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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There are so many elements to an age gap in a marriage. Firstly the biological factors. We know women mature faster than men and have a shorter fertility window. Marrying a man your age or younger create many more opportunities for a lack of synchrony regarding life logistics. The younger man may want to wait longer to have children, he may not make enough money to support a family yet, etc. Then, there is the fact that he may be much more emotionally immature to be a proper confidant and partner to his wife.

Finally, women generally age faster so if you are the same age or older than your husband, you are on an accelerated aging timeline. He may be more likely to have a wandering eye as your looks fade.

I am surprised we do not consider age differences more carefully when dating. It seems preferable to have the woman be at least a few years younger than her husband. [/quote]

My son won’t even consider anyone younger, only dates his own age plus minus one year. He says he can’t deal with immaturity and not looking to adopt a daughter but find an equal partner.[/quote]

I think this is more typical among younger generations. I'm a 30 something millennial with early 20s zoomer siblings. I know almost no one in relationships with big age gaps. One of my late 30s friends briefly dated a late 20s woman and he was so embarrassed about the age gap he ended up breaking things off. He didn't even tell most of our friends about it because he didn't want to get shit about it. (In our friend circle people get roasted over far less.)[/quote]

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