]

Well I think it says a lot about a person if they specifically date younger people. It would mean that probably that person is not as interested in his mate's maturity as much as other aspects.

There is no rule of course, but if a person dates someone that is a lot younger, it could seem like they are taking advantage of them and they possibly are, even if it unintended.

I personally feel like the 80% younger person has a pretty low possibility to be close to your equal in maturity, but even bellow 90% can be suspicious.
I guess you can see connection between that an IQ, as I believed that once IQ was defined as a maturity compared to age, where 100 means 1:1 ratio.
There is only a very small percent of population bellow 80 percent of IQ and they are classified as having border-line deficiency.

The point is that it isn't really fair to the less mature person to be in a relationship with someone quite more mature then them.
The wiser person in a relationship could quite possibly take charge and get his/her way even in the best intention.
Certain equality between the couple seems to be quite necessary, but there are of course many people in many different situation in their life, so making any quick judgments could be unfair.

Basically Age should not matter because If you getting a partner who understand you and love you more than anyone, so it wont matter if she is younger or older than that of you......

[MostHigh]

Yes it does, if you marry someone in a different generate which is between 15 and 25 years. You will really think on different levels and you will find yourself disagreeing on a lot of things.

[Mad7Scientist]

People who have failed relationships like to make all kinds of rules like how tall he/she must be, maximum age difference, required education level, required income level ...

[arnobs007]

Actually somewhere it matters. Because age gap makes misunderstanding sometimes.

[Newchanka]

There may be no hard and fast rule here. The most important thing may be love and understanding, as well as knowing what you are signing up for and possible consequences.

[rynah011991]

Age doesn't matter. As long you love each other, you can undertstand and consider the age gap. Even there is age differences, like one is childish, while the other is so mature, because of love, each one can adjust to that age differences.

[buytheeffinD]

Age signifies so much more than just a number: it can reflect your maturity, your stage in life, and your experience.  At the same time, age can be deceptive.Does  it matter if men date younger women? If so, how much of an age gap is an acceptable one?

It does not matter if older men date younger women that is only natural for us and them it works both ways. Personally I say as long as it is legal and consentual I see no problem with letting individuals do what they want.