To think this isnt an age difference??

[Phillycheesesteak]

Going on a date with a man whose just turned 40 when I've just turned 34?

Lol my friend at work is 22 and her partner is 48 - now THAT is an age gap

I was 38 when I got together with DH who was 54. So I don't think your 6 years makes any odds.

It is an age difference of 6 years. YABU.

Interesting, I started old then mentioned to someone (I’m 31) I put the age range as 31-42 I started to think that maybe I had set it to high and when I mentioned it to someone they said 11 years was not a big age gap

I'm 8 years older than DH. No issues apart from when he asks if I watched an episode of Thundercats and I have to remind him I was probably out getting drunk and having sex at that point in time.

It is a bit of an age difference but not one that would cause an issue imo.

That's nothing. Has she only ever dated her peer group age? My friend was like that in my 20's. She was a very confident ,mature 24 but totally freaked when a 40year old guy asked her out. I was 26 & regularly dating men that age ( younger men bored me witless, no conversation & just into getting rat arsed).

I was 28 and DH was 39 when we got together, been married 30 years.

It is a 6 year age gap, but not one that would matter unless you wanted to make a ‘thing’ out of it.

I was 33 and my husband was 27 when we met, and we run along quite nicely. I do enjoy saying things like “excuse me young man, what do you think you’re doing” in a shocked tone of voice now and then, and I still plan to be doing it when I’m 86 and he is 80!

Seems reasonable to me, if they are a decent person. The half plus seven rule has some merit to me.

Has your friends lived a particularly sheltered life?! That’s nothing!

In my experience you'll probably still be more mature than him.

I'm 34 and my DH is 41. 6 and a half years between us. It has never been even a slight issue. I do remember thinking he was ancient when he turned 30 though 😂