Too old?

It depends...
Are you male/female?
What kind of age difference are you referring to?
What ages are you?

Depends on the stages ye are at.... If the factor is just age then I don't see the issue. I was with a lady who was 20 years older than me and it was the best relationship I've had (lasted 3 years). We need a bit more info on what the situation is here

The Young Wan wrote: »

I'm 24, he's 35

I don't think that's a problem

The Young Wan wrote: »

he said "... but I don't know how that would come across to others."

This might be, if he's worried about what other people think already....I mean, it's not like you're 17!

You're both adults so screw what everyone else thinks.

That's barely an age gap at all. I finished my leaving before my girlfriend started school and it's doing us no harm. And two half marathons a year is not indicative of different approaches to life nor is it a particularly time consuming level of sportiness, so no gap there either. If you're going well together, keep going and in a few months your respective ages will seem a nice little quirk of the relationship that you can laugh about but otherwise forget, like me and herself do when I mention being at Italia 90 and she says "tell us another story about it Grandad" )

I've never been in this situation but when my parents got together, there was a 13 year age gap. This was in old Ireland so talk about uber Catholics?? Simple as, the heart wants what the heart wants. It's only been one date so far so don't stress too much about age just yet. See how ye get on and if it's going to progress. If anyone has an issue with the age gap (which they shouldn;t coz it'll be your business), ye can deal with it together if that's how it progresses.

Ive always found the divide by 2 and add 7 rule of thumb to be reasonably accurate.....so if you are 20, 17 is kinda as young as you should go....and for 35 then its 24.5....so in terms of that you are just about ok

It only matters when you look at what you want in the next 5 years. Both my cousin and best friend met guys that were 8 years older than them. Them 25, himself 33. My cousin just had a baby were her partner, they are both very settled quiet people, she isn't what one might call a typical 25 year old. They want the same thing now, it works!

My best friend however got restless with her boyfriend's routine of playing pool in the local pub, just having a pint there and not wanting to go into town for dinner or nightlife, which she still did. She then wanted to go travelling, he had been there done that and was more interested in looking at houses to buy and then wanting kids, so they went their separate ways.

The actual number does not matter in the slightest. My dad married a woman 10 years older. They are divorced now because they both had drink problems and started becoming toxic to each others recovery but they really love each other are still friends and if they got together again as pensioners I would not be one bit shocked.

If you want the same things in life, it'll work. It's why any relationship works. Myself and my fiancé plan our future cuddling in bed at night, we talk about our wildest dreams and how we vsn fulfil them. You can have that with someone, no matter what age they are.

Good luck!