When I was 21, I had a wonderful fling with a 33 year old. Learned quite a bit, and had loads of fun, both of us… although neither of us was really interested in marriage, for varying reasons.
Later, when I was ready for marriage, I married a woman two years my senior. Not sure that really counts, though.
My record age-gap so far is 17 years (she was 52, I was 35). I’ve tended to get involved with older women more often than not. (Record in the other direction is 8 years – she was 24 I was 32).
wtf?? Does he think something happened in those nine weeks that she’s going to taunt him about in front of her friends?
I’m 41. Girlfriend is 46 and is exquisite.
Amp, I’m 32…is that enough of an age difference for you? 
Personally, I wouldn’t mind dating a guy a few years younger or older than me. But more than 7 or 8 years either way might place them out of my range of commonality.
My bf is seven years younger than me…
Mind you, I’ve always maintained that I’m about 10 years behind in the emotional maturity department (I think it comes from bowing out of the human race during my teen years), so I might be older in physical years, but he’s far more mature mentally and emotionally.
Also, when we go out, I’m the one who gets carded for alcohol:)
I could never date an older woman. My wife would kill me. 
Seriously though, the aforementioned wife is two years older than I am. It wasn’t a significant difference when we got married (I was 22, she was 24) and it’s not one now.
When I was 27 I ran around with a woman who was 53, but it was purely physical (she was a major hottie) and she was so concerned with what people would think that all we could do was go to her place, it was one hell of a sacrifice for me (yeah, right) but she ended it for “lack of a future” (the age difference freaked her out, I was fine with it) and got involved with a married man her age proving to me that older does not equal smarter.
unclviny
My wife is 5 years older than I am. It bothered her early on in our relationship, but I don’t think either one of us even notice now.
I think my limit would probably be in the 5-7 year range for older women, though I must admit that there are a lot of very attractive 40-something women out there these days (I’m 28 myself). Actually, right now I’m really attracted to a friend of mine who is 2 years older but I have trouble thinking of her that way. If anything she seems a few years younger.
heck, the last several women I’ve gone out with have been from 4 to 26 years older, so it is no big deal. However if I ever do get married or have a “serious” relationship, I think someone under 10 years of my age would be best. For the most part we would be at about the same stage of life and likely share common interests, experiences and memories. Of course thats not always true, but I think it works as a general rule of thumb.
I’m 25 and 5-6 years in either direction (older or younger) doesn’t bother me at all.
About 5 years in either direction seems fine but it depends on the guy really and the nature of the relationship. If it was just for sex, I’d go much younger, say 10 years younger, just for money (if I needed money which I don’t) 10 years older. I’m 36 and female.
I’m 5 years older than my beau and we get along swimmingly.
I also dated a guy that was 15 years my senior and that was OK too.
I think it depends on the people.
When I was 30, I had a fling with a woman who was 48. When I was 40, I had an extended fling with a woman who was 24. Both were equally satisfying experiences. Age has never been a problem.
When I was 28 I dated a woman who was 36. It was a good relationship, mostly.
In my (admittedly limited) experience, many women only look for older men, not younger men. My last couple of dates have been with younger women, but I’m getting kinda tired of the post-collegiate scene.
I’m open to anything, so to answer the OP, I’d date an older woman. It just seems that the relationship potential goes down as the age differential increases.
I recall several similar polls in recent years, so do a couple of searches.
I’m about 4 years older than my bf. Normally I would look for someone my age or older, but he is very mature. Most of the time I forget there’s any age difference at all.
I’m 41, my soon-to-be-ex is 47.
Nine weeks? What a maroon!
No. My wife threatens to kill me if I even look at another woman, so dating one would be right out of the question.
Barry
I love older women, and I’ve had my best dates, relationships, and sexual misadventures with them. In fact, I’ve never gotten farther than kissing a younger woman!