My wife is 18 years older than I am, which made her seven years younger than my mother. We had a lot of common interests - we met through a local SF group - and the age difference never really affected our relationship. We do occasionally joke about it - acting shocked about older woman-younger man couples on tv shows or making remarks about her old boyfriends (George Washington, Attila the Hun, etc).
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Can someone explain where “may/december” came from? Cuz when I first came in here, I was expecting something about spring and winter.
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Looking back, I’ve only dated women who are older than me. When I was 19, I dated a 21-year old; at 20, I was with a 23 year old; back in 2000, I was 22 dating a 27 year old. Just last week, I went out with someone close to 30 (didn’t ask) and I’m only 24.
I don’t know why this phenomenon is: I suspect that older women, in my eyes, tend to have more of their priorities together. That is, women closer to my age are always putting off dating in exchange for whatever life-event is predominant at that time (school, career, what have you), so they’re less attractive to me than someone who’s more sure of what she wants.
I just wish I could make one of these relationships work… 
Thanks for the input guys! Sounds like most have had positive experiences in these kinds of relationships.
Some of the concerns I’ve had so far is when to have children. I want to have kids in my mid 30’s but he wants to have them sooner. I worry constantly about his health. (Might be an unconcious thing because my father died in his early 40’s). Hmm, This could also be another reason why I prefer older men… the whole psychological father-figure thing.
Another one of my concerns is that he’s too stuck in his ways. The whole been there, done that thing. “I want to take a couple of months off and travel Europe! Let’s go!!” “Ehhh, been there, done that.” “I want to move to San Francisco!!” “Been there, done that, didn’t like it!” He’s had much more experiences, and it makes me a bit jealous!
When we first dated early1999, my wife was 27 and I was 42. We have been together for over 3 years now (married for more than 2) and are very happy together. The age difference bothered me a bit during the first weeks, but we quickly found out that we had so much in common that the age really did not matter.
My ex partner is almost 11 years younger than me. We had a child who is now 9, who was born when he was 31 and I was 41. The biggest problem is people mistaking me for my son’s grandmother, you certainly need a thick skin to be an older parent.
We are no longer together, but not because of the age difference.
My dad maried my stepmother, who was seven years older than he was. They were married for about 28 years and seemed very happy. He died at 82.
I wouldn’t know from personal experience. I call myself a geezer, but I think I’ve barely reached October, and I can’t even get September interested…never mind May.