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[quote=Anonymous]Another depressing thread.

I think that it's best to focus on finding someone you like being around who also shares the same basic worldview/values you have (it doesn't have to be exactly the same, but the fundamental values should be).

Aside from that, an age difference of more than 8-10 years should involve an understanding on the part of both parties that you are going to be in very different stages of life at certain points in your relationship.

Essentially long-term relationships are about committing to not just the person in the present, but committing to growing together, understanding you and your partner will go through changes, as will your relationship.

An age difference of more than a decade means that you will be hitting huge biological/aging shifts at very different points in time.  And that can pose a set of challenges above and beyond the usual LTR challenges of just the general ways people change over time and deal with life.

That's not to say it can't work out.

Aside from that, I do think that younger women (20s) are at a disadvantage when dating a man more than 10 years older.  This is a generalization, but there is usually a power dynamic present that, in my view, can stunt a woman's growth at a time when she should be forging out a sense of independence and self.  It's not quite the same as it is if she is in a relationship with a man who is the same age and also forging out his independence.  [/quote]

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