Oh, to be 5 years younger.

Once spent many years with a brilliant woman who was over ten years my senior. When she was in he mid 40's she left the country for a guy in his early 20's.

my ex just turned 50 and @DoDapper is 4 years younger then me. it's more personality for me, and looks.

I'm not going to knock someone much younger being attracted to me if they can hold a conversation. But I would never hit on anyone much younger for fear of embarrassing both of us. I dated someone 17 years younger a while back and we got along great...it's all whether they have a brain and a sense of humor for me. I would go a bit older depending on how we both look.

I generally date 5 years younger or ten years older. Even though I’ll be 48 this month, I have kids in the early to mid teens. To date someone too old, they’re at a different stage of life.

Most of my relationships have been with women younger than myself. Great minds think alike because I posed this question a few weeks ago (see link below).

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I like a little older, 2-5 years. Is that you and your man in the photo? If so , you're very pretty, him too. ??

I guess I am not picky - whoever I click with. My long term relationships have been with guys pretty close to my age but I have dated younger & older (one was 20 years older). Age is just a number the important part is how you feel with each other, treat each other.

I voted all three because I can be attracted to anyone of any legal age, though I’m not “dating”. My current relationships are with two much older and one much younger. I tend to form less connections with people my age.

A gal at a restaurant I frequent (turns out she's the manager) is flirting with me, bringing me free drinks, hugs for greetings, runs across the restaurant to do that last and to make sure I have a hug good bye, that sort of thing. She doesn't have an updating tattoo with age on her forehead, neither do I, though I do have grey hair and a beard, many think I am no less than 10 years younger than my actual age.

Turns out she's better than 20 younger than me, and I didn't find this out until I was well and truly hooked on her. No, we haven't dated, it's still early days, but... well, the spark is there and I at least am interested in getting to know her better before moving forward. I have asked her about such and she is not opposed (though, we aren't progressing anywhere outside of the restaurant).

My sister has given me much flack for considering women younger than I, and women who are more than a few years younger. I don't have kids and hold out hope that, even at my age, this is possible. Outside of dating sites, I don't worry about age, I worry about attraction and compatibility. On dating sites, we have the luxury of having certain questions asked up front (leastwise, on eHarmony and others we do) such as "do you have, or want to have, children" and how old are you. I tend to filter there, but am open to that charming person who just catches my eye and I feel I need to get to know.

Unfortunately, no success yet. Neither through dating sites nor through real life.

none of the above. i am taken but if i were dating i would not worry about age at all.

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I've generally found that younger men hold far fewer sex role stereotypes of what they expect me to be and how they expect me to behave. Older men have been threatened or made angry when I was successful in what they considered 'their' area. Younger men applaud.
Now there is a limit. I find much more than ten years younger and we don't share cultural experiences. Once I had a date with someone and I mentioned Gilda Radner and he had no idea who she was. That was just one of a number of disconnects that resulted in that being our only date.