Does age matter in relationships?

Personally, I'll probably stick to someone no more than about two years older/younger than me whenever the time arrives for me to enter a romantic relationship. Although age is just one of the many factors I'd take into consideration before deciding whether to enter a romantic relationship with someone.

But overall, I don't really have any problems with two consenting adults being in a relationship for as long as both people mutually agree to it.

As for children & teenagers dating, not an expert on that field but it'd probably be best if there wasn't any more than a one year age gap between both people at that age? I mean, something like a 15 and 16 year old dating or a 17 and 18 year old dating probably isn't going to raise many eyebrows. But something like a 13 and 16 year old dating or an 18 and 25 year old dating might ring alarm bells.

I guess so. Although, it probably wouldn't be so bad, given that there is only a year age gap between the two and they could possibly be in the same grade.

Unless you fancy the 25 year old woman across the road.

I think it's more about the individuals than their age. Personally I would date anyone in their twenties right now but maybe go slightly over in either direction if they seemed young/mature for their age. While I don't care what anyone else wants to do, I don't really see why people want to date anyone more than like ten years older than them. Especially coming from my perspective as a female, as it tends to most commonly be much older man much younger woman. Even though we tend to think years apart matters less as one ages, there does actually arrive a point where one person can be "old" while the other half of the couple is not. I have seen this become a problem with a few couples I've been somewhat close to. One person may still be working while another is long retired, one may be active while the other has slowed it down. Not that these incongruencies can't form after a while with those close in age, because they can, but I think they're almost guaranteed in intergenerational relationships.

Lmaooo dude I didn't realize it was an old thread til after I replied and then I thought, "Oh shit I hope aja doesn't see this and think I'm talking about him." Lololol

Jinx.

Seeing middle-aged or elderly men dating women 20+ years their junior makes me ashamed to be a male. It's deplorable. That being said, the onus is on the woman in the relationship as well. They don't have to enter into those relationships. The fact that many of them essentially "use" their bodies simply as a means to earn the inheritance of their much older, deceased partner is pretty pathetic in my eyes.