# How old are you and what's age range you would consider dating? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 7, 2015, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you-and-whats-age-range-you-would-consider-dating/721908 "2015-06-07T17:41:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Honey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honey/32/5074_2.png) [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2015, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you-and-whats-age-range-you-would-consider-dating/721908/41 "2015-06-09T02:24:12Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > What are you doing next weekend? 😉 What part of the country are you in? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2015, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you-and-whats-age-range-you-would-consider-dating/721908/42 "2015-06-09T02:34:36Z")
> [@Honey](#): > > What part of the country are you in? 🙂 Sigh… Unfortunately the part to the north of you, which is in fact a different country altogether. ---
**Author:** ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2015, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you-and-whats-age-range-you-would-consider-dating/721908/43 "2015-06-09T02:47:22Z")
Heterosexual 18 year old male. 15/16 to late twenties. ---
**Author:** ![Cub\_Mistress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea666f/32.png) [@Cub\_Mistress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cub_Mistress)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2015, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you-and-whats-age-range-you-would-consider-dating/721908/44 "2015-06-09T03:22:30Z")
Female, 57, have dated men as young as 26 ( 28 years younger at the time) and up to my own age. I wouldn’t really deliberately go into the pool of the 20’s again but it was nice and I would not rule it out completely. Mostly the guys I am attracted to are 40 to 55, old enough to have some maturity, but not old yet, lol. The only time in my life I dated a man older than I was in college, when I was 18. ---
**Author:** ![Allthegood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c68b51/32.png) [@Allthegood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Allthegood)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2015, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you-and-whats-age-range-you-would-consider-dating/721908/45 "2015-06-19T04:01:23Z")
I’m 59. I’d at least consider dating anyone from age 20 to age 80. ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2015, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you-and-whats-age-range-you-would-consider-dating/721908/46 "2015-06-19T05:07:44Z")
A friend of mine married a man 20 years her elder. Not working out all too well: he can’t keep up with her (walking, I meant, but in other ways too.) I’m male, and would prefer to date someone my own age or slightly younger – but not so young that I’d fade in the stretch and leave her tempted to seek out a younger guy. Basically, she has to say yes also. (At this point in life, I’d consider anyone who would say yes.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you-and-whats-age-range-you-would-consider-dating/721908.md?page=2)