Hi Folks
I'm interested in views on how you set your age limits in online dating. I know one might say "any decent port in a storm" but the whole thing is pick and mix.
I got divorced mid-50s (blindsided) and haven't had much luck anyway - I'm pretty affluent and highly educated and so I do have issues that not many chaps match in those terms.
I'm childless not by choice and when I started searched diligently for chaps either with younger kids still at home or with their grandkids - my view is that with a childless man it would be rather quiet to be two people getting older together.
SO I'm currently chatting to a nice man (lesser income but homeowner) 5 years younger than me who has a 12 year old daughter. I'd like to make a go of it with him, but not sure if he feels the same yet. BUT just been contacted by a glossier, more affluent chap early 70s, 10 years older than me, who I'm meeting for a drink later this week.
Certainly neither is at the "this is a relationship" stage. But I'm just wondering what others think about the age difference with an older man. At 40 and 50 it wouldn't bother me, but once chaps start getting into their 70s do you think there is just not enough "mileage" left in it?
And what is "too young"? I started chatting with a 51 year old with a 9 year old daughter and he was keen to meet up. But I would worry that with a 10 year gap they wouldn't see it as long term and then I'd end up by myself again when nearing 70.
