what is considered too big of an age difference in marriage?

what is considered too big of an age difference in marriage?
I think 8 years apart is still acceptable but anything more than that in either direction is too much.

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ThroughMyEyes · 56-60, M

I think any age if it’s true love should not matter to us the two invoked are the ones who make this choice.

indyjoe · 56-60, M

@ThroughMyEyes Age is only a number...and on that alone it should not matter. But there is more involved here than mere numbers. There is a lot more involved that can be impacted by the difference. I'm not saying it can't work because sometimes it does (maybe even many times). But it becomes not just two people chronologically different getting together, but two people raised differently and influenced differently because of the time they came from as well as physical incompatibilities (and I'm not just talking sex which could possibly be an issue too).