What's the largest age gap you would be prepared to marry someone with??

Question

just curious...

Answer 1

I wouldn't marry anyone over 5 years older. And not any more then a few months younger

my grandparents are 9 years apart they get married a few weeks after she turned 18.

Answer 2

Maybe 10 years.  I don't do large age gaps.  My mom and stepdad are 18 years apart and my dad and stepmom are 20 years apart and it has always weirded me out.

Answer 3

My first husband was 14 years older. I was 22 and he was 36. I was widowed at 25.

At age 29, I married my husband who was then 25.  

Answer 4

I am 52 and the youngest legal age for marriage is 16, so that makes 36 years.  As we all know, England is queueing up with 16-year-old girls eager to marry a 50-something bloke with a beard and a pointy hat.  They have to lay on special trains to carry them all here. I might have to consider a harem.  Does that count as marriage?

There is only 25 years between me and my current girlfriend, who is 27.

In the other direction is more problematic, since I would like children.  Jeanne Calment was 120 when she died, so in theory if I found someone else the same age irresistible and she found me equally so, that makes an age gap of 68 years...  Still, it shouldn't be long before a bit of genetic modification and hormone replacement will give all 120-year-olds the right to motherhood.

Answer 5

Well the M word is a no no, but for going with someone, about 14 years younger.

You will prob get a different answer depending on male or female. Also how old they are. The older the bigger the gap probably.

(I am male BTW)

Answer 6

hmm..good question.. I am thinking no more then 8 years  

Answer 7

I think it would depend on what age you are.

18 and 38 is too large a gap, but 35 and 55 might not be so different.

You need to consider the maturity of both people and what they want our of the rest of their lives.

Generally speaking, I would not suggest more than a 10 year gap.  

Answer 8

well there is 13 years between me and my fiance, and i wouldnt change him for tge world, he is my rock. we have our ups and downs but we are very close and love eacother very much.

Answer 9

I don't have a definitive answer for that, just that it would depend on who the other person is and what they are like. But I wouldn't go looking to see someone more than about 10 years older than me or a few years younger.

Unless of course someone is a gold digger then the bigger age gap the better lol =P  

Answer 10

30 years, at the absolute most I think, but older guys!! Mucho Yummy! =]

Answer 11

I always dated men the same age or a few years older. However, my husband is 10 years older than me - and that's definitely the max for comfort factor....

His dad was 10 years older than his mom; my dad was six years older than my mom.

My three sisters all married someone two years or less older. Same with friends.

Answer 12

5-7 yrs but would prefer someone as close to my age as poss but it depends on the man  

Answer 13

It would depend on how old I was at the time.  At 20, I wouldn't consider anyone more than three years older than me, and no more than a year younger than me.  At 30, I'd consider someone up to nine years older, and five years younger.  At 40, I'd consider someone 12 years older and seven years younger.  At 50, I'd consider someone 15 years older and 10 years younger.  And so on.  It would also depend on the person's health if they were more than a few years older than me.

Answer 14

5

Answer 15

No more than 17 years as I am still quite young.

Answer 16

for me personally I would say about 7 years older and probably 4 years younger. Age is only a number but I would want them to be as near to my own as possible, but you can't choose who you fall in love with, so if he was 12 years older I would probably still marry him.  

Answer 17

10yrs older, i wouldn't marry anyone younger than me x x

Answer 18

depends on the age of man and women me if i  loved them it would not bother me

Answer 19

15 years.  I've dated older men and frankly, unless you are already in your 30s or 40s, the gap really shows. My sister married a guy who is probably 25 years older (she is only about 2 years older than his youngest daughter).  Works, but they didn't get together until she was almost 40 and she had no plans to have children of her own.

My guy is 8 years younger.

Answer 20

35 years

Answer 21

i think 10 years is enough

Answer 22

I married a guy one month and ten days younger than me...

I would have married my ex, who was a almost a year older than me, if he hadn't turned out to be such dooshbag...

I once dated a guy three years younger than me...

I would consider marrying whomever is meant to be, regardless of age... Maybe not a pre-teen, nor a senior citizen, but everything else would have been game...

Answer 23

I generally had it in my mind that I wouldn't marry someone more than 20 years older than me, as it's turned out my husband is 12 years older.  It's not like I have some kind of daddy complex, I just happen to like and have more in common with people a few years older, I have always been that way even with friends.  Maybe because I'm the baby of 8 and my oldest brother could be my father!

Answer 24

I would say not more than 6

Answer 25

No more than 25 years older than myself, and not above a certain age as I'm still very young.