Is a 5 year age difference a big deal when dating?
by 
Brady Smith
ANSWERS: 27
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That depends on the context. An 18 year old dating a 13 year old is trouble. A 28 year old dating a 23 year old isn't really even notable. Generally, the question goes to youth. Someone over the age of 18 must be VERY cautious in dating someone 5 years younger, because if they become sexually involved there may be serious legal ramifications. Additionally, while two people in their twenties or older are, more or less, peers with similar (one would hope) levels of maturation, the same cannot be said for younger couples, where one might still be struggling with high school issues while the other is in college or working. As a general rule of thumb I might suggest that teens not date anyone who is not within a couple of years of their own age.
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it seems like the old you get the less age difference matters..a few years is a lot when your 18 or 20 but when you get older a decade is not so bad..
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My opinion: age really doesn't matter. It is where you both are in your lives, and how you compliment each other.
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I think any more than about ten years is when the gulf becomes too big, at that point you grew up with such different music, movies, friends and influences that it becomes too hard to find common ground.
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My uncle tends to find women much younger than him and one of my neighbors has a really young wife I don't know, I would say 5 years because people would have such a difference in frames of reference. For example, people remember when Elvis died, where were they when Kennedy was shot, Who shot JR? those kinds of questions and answers.I am no expert on relationships.
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5 if less than 20, 10 if less than 30, 15 if less than 40, 20 if less than 60
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There was a 27 year age gap between my first husband and myself. At first it didn't make much difference but when he got to 60 he started looking at retiring and moving to the country for a quiet life. Me I wanted to experience travel, go out, parties, have lots of marital bliss etc etc I wasn't ready to retire so unfortunately we divorced. The love was great but the age difference even though it didn't matter at first really sucked later on.
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it depends on the age and maturity level of the individuals involved.
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I don't feel it is a big deal it also depends on where the age difference is. I'm 17 and seeing someone who is 22 and I'm still wondering if it is alright to do anything. Around that age area it is kindof grey but older then that it is fine
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as long as one isnt a child and the other an adult. If that be the case it is wrong and a big deal.
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It depends on the age. If a 15 year old is dating a 20year old, YES. But if you're over 18 & you're happy go for it
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If you are both over 18 that depends on how you feel about it The is no right or wrong answer so long as you are both over the age of consent Some people have a hang up with more than a year difference for others it is 5 years and yet others would see nothing wrong dating someone old/young enough to be their parent/child Just remember this age is just a number if you both like each other and feel you can work out the little thinggs like age differences then it shouldn't matter if your 40 years apart again so long as you arfe both over 18
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Once you are both over eighteen, it doesn't matter. Before that. . . uh uh. Hugely inappropriate.
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ah.. not at all...(m 18, he 23) love is all about emotional compatibility, what we look for in a relationship is sheer honesty.... though minors oughtn't to indulge in sexual activities.. and yeah.... 12-15 yr olds r bit too young for adults.
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A 5 year age difference is HYOOGE! ;) That's why I'm so glad that my wife is only 4 years and 9 months older than I am. ;)
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That depends a lot on the actual ages of the people involved. In the United States one of the setbacks is when one of the people involved is not 21, the legal drinking age. There is sometimes strain on the relationship because one person can not go to some of the places the other can. In my experience once both people are past that point a 5 year difference is nothing really.
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nope why should age matter if two people love each other, its too much of what other people think, good on you both if your happy together then thats all that matters, five years aint a large difference at all good luck
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23 years, the sex felt odd
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I dated someone 17 years older than me and it just seemed weird to me, although I was in love with someone 10 years older.
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while i usually think that about + or - 12 years is a good figure, if more than $10 million is involved, i'd think that 60 years might be tempting ... :)
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over 10 would be weird for me
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I think when it comes down to it age should not really matter, i use to think 5 then i met a guy 10 years older then me and i realized that it is true age does not matter all that matters it the emotional connection and whether u are at the same point in life
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It doesn't matter, as long as both of you are happy (and consenting).
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i dont think in relationship age different matters ...relationship is based on emotions , feelings, caring, love etc not on age ..
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What is in your heart is the most important thing. I was 17, my first girlfriend 38. Turned out now I am 38 and that was the best relationship by far I ever had. Unfortunately she died only a few years later, but what I wouldn't do to go back to that and how much I appreciate what we had. I would do it all over again. My recommendation is to follow your heart and totally ignore the age thing. You could marry someone 50 years older than you and you could die first. Life is not something we can control. Only the heart knows what is right, not the head.
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That is only half of the equation. It all depends on how old the youngest one is. The difference decreases with age., espetially if you're still a 'kid' and haven't grown up yet.
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i dont think it matters, as long as there is a good relationship and no one gets bored of each other...
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