# Age difference between you and your g/f, b/f, spouse. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 7, 2005, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/age-difference-between-you-and-your-g-f-b-f-spouse/302842 "2005-05-07T19:17:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2005, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/age-difference-between-you-and-your-g-f-b-f-spouse/302842/21 "2005-05-07T23:04:56Z")
I have a bf, gf \*\*\*and \*\*\* a spouse? Wow. Just…Wow. StG ---
**Author:** ![Pushkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2005, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/age-difference-between-you-and-your-g-f-b-f-spouse/302842/22 "2005-05-07T23:44:54Z")
> [@StGermain](#): > > I have a bf, gf \*\*\*and \*\*\* a spouse? Har, I was too lazy (and under the fluence) to spell girlfriend and boyfriend in full and putting in / to separate them would have looked silly “g/f/b/f/spouse” 😛 Anyone with an age gap measured in years (possibly over a decade) have any relationship problems related to the age difference? ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2005, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/age-difference-between-you-and-your-g-f-b-f-spouse/302842/23 "2005-05-08T00:59:01Z")
Not really; hubby is a year and a half older than me. ---
**Author:** ![dangermom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@dangermom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dangermom)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2005, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/age-difference-between-you-and-your-g-f-b-f-spouse/302842/24 "2005-05-08T01:07:35Z")
I’m two weeks older than he is. We have several brothers, all of whom have married women several years older. So although I’m the oldest sibling and he’s only the second, my SIL’s are mostly older than I am, and even though we got married first, they’re the ones in a hurry to have all their kids before they get too old. ---
**Author:** ![Cyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a88e4f/32.png) [@Cyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyn)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2005, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/age-difference-between-you-and-your-g-f-b-f-spouse/302842/25 "2005-05-08T04:36:59Z")
I’m 42, \*\*Drachillix \*\* is 35. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2005, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/age-difference-between-you-and-your-g-f-b-f-spouse/302842/26 "2005-05-08T04:59:53Z")
My wife’s just over five years older than me. She looks younger than me, though, i think. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2005, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/age-difference-between-you-and-your-g-f-b-f-spouse/302842/27 "2005-05-08T05:27:12Z")
My last two girlfriends were both 5 and a half years younger than me. ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2005, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/age-difference-between-you-and-your-g-f-b-f-spouse/302842/28 "2005-05-08T06:24:29Z")
Relationships ranged from other party -6 to +15. Finally settled down with a lady for life: she’s five years older. This is cool. From a practical point of view, the older woman is a good thing: women live longer. Go to a retirement home and see the gender imbalance! ---
**Author:** ![pasunejen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/58956e/32.png) [@pasunejen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pasunejen)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2005, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/age-difference-between-you-and-your-g-f-b-f-spouse/302842/29 "2005-05-08T06:50:37Z")
I am one month older than my boyfriend, to the day. I turn 22 in roughly a week, he in roughly five weeks, in case it matters–so, barely any gap at all. Of course, the whippersnapper’s always calling me an old geezer. I’ll show him yet. ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2005, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/age-difference-between-you-and-your-g-f-b-f-spouse/302842/30 "2005-05-08T06:55:14Z")
I am two years older than my husband. We both look 80-something and haggard most of the time. But we clean up real nice. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2005, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/age-difference-between-you-and-your-g-f-b-f-spouse/302842/31 "2005-05-08T09:20:09Z")
I’m 25 hours younger than my wife. ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2005, 9:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/age-difference-between-you-and-your-g-f-b-f-spouse/302842/32 "2005-05-08T09:28:18Z")
My SO of 24 years is three years older than I am. Never liked to be with guys younger than myself (there goes another Gay stereotype) but once went out with a guy for a few months until he admitted he lied about his age…he was 10 years younger than I was and had told me he was a year older than me and I believed him. He actually had to show me his passport before I believed it. He was German and looked like a young Omar Shariff…big and hairy for his age. ---
**Author:** ![dearissues](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/919ad9/32.png) [@dearissues](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dearissues)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2005, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/age-difference-between-you-and-your-g-f-b-f-spouse/302842/33 "2005-05-08T11:51:11Z")
I’m not with anyone but have always been attracted to men 10+ years older than me. I get ridiculed for this at work. I’m very glad to see that I’m not the only one. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2005, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/age-difference-between-you-and-your-g-f-b-f-spouse/302842/34 "2005-05-08T14:53:16Z")
At this writing, I am five years younger. Next Friday, only four. He’s four years and 11 months older. ---
**Author:** ![Archergal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@Archergal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Archergal)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2005, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/age-difference-between-you-and-your-g-f-b-f-spouse/302842/35 "2005-05-08T15:03:47Z")
I’m 16 years older than my husband. ---
**Author:** ![Caricci](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@Caricci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caricci)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2005, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/age-difference-between-you-and-your-g-f-b-f-spouse/302842/36 "2005-05-08T15:44:42Z")
My husband is 2 years 3 months younger than me. Before him I had never dated a man younger than me and had topped out at 25 years age difference with the man I dated just before Mr. Caricci. At the time, I thought it was a novelty dating a younger man, but now I realize that I was dating the wrong men! BTW, Mr. Caricci is far more gray than I so he looks older. ---
**Author:** ![TJdude825](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dec6dc/32.png) [@TJdude825](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TJdude825)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2005, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/age-difference-between-you-and-your-g-f-b-f-spouse/302842/37 "2005-05-08T17:08:33Z")
I’m 17, he’s 15. So not a big gap. ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2005, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/age-difference-between-you-and-your-g-f-b-f-spouse/302842/38 "2005-05-08T17:18:37Z")
32 years. My wife is 53 and my girlfriend is 21. Just kidding. I’m 35 and single. But _someone_ had to make that joke. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2005, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/age-difference-between-you-and-your-g-f-b-f-spouse/302842/39 "2005-05-09T14:57:13Z")
I’m 8 years older than SWMBO. The biggest age ranges in my life came when I was 31. I had an affair with a woman 12 years older than I was. When that ended, I had an affair with a women 12 years younger than I was. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2005, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/age-difference-between-you-and-your-g-f-b-f-spouse/302842/40 "2005-05-09T14:59:41Z")
We are only five months apart, I am older. Funny, because I’ve always been attracted to older men. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/age-difference-between-you-and-your-g-f-b-f-spouse/302842.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/age-difference-between-you-and-your-g-f-b-f-spouse/302842.md?page=3)