I don't think they always do. Let me tell you how I feel, just me. I have a son, so I would never be romatntically or intimately involved with anyone who could chronologically be young enough to be my son..that disgusts me. It would be "incest" to me, even though I were not related to the person. That is my personal view and if I were not a parent, I might feel differently. But since I am a parent, I'll never know so I answer these questions based on my feelings. For those that enjoy such relationships, well, good for them. It is simply not my cup of tea. I feel the same way about older men and girls easily young enough to be their daughters. Maybe these men don't have daughters of their own, so there is no conflict..I don't know. :) Happy Monday to you! :)

I don't see an issue with it. Your partner could be as old as your mother or father, but as long as they AREN'T your mother or father it's not a problem. :-)

to me age doesnt matter. as long as you love them and they love you in the same way in return thats all that matters. but sometimes the people who care about you worry about age beacuse they dont want you to get hurt or anything bad to happen to you. :)

Because they've got nothing better to do? :)

I think said people that make a big deal out of it are just putting their prejudice on someone else. To me, there is nothing wrong with it, as long as both people are adults. The age difference between a 21 year old and a sixteen year old can be huge at the time, but when they are both adults it doesn't matter. My SO is 7 years older than me, and we met when I was in my early 20s. It mattered not, and still does not.

Only in some countries is this an issue ... In many European countries it is common place to be varied by wide age difference ... If objection is raised outside the relationship ... Who cares what they think? ... providing you and your partner are happy and in love ... and providing you are above the age of consent ... other opinions regarding your lifes decisions should not matter ... If you make your lifes decisions based on the opinions of others ... you are extremely likely to have much regret at the end of your time ... Sometimes you must throw your hat over the fence and take risk without opinon ... to enable learning by your own decisions. Thankyou

Because it is a big deal. Big age differences are the main cause for lots of problems down the road. If sex to him is something that used to be important decades ago, when he was young and full of energy, and his new honey, who is the same age of his son and younger than his first daughter, desires a very active sexual life....there is no match and they will probably end up in divorce or she getting involved having one or several affairs. It just doesn't work.

Age seems to come up often on these sites and I agree with most; age should make no difference. We older men like to think we can hold on to our youth and desire a younger even a much younger woman but in reality we generally cannot keep them happy in many ways financially or sexually. Women whom desire a much older man if you look carefully they are “gold diggers” and only desire the very rich older men. The man often looks the other way or encourages the younger woman to seek her sex elsewhere; he only wants a pretty young woman on his arm for show. I am among the older crowd of men. Yes, I think it would be great to have a younger woman as a companion but I also know in reality it “ain’t gonna happen”; not in this materialistic world we live in today. I can be a very good companion in many ways and enjoy sex and can still do quite well for my age. So from my point of view, age should not matter but it does except for a very small percentage of people. Because of the times we live in someone from the Elvis era can’t quite compete with the lives of the heavy metal and highly materialistic world of today; I wish it could be so but my teen years included Elvis, Buddy Holly, and the Big Bopper along with Little Richard and Jerry Lee Lewis. I don’t even know the names of the popular singers of today except for maybe Shania and Toby Keith.

I only really think it matters if it crosses the all important border... Eg -18 and +18... (or 16 depening on where you live)

my man is19yrs older thanme and i lovehim so much it was dunting and he felt ashamed hethought iwas toopretty etc for him but in public he was embarraesd i took him by the hand an smiled at him with pride and he let it all out how he loved me he met family it was fine so long as you both happy whatyou think

probably because they are jealous

I dont really have problems with older men and younger women I think when it gets to be 15+ years you have to wonder what she is after or what they could possibly have in common. I do not like older women and younger men. Maybe they are having troubles finding men there own age because the men there age are dating younger women so they feel they need to do this as well. Whatever makes you happy i suppose. my ex has a thing for older women and the oldest was 14 years older then him. I think if that person looks old enough to be your mom, then it is gross. His current GF not sure how old she is but she does look old enough to be his mommy. i think when the age gap is huge that person is looking more for parental role model.

I think it's a bigger deal if the female is older than the mail.. Like 20 years or so.. Kinda sick..It seems that older men get away with 20 year olds, is it fair:)

I honestly think that depends on the amount of separation in age and who's younger or older in the situation, also economics comes into play... Ok take Anna Nichole and J. Howard Smith, he was many many times her senior and very rich, that was viewed and I believe rightly so as her taking advantage for money's sake only. If the female is much younger and the man has little assets it is usually viewed as him robbing the cradle. If a woman is several years older then the man involved, it is usually viewed as the younger man wanting to be cared for and/or being a boy toy. Personally I'm 23 years younger then my husband and he was retired when I met him, and he's not loaded with money and he's a cranky ole fart. So it must be love or I'd have killed him by now...lol

The older you get, the more you figure out differences in maturity levels and commonality. Once you get outside of a plus/minus 5 year swing - it is pretty obvious one party is using the other for money/security/sex/trophy/mother/father/etc.. Doesn't matter who is the older or younger person in the relationship.

cauz like it or not... the thinking b/w generationz iz diferent... and surelt efect the relationship... peace!!!

Its not THAT bad, but when the age shows it gets tougher. if the female is quite young and hot and the male is old, people assume that the female is in it for money and the male is in it for sex.

well 1st things 1st in love its almost everything well yes i heard goods n bads about ppl dating younger or older dates which i dnt know why they make shuch a big fust about well ex like a 17 yr old whit a 26 yr well.. not that bad but i mean at the same time your risking your self you mith get arest it or ppl would talk sack i wouldt care i just turn 17 n iam going out whit a 22yr he shows like if he cares the point is that love is nice for some ppl guys it mean L.egs O.pen V.ery E,asliy

I don't know about other people but I think when a woman is too old for a guy it looks bad because I think she is after a person who is too innocent for her as well the same for an older guy with a younger woman

If you are of age then do whatever you want. The only time it bothers me is if one person is under aged and the other is way older than them. I just assume that the older person should know better and the only reason they would want to be with someone that young is because they know they can take advantage of them.

I really don't. When it comes to age difference, the only thing I have always believed is that if one person is twice the other person's age or more, then that's when I say it's ridiculous. For exapmly, a 20 year old has NO business messing around with a 40+ year old in my opinion. That's just two completely different generations altogether.

because they are at different places in their life and may have different expectation for where the relationship is going...??