My ex was 6 years younger than I, but might as well have been 100 years older... gawdferbid we should try something new.......

Most of the women I've been involved were a few years older. The largest gap was 20 years, but that was back in my 40s. I really don't care if they're older, as long as they're interesting and attractive to me.

Some mind - some don't. Others actually prefer someone older, and seek them out.

Same with women ...

My late wife was older than me by one year when we married,but 10 or more years may be a bit of a stretch...

No inherent problem. My late / prior wife was 5 years older than me. My wife now is 2 years younger.

I would probably not want to stray more than about 5 years in either direction, though. People are at different places in their life and development at different times. While it's possible for someone to be ahead or behind the curve with respect to intelligence, wisdom, emotional maturity, etc., if the age difference is too great there's a still a difference in experience. What would I, at 62, have in common with a 42 year old or an 82 year old? More practically: how would I explain being with a 35 year old to my 40 year old daughter? Yeah, I know, I don't owe her an explanation. It would weird her out just the same. And it should.

Unfortunately, the idea that a woman should be younger than me was fairly well ingrained into my mind. I do and have overcome that impulse though.

Intimidated, subordinate … but that the majority of the concern will be hers..

No problem in and of itself. What matters more is if the woman is compatible, in reasonably good health, and attractive for her age or any age. I will date 8 years or less older than me. When I was much younger, I began dating my late wife, who was almost 16 years older than me. But now that I
m 61, I won't date someone who is much older than me because I am not eager to be widowed again anytime soon....

Its never happened to me. I just don't think im attractive.

When it comes to relationships, age differences, in any direction, are probably the least of our challenges. Not to say in couldn't be a source of difficulty, but just not likely the greatest difficulty we face in learning how to relate to another human being.

Most of my relationships in the past have been with women older than myself. Not necessarily on purpose.. I just couldn’t deal with the immaturity and superficiality of most women my age or younger. My late wife was 12 years older than me. Of course there are exceptions but that was the original attraction.. maturity, life experience, no BS. It also depended on the culture she grew up in and so on.. I’ve found that people in certain cultures and countries are more mature than others.