personal experience i have always dated older people. i do not think it works if the motives are not right if it is not the right time the right person and especially if you are not out of your teenage years yet i was 17 when i dated a 28 year old that lasted a year i don't know what he saw in me because looking back now i had absolutely nothing to offer the relationship (well i know what he saw in me ) than when i was 19 i started dating a 40 year old now my ex hu father of my 7 year old. dated for 5 years seems like longer on and off. yeah it's a huge age gap but we had about the same mentality. so i don't think age matters too much, i think it works when you get to be a little bit more established in life....as long as the person is on the same path that you are on it should work if i found someone now (which i already have someone) but if i found someone who was 20 years older than me it would tottaly work......now i'm with someone younger than me