A bit of advice for the ladies in or considering a relationship with a younger man.
My last gf was 6 years older than me. My current is 8 years older.
The most aggravating/stressful/annoying part of it from my point of view was/is having to reassure her that the age difference doesn’t matter.
Ladies. Long term or short. It. really. doesn’t. matter.
I’d feel weird/creepy. I’m only 22, and I feel weird if I find guys only a few years younger than me attractive. I felt like a creepy old Mrs. Robinson type when I realized how ripped Daniel Radcliffe was becoming!
Well, I can’t imagine being interested in younger guys if I was 22. After all, “younger than 22” narrows your prospects considerably. Likewise, I can’t imagine insisting on an older man if I were 80. 
An age difference can be a big deal, but it would never occur to me that a guy didn’t find me attractive or “could do better” just because I’m older than him. To me, it’s more of a lifestyle issue. I know this fantastic guy. He’s 28. I’d date him in a heartbeat, except… he’s at that “settle down and have a family” stage. I just got unsettled, and I have all the kids I want.
That isn’t solely a function of our respective ages, because plenty of 36 year old women are looking to get married and have kids. But I *personally * would be wary of starting a serious relationship with someone in their late 20s who hasn’t done those things yet.
Both of my ex-GFs have been near 30. I was 21, now 23. Worked great for the both of us!
I’m no more likely to “hit on” an older woman than to do so unto a younger woman. I’ll make eye contact, flirt, try to send you signals to let you know that overtures will be favorably received, but youv’e got to meet me halfway or I’m assuming you’re not interested and would as soon not be bothered.
I’ve got a friend I met online. 11 years younger then me. After I convinced him I was already involved, we became friends. Through the joys of email, IM and phone, age really doesn’t matter, but the differences in life experiences do. He was 7 when I graduated high school. The bands, movies and TV shows I remember from my childhood are the ones he’s seen on the oldies channels. When he talks about going to the bars all night, I can remember doing it, but I have zero interest in doing it again.
So if I was single again (heaven forbid), it would take a lot of work to make it happen.
Yeah, I know that it was a bit odd for me to respond. But my feelings of guilt over finding the occasional younger guy attractive are so visceral that I can’t imagine being forty and dating…say, a thirty year old. It would just feel so unethical to me.
ETA: Which is not to say that people who date younger guys/girls are bad. Just that I think I might have a slightly neurotic bias against doing it myself.