I Support Age Gap Relationships

Such limitations I imagine matter little if mutual feelings are that strong.

@Samael: I am really not even talking about any kind of physical intimacy. At 72, you get tired more easily. Can you imagine most 72 year olds going on a hike? Most 33 year olds could with no issue, those are the kinds of things I have trouble understanding with a gap that large.

Most age gaps, I don't have an issue.

@Pherick: You don't have much first hand experience of disabilities do you. My old sea dog can still be going up and down the fells in the English Lake District on his off road mobility scooter long after I want to retire to the nearest pub. And even if he couldn't, what rule demands that all 33 year olds are interested in walking anyway?

@colourmeginger: No rule demands it of course, just the very real difference in age gap start to appear at that difference. As I said, not everyone even notices an 10 year age gap, but at almost 40 years, you notice things.

@Pherick: Yes, but noticing something doesn't equate to not knowing how (or wanting) to deal with it. On the other hand you notice the differences too, the maturity, the wisdom, the gentleness that only comes with age and having encountered something before and knowing a better way of handling it than you knew of when you were young. All these things can come across to the younger person as the distinct *benefits* of being with someone a good deal older.