If you can find someone with common life experiences that is in the same “place” you are it won’t matter. The problem arises when the age difference isn’t the “only” difference. For example, being a women and looking toward retirement, when I tried to date a younger guy they were just figuring out their career path. Even though we may have had fun together there couldn’t have been any long commitment. Or kids for example.

I think that is a leading question. If you mean it in the truest sense, to ask if true love has any boundaries I would say no but if you mean it to justify hurting a woman over her age I would tell you to get a pet instead of a relationship because you do not value a woman for who she is but what she is.

Yes, for most people.
I read an annoying study that showed that women live the longest when their male partner is slightly older than she is, but women's lives are shortened by living with younger men.

Something to do with aging DNA, since insects whose eggs are fertilized with sperm DNA taken from ancestral insects many generations back, quickly die.
But the opposite is true for men..they live the longest with women much younger than they are.

I've noticed, however, that women with high percentages of male traits often choose younger men and don't seem to come to harm.

As long as both parties are over 18 I think it just comes down to personal preference. I, personally, am not very open to large age differences, but that doesn't mean I think they're inherently bad as long as both parties are happy.

I have no fucking idea.

I find it fascinating that when I said I have a question for the ladies so many guys responded,guess I was being kind of vague, lol
Was honestly looking for a female perspective.

Nobut it does cause some insecurities and stressthe older one worries that the younger one won"t always feel the same because of loss of energy etc> if there are children< the younger one is probably going to be the sole caregiver at some point__so it"s logistics

Yes. And No. As long as it's 2 consenting adults, age shouldnt be an issue.

A friend of mine married the love of his life when he was 25 and she was 41. Their daughter is now 19 and they're still together and as happy now as they were on day one. For me personally, they'd have to be the ultimate, perfect match, love at first sight for me to go beyond +/- 10 years from my age

As a Man I had lived my whole life to Always say... She ain't here for My Money. But I need an Old Soul. Is not age, is life experience what I am interested on. I am not babysitting either.

"True love" is different for everyone. For example, Anna Nicole Smith truly loved the old geezer's money. Age was no problem for her cuz what she truly loved were the finer things in life. She had affection for the man who could give her those things. He probably loved her big knockers, and the "status" she gave him by having a young chick when he couldn't even walk, let alone get it up.
So, if you are rich, a huge age difference isn't always an issue. Maybe I am jaded? However, my friend just married someone her son's age. They are quite happy...for now. We'll see how that turns out in the end, but I'm hoping for the best. They are both very smart and make good money, but neither is rich. I think they have a lot of sex, which helps. lol As long as it's legal, and it works, more power to ya. I tend to gravitate toward someone a little older than me, but not into the geezers yet.

When I was in my early 20's I dated a man in his late 60's. For a long time my partners were considerably older than I was.

My last long-term boyfriend was 11yrs younger than me.

So in answer to your question, it you're truly in love age should not matter.

Define true love.

It could be said that a baby truly loves its mother, or parents truly love their children

Loving someone to the exclusion of all others? Is that obsession?

The love for a lifelong mate? Then probably not, but generally adults will be attracted to people of a similar age group, probably within 15 to 20% of their own age.

Of course, I could be talking rubbish as usual!

Well I am 70 this month so up to now there have been no age constraints for our true love - I'll let you know if I'm still alive in another 10 years if we are still in love.I am 5 years older than him.

We had a discussion on this a while back and, since then, I've talked about the same subject with friends in the real world. There seems to be a tendency to only consider people within approximately seven years of one's own age as potential partners - why that should be, I don't know.