I think age matters

I'm more comfortable with someone 5 yrs either side of mine.I can sway for a bit older but not any younger.It's what works for each person.And truly being on same page what you want in a relationship.Thats what matters.So with that said, for most communication is the key.

I have a small penis and am immature. I am so screwed.

That's what I just said,just in different words.Thank you.

Age matters to me, very much so

I can't imagine why anyone would want to date someone so different from themselves. You have nothing in common, what's the point? Does age matter? Um, yeah, it does. So does race, socio-economic level, height, weight, whether you have physical deformities or a mental defect, sexually transmitted diseases, political affiliation, looks, religion, whether or not you want to have children, already have children, or can or cannot have children, tattoos, education, level of unemployment, personality, whether or not you smoke, drink or use drugs, and how intelligent you are.

These are just a few factors that do "matter" or rather they should matter, otherwise you're just setting yourself up for failure. Perhaps that's why so many relationships don't last, everyone tries to force something that will never fit. It's become politically to say nothing matters, that no one should have a preference or a standard, that we're all the same on the inside, and that sounds lovely, but in the real world, it's not true. If it was, there would be no need for dating sites or any other venue to meet other singles who don't like being single, because if all that mattered was the inside, every human would take up with the first other human they met, and presto! Instant relationship!

Best of luck in your search, I hope you can find someone with whom you are compatible and that it works out for you.

The number of "filters" we put on who we are searching for has a direct impact on how successful we will be in finding and/or keeping that next relationship. I prefer to unlock some of those filters, not all, just some, to increase my chances.

Yes it jolly well does!! Take a look at Ronnie Wood and his latest flame, see what she says about him! Then there is Mandy Smith and Bill Wyman or Olive Reed and Josephine to name a few.



Ronnie Wood and Eye Candy




Bill Wyman and Mandy




Oliver Reed and Josephine



George Best and Alex

Everyone of these relationships ended in a blaze of insult throwing, the general consensus; age difference. It works the other way too, take our Jonie (Joan Collins) she also kept company with toy things which all ended in disaster.I almost forgot to add Charles and Diana to the list...... Both were from privileged stuffy backgrounds, they both knew the score of how the royal enclosure worked,yet they had their differences, Diana clims Charles' was his age. She was in touch with the younger set, he on the other hand enjoyed caber tossing to her dancing.

I'm going to have something on the order of a 99% match of active nucleotide sequences with pretty much everyone else's DNA. That's one commonality right there. Bipedalism, verbal language, there are all kinds of common ground areas. And none of these necessarily have anything to do with age....



Well, yes. And no. This is an area of preference, and everybody is going to have their own preferences. I know people to whom age is a critical factor, and others to whom it makes absolutely no difference whatsoever. Age, per se, makes no difference to me, but it DOES factor into my "no kids" deal-breaker. So I suppose I could say "Age doesn't matter to me," but the sheer math of it is that, the older she is (up to a point), the more likely she is to have kids. So it matters THAT way.

But not to everybody.



Preferences again, and there's really no universal, all-encompassing "right" set of preferences. You've got a good list there, and some of those are things I would need to consider. Others are wholly irrelevant. Your mileage may vary.



But I think I've come to understand what constitutes "failure" in this context, and not all of the factors you listed are inherently relevant. Of course, I may not know what I'm talking about, having been through dozens of bad relationships; but there is always the remote possibility that I may eventually learn something from all that....!



But I think we NEED preferences. I know I do. Otherwise I would have had even MORE bad relationships than I've already had.

The thing is, I realize that there are a lot of people who really don't care if a prospective partner drinks, or has kids. I do care about that stuff, and if that makes me shallow and superficial, I'm OK with that.

But age, in and of itself (and apart from the reproductive angle) really just doesn't figure into my decision-making process. All that tells me is how many times someone has ridden the planet around the sun.

Some are of the opinion of;

18 to 80.
Blind, crippled, or crazy and
if they can't walk,
drag 'em.

ugh lex? a few more yrs on you and a few more yrs on the woman what does it matter if they do have kids? you are almost getting to the point to where if u did date someone older than you their kids may all be grown and outta the house so then does it matter?

I had quite an interesting conversation with a male friend, he likes older women but is scared to "get involved" on a serious level, his reason; he couldn't bare to put up with the thought and fact that she will go through the change. He said he would not mind dating older women BUT he could not bring himself to be saddled living with one especially when she reaches "that" stage.

It actually does. It has nothing to do with whether the kids are "there" or not, it's whether they ever existed in the first place.

Hey baby, I'll pick you up at school & treat ya to ice cream, then after you finish your home work we are so getting it on!

Tell him a changed woman on hormones can be a wild woman in bed.
Being with one going through that change can be deadly to a guy, especially if he don't know when to saddup!

Lex, I think most kids are out of nappies by the age of two.Are you scared they will move back home when you are involved in a relationship with their mum?

lmao!!!!!!!!!! and tell me this sa he is 28.. so then he picks a partner of 27 and wants to have a lifetime with her is he gonna leave her when she goes through the change? lol

that makes sense then..

maybe lex doesnt dig stretchmarks lol however that cant be it cause there are a few who never got them..