Do you know right off what the spread of years is between yourself and the oldest person you've dated, or the youngest one?

When I was 19, I dated a 26 year old lady.

@Shecky_Johnson: did you have a relationship or was is casual dating?

I dated a man 19 years older than me for a few months. It hadn’t yet become a serious relationship (he hadn’t met my kids or family). We broke up because he was too immature.
I’ve also dated men a few years younger than me, but I normally don’t go lower than 3 years younger.

I’m 25, and my beloved boyfriend (for 3,5 years now) is 50.
Never dated anyone younger than me.

@VzzBzz We dated for a year then kinda off and on for another year.

I dated a guy 16 years older than me.
I think the youngest was only about 3 years younger.

@elijahsuicide: age is no guarantee of maturity.

@elijahsuicide
I love that you broke up with a guy 19 years your senior, because he was too immature :P

I guess some boys never grow up :-)

@Likeradar: the man older than you, was he mature in a way you expected- if you had any expectations?

@Shecky_Johnson: that’s a decent amount of dating time for many people. Were friends and family comfortable with the two of you as a couple?

Brace yourselves but I’ve dated someone who is almost a year younger than me (ish)... Scandalous. As you can see by my username and avatar though my current husband is about 900 years older than my self (give or take a century).

I’ve only dated older. The most is seven years my senior.

@Facade: has this been a conscious choice on your part?

@VzzBzz Yeah. Everybody liked Angel. She was great.

@VzzBzz definitely.

@Milladyret: did you purposefully not date younger?

@VzzBzz I didn’t really go into it with expectations, but I certainly wasn’t disappointed. He was fun, generous, smart, chivalrous, blah blah blah. I knew him socially before we started dating.
It was on-and-off-again dating, but no relationship, for a few years. We stopped seeing each other when I started seeing my boyfriend. The older guy made it clear that he wasn’t ever going to want marriage and family, and I want those things. We’re still friends. I’m glad I had the experience.

@VzzBzz
Not purposefully, no, but I never found anyone interresting… I guess I like the feeling of being the ‘younger one’, of having someone take care of me and supporting me with his wisdom and experience.

(and no, he’s not supporting me financially or anything, I make more money than him, I’m strong and able and have a good job, great friends and a good life, and I’m perfectly able to take good care of myself.)

One guy I dated was 11 years older than me.

My husband is 3 years and 7 months older than me.

1 year younger than I is the youngest I’ve ever dated. He was cute but very immature.

32 years older than me was the greatest age difference. He was cute but very immature, too.

My husband is 11 years older than me. We are about the same maturity level.

Jeanna is 9yrs older than me.

Never dated younger.

@boots: I had a man who was 18 when we men and I was 28, we lived together for 4yrs and had talked marriage but I was determined to make him wait until he turned 25. That decision caused bitterness on his part because he wanted to start a family before 25 and I was afraid for him, didn’t want him to commit to more than he could handle (my perceptions).

I wish the best for you and jeanna, I think it’s very exciting since I know where you met ;)

@VzzBzz :) I can see where your other question came from!

Lucky for me, I’m not looking to start a family that soon D:

1 year younger, 5 years older—nothing interesting.

I’ve dated a man 12 years older – and found that he was a perennial bachelor for a reason. I’ve also dated a cute (French) boy, 10 years younger, who stayed with me for a summer. He was fun, but definitely only in a summer fling kind of way. I think I prefer to stay within 3 years (give or take) of my own age now.

Oldest—42-year-old woman when I was 19.
Youngest—His birthday is exactly two weeks after mine.

Four years older than me. I’m not opposed to dating anyone much older or younger, things just haven’t happened like that. I tend to be more attracted to older women though because they’re more “mature”. That’s not to say some younger ones aren’t, but on the whole that’s what I’ve found.

My ex-wife is twelve years younger than me. Notice I said ex.

20 years younger than I. No others.

15 years older, 2 years younger.