Many of the ladies say that they want a maturer man so age difference doesn't matter. I beg to differ. Thinking the most age difference between partners should be 15 years. My own parents are 12 years apart and still in love and happily married. Here's my reasoning; if I found someone half my age or younger, when I'm retired (65) she is still young and in the prime of her life when I'm ready to wind down. When I'm an old man of say 75, she's still young and vibrant in her 50's. Now reverse, finding someone older. I have a friend who married someone older by couple of years, still happily married. Here is my reasoning for finding someone older; if I want to have a child to become a father, she might not be interested since here biological clock has run out or isn't interested in having children beyond a certain age. In writing all this, it's all about preferences between individuals. I would definitely befriend someone younger or older than myself. Some younger women are mature beyond their years and full of life. Older women are wise and experienced in life.