I think you have been given some sound advice here. On a personal note, my Father is married to a woman I went to school with, and they have been together since I was 22. And also my daughter's partner is just a few years younger than I am; and she has been with him since she was 18 and they have 2 children now. Both of these relationships are working. My own husband is a year younger than me, but a year is nothing. I honestly think, age is in the mind, and should only be a number, not a restriction. Love is blind, if you fit, you fit and people should not judge x