Ah, I'm glad this has got onto the subject of ages. I wonder why it is that it's OK for a man to be looking for a woman his age or younger, yet for a woman, the reverse is what is generally considered "acceptable"?   

The whole business of people limiting their relationships age-wise puzzles me. As far as the superficiality of looks are concerned, anyone in their 30s or more who has been to a school or college reunion will know that people born in exactly the same year may look anything up to 15 years older/younger than each other ! It really is impossible to tell the chronological age of someone by looking at them.

The way a person thinks, behaves, treats others, views the world, life and living - surely more important criteria in seeking common ground with a potential mate - most definitely bears no relation to their chronological age !

- jeanie