Wait, your girlfriend is how young?
Dating within our age range is, when you think about it, quite a logical thing to do. It means that our journey in life can perhaps sync more easily. When we’re young we can share each other’s motivations and limitations in life, and in adulthood we’re able to experience joint milestones like marriage and our first children, or our first homes as independent people. This logical viewpoint however portrays life as a very linear process, whilst actual living it tells us that there are many variants that can occur. People who are unable to think ‘outside the box’ of convention will always regard large age gaps in relationships with amazement and suspicion. Whether you’re dating older or younger, it’s helpful to be aware of what you’ll come up against and that is why private matchmakers too support such relations. The assumption from strangers If you’re a man and your partner is younger, you’re probably well aware of the different assumptions you’...