Some dating sites suggest searching for a partner with not more than five years age difference either side of your own age, because the chances of a successful relationship
with someone when the age difference is beyond this range is quite small. I can think of a number of celebrity marriages where the age difference gaps are much wider than
this, and I know, some of them have failed, but not all.

Should we follow this advice regarding age, does age difference really matter in forming a successful relationship?

Yes and yes.

Yes & yes - hahaha a short answer and to the point, of which I certainly have to agree with. However & but, it does really depend on the people involved.

Of course age matters! I have so many older men contacting me and it makes me sick.There is no attraction and nothing in common to talk about. I'd just like to meet someone my age but the majority of them are still chasing 25 year olds.

I think in most cases it would be a yes..

If it makes you sick, you should change your settings....

Your 44 so whats old.

Depends, it matters to some, but not all. Anything can work if both parties are willing to make it work though, so it's really up to each person whether age is an issue or not.

i think where you've been, where you are, and where you want
to go, in life and love, matters more than age.

Nothing matters in Love.... Those who never got True Love.... It doeant matter with parents, doesnt matter with ourselves.... even if we become 99 still we'll be our fav. There it doesnt matter so how could with a partner. To those dumbs it matter who have Lust not Love....

Nothing matters in Love.... Those who never got True Love.... It doeant matter with parents, doesnt matter with ourselves.... even if we become 99 still we'll be our fav. There it doesnt matter so how could with a partner. To those dumbs it matter who have Lust not Love....

Thanks everyone for your post replys.

Well, they say they had it all - Bogey and Bacall - with an age difference of 25 years and a happy marriage until Bogart's untimely death, but I tend to agree to some extent with the suggestion on the age range difference for a successful relationship. However, when I find an interesting lady on a dating website with no age group specified and close to home, yes I give it a shot, I don't consider age as a barrier against or a criterion for forming a successful relationship.

Age different doesn't mean anything in relationship, what matter most is love and understanding with maturity and God's help.

I agree with this 100%

Harold & Maude!

Well, im gonna contradict myself here.

If your young enough to be my son.....

but....

you know when its right.

Numbers dont have anything to do with destiny.

Yeah, but look what happened at the end.

Does anyone remember a movie with Richard Burton, and Tatum O'Neil,

and she was like 15,

and he MUCH older.

She rode her bike past his house everyday,

and finally they met,

and fell in love?

I cant remember the name,

but it was a true testimony of love.

True. But at least they got to experience true love. Some people never get there before they die.

Paper Moon?

Actually I was talking about Harold wrecking that awesome Jaguar Hearse. That poor car.

By the way, Harold & Maude is in my Top 10.