Age gap relationships

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I am nineteen and I am not really attracted to anyone under the twenty three mark.

It's just my taste in men. the last guy I dated was 23 and he was pretty cute, but immature, panicked about ridiculous things I couldn't relate to, Didn't really know what he wanted, I would date up to a 35 year old, maybe older if I was really in love.

There's a woman at work in her late forties, but she's married. There was one instructor who was 36 when I was 23, but I don't think she was interested. Figures. You know, not too many older women would date a younger guy if she's already been with a guy who has his own place, etc.

I can relate to the younger and older generation well enough. Just wouldn't date some because the young ones can be immature and the older ones seem to be like a parent in my view.
I would think 19 to 24 would be okay if they met the requirements I have. Would say lower if they are only a little immature and 17 or over.

My lovely former LTR partner and I shared a Chinese birth sign. He was 12 years younger. The difference bothered me when we first got together, only because I wasn't sure how he would react when he learned the extent of our age difference. But it didn't bother him, and it wasn't an issue at all in terms of general compatibility. Our energies and interests synched very well. But it's funny how some things stick in your mind. The only time age came up in a bad way was when I urged him to spend alcohol-free time with me and he said, 'You're not my mother!' I guess she had been the first one to tackle him about drinking ...

There was one fundamental incompatibility, however, that related to life stage, rather than age per se. We were each parent to a son of similar age. But I was growing up with mine (i.e. had sole responsibility), whereas he had wickedly been denied proper access to his and not allowed to share responsibility in any real way. It's my observation that parenting grows you up forcibly in ways that non-parenting generally does not. (It's moot whether standard NT would consider my version of grown-upness as passing muster at all , but compared to my then partner I declare I was trying to be a proper grownup!) It was that, I believe, that drove the real wedge between us, manifesting as complete differences in emotional focal point and my unshared preoccupation with providing stability.

Once my parenting job was complete I was free to make partner my number one, and could re-immerse in the basic pagan hedonism of our preferred politico-Bohemian music-based life, YAY! But, sadly, we discovered very quickly that our moment had passed and we just couldn't get it together. I think by then (though he would deny it to the death) he had started 'seeing' me as older, because of all those years where I had been responsible anchor-mother in my home, while he exercised freedom to dip in and out at will while building an independent man's life in his. So yeah, I'd definitely say it's a matter of perspective, and life stage dumps all over simple chronology.

[edits - futzing around with what to call former partner, duh]

I am not sure. I am willing to date girls from 16 to 30 years old, depending on how mature they are. But I think younger women would have more difficult accepting my differences, while older women would be turned off by my lack of experience and immaturity (I am only mature when it comes to work: I am very diligent). Yeah, I prefer mature women even though I admit I am immature. Maybe when hell freezes over.

It's an interesting topic because I know that in my experiences, I've always gotten along better with people, both a lot younger or older than me (like age 18 or 30). As as far as relationships go, I'm not sure where I'd stand and what I should do. I'm 23 right now and I find myself attracted to older girls. However what I do notice is the majority of the girls will date guys much older than them. After all, older men are more mature, likely to have a good career and be good providers as opposed to a young college student who lives with his parents. I couldn't see a girl go from someone who is say 45 years old to someone who is 23 even if she is say, 27 years old. I suppose at this time I'd have a better shot with 18-20 year olds even if I'm not intellectually compatible with them like I could be with a girl in her late 20's. It seems like for men, dating gets better with age.

^^^something to keep in mind about dating younger women is that they mature, get educated, etc. so if you are dating someone who seems like pretty cool but is just less intellectual at the current age, then keep in mind if she is a college student then she she will mature and change and could be a lot closer to what you consider "ideal" in a few years. it's not a guarantee that she would change in the ways you would want, but people at age 18 are somewhat less fixed in their character and personality than an older person might be. so there may be potential there.

(some older women like younger men, too. so if that is what you are seeking it could also happen)

I seem to only attract older women maybe I should just get used to it and embrace it.

I can go up or down twenty years but what do I know. My first girlfriend was 4 years older i was 12, the next was 9 years older when I was 16. I have only had one younger by two years. The prevailing laws in the state I lived in would have landed me in jail even though I was the one being persude so we parted ways.

Not sure I could really say. Most I've been interested in are only ever a few months apart. I think I'd rather have someone at least a little older, though, as they generally don't tend to expect me to always be the "boss" and are able to see things on more of an equal level. That said, others have been a bit conceited.