@Paradox25 For me, the idea of dating someone much younger or much older is the fact that we would probably have very different maturity levels, and with someone with a 20 year difference would have very different life experiences (I recently had a conversation with a co-worker who is 15 years younger than me and he had never heard of The Monkees and had little knowledge of The Beatles, and had no interest in either 60’s era rock and roll, or classical music, two things that are important to me). I would not be a good match for someone 20 years younger than me, either, because I could not tell you anything about any popular music from the last 15 years or so, have no interest in anime or zombies, and I am a techno-dummy, and I am not in a position to have or raise children, something that most younger fellows would probably want, at some point.
On the other hand, have no interest in talking about WWII in any great length, so someone 20 years older would probably not work well for me, and I’m guessing that someone much older than me, would likely not be interested in trying vegetarian food (none of my relatives or friends in that age range are). And since I’m a vegetarian, that would be important to me too, and the fellow might not be too happy to hear that I don’t know how to cook meat and have no interest in cooking meat. So it’s not the age itself, it’s more of a personal thing for me, that I would prefer to date someone that is more in line with my own life experiences.
I also know there are exceptions, and that’s totally cool. I have no objections to other people dating people way out of their age range, but for me, I wouldn’t want to do that. On the other hand, I have friends that range in all ages from my best friend’s 14 year old grandaughter and my 80 years plus neighbors, that I adore. But that’s a whole nother type of relationship.