Does age matter?
He11 yes. What do you think?
The question is: When does it matter?
And that one is too hard to say.
I've told this story before...
I was driving along once and a radio station was running a poll, asking the women if "Size Mattered." A girl in the car muttered, "That's stupid. Of course size doesn't matter." Pause. "Unless he's TOO small..."
Fact is, she wasn't trying to be funny. But that is the point. There comes a time when size matters. And that time is different for every man/woman combination. (Can't think in other terms...so I will leave it at man/woman)
Does age matter? Yes. But it is also different fo revery man/woman combination. I have met mature 21 year olds and immature 30 year olds. (and that's just the men ;-)
There are rules of thumb. My advice is to develop yours and then stick to them.
Want to know what mine is?
Why? It doesn't apply to you, anyway.
But, since I will get asked... here's mine:
I became sexually active at 18 years of age. I won't date a woman (girl) who was born after that date. It just creeps me out to think I am dating a woman I could have fathered.
Does that make sense? Doesn't have to. It's my rule. It makes sense to me...