Not bad not bad at all. That is the age difference of me and my first boyfriend about. I started dating him at 13 and he was 17. We broke up 3 years later. My current boyfriend has an even larger age difference.

I think its fine I mean if the gril is responsible and mature. And if her parents approve then who cares? I mean when she's 20 and he's 25 or 26 it's not gonna matter.

i really dont thing age is nothing but a number i mean yeah i can see like a 13 year old an a 21 year old that is messed up but 16 17 an 21 is nothing its not gonna matter in the long run.

Go for it age is just a # im 42 and i get hit on by 18, 19 yr olds.

When my current husband and I met, I was 32 and he was 27. The other day I thought about it and when I had my first child, He was 12! After a certain point age really doesn't matter so much.

not its not bad at all my boyfriend was 17 when i had just turned 14 were still together until this day....

I like to think that age is nothing but a number, but someone who could/should be out of college tading someone not half way through high school seemes pretty lame. I date women 35 years younger than I but at least we're both out of school and have jobs.

The age difference isnt great but in most states it is ILLEGAL therefore ppl of age should not date a person underage if they wish to be intimate. The consequences of doing so is tremendous...if you go to Sexual Predator sights (where all sex offenders have to register) there are many men at the age of 18/19 who are registered sex offenders because they were convicted of a sexual offense by dating a girl underage girl. I think after a certain age 5 yrs younger/older isnt a big deal but when ppl can be prosecuted legally for it it IS a huge problem.

Interesting that this question is asked these days, and people who say it's "ok" or even "MAYBE ok" are greeted with shock, when only 50-60 years ago the shock would have been for anybody who thought that a 16-17 year old girl should date a boy her own age. My mother (a well-reared New York suburbanite, went to an all girl's prep school and Wellesley College, had a Southern Belle mom from Texas, and after graduating was on the founding staff of Sports Illustrated) never would have been caught dead dating any boy less than 3 years older than she was. The rule then was: JrHi girl dates SrHi boy, SrHi girl dates college boy, and college girl dates boy in graduate school. Of course "nice" (i.e., smart) girls weren't having premarital sex (or at least pre-engagement sex) in those days, so it didn't get scary/creepy. Yes, this assumes a double-standard -- founded on the patent fact that girls mature faster than boys. But if a 21 year-old girl was dating a 16-17 year-old boy, I'd think there was something peculiar or shady about the girl, but as for the boy: GO FOR IT, KID! FYI, the ancient and long-standing rule-of-thumb (and in some cultures past and present, the actual law) for the proper age of a bride in relation to the age of the groom is that the bride's age should be half the grooms age + 7 years ... so the ideal age for the bride of a 21 year-old guy is 17.

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Well I'm 17 and my boyfriend is turning 21. There's really nothing wrong with that age difference as long as the parents approve and the couple is mature and trustworthy.