At what point does 'age difference' become a legitimate concern?

Ashley Banks

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Once you get over 5 years the less likely the relationship will last.

A five-year age gap statistically means you’re 18 percent more likely to divorce (versus just 3 percent with a 1-year age difference), and that rate rises to 39 percent for a 10-year age difference and 95 percent for a 20-year age gap.

The bigger the age gap, the shorter the marriage

So I'd say it becomes a concern after 5 years
 

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It depends on the personality. Outside of America age is really not a big deal. I'm 20, and when I'm 23 I don't have a problem being with a man that is 37. My mother was 23 and my father 36 when they met. Most of the women in my family are at least 5 years younger than their husbands.
 

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Because I think people cannot skip over stages in life. Nothing can substitute that. Also, it seems pervy. A man in his early 20s needs a girl his age, not older. The human brain isn't even fully formed until 26. It's not a put down, because you can be 20 and very mature and 30 and immature (and make bad decisions). I just side eye a woman past 25 who wants a 20 or 21 year old man.
 

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Because I think people cannot skip over stages in life. Nothing can substitute that. Also, it seems pervy. A man in his early 20s needs a girl his age, not older. The human brain isn't even fully formed until 26. It's not a put down, because you can be 20 and very mature and 30 and immature (and make bad decisions). I just side eye a woman past 25 who wants a 20 or 21 year old man.
I agree with the point about stages, but brain development is irrelevant.
 
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