When it comes to dating, age is just one among many factors to consider as you seek your match. We bring all of our prior life experience to any relationship we enter, so how much does it matter that one person's history is years or decades longer than the other's? Here, two experts weigh in on the benefits of dating an older man, as well as the potential drawbacks. While an older man dating a younger woman tends to raise less eyebrows than a woman's romance with a younger man , the dynamic isn't exactly stigma-free—particularly when the age gap is significant. Three years later, search husbandnotdad on Instagram and you'll find a collection of smiling couples; on Twitter , the same hashtag's happy photos are interspersed with searingly critical comments, which arguably confirms Thornton's point. When women over 40 find themselves drawn to someone who's older, they are less of a target for those who cry 'daddy issues.

Hardly a week goes by without a middle-aged celebrity being photographed with a new and much younger girlfriend. Earlier this year, Brad Pitt 56 was said to be dating year-old model Nicole Poturalski. Disappointing, but not surprising. When Keanu Reeves was photographed with his girlfriend Alexandra Grant , who had grey hair and looked her age 47 , he was inundated with congratulations and back-claps, as though he deserved praise for dating a woman his age. The thing is: he is still nine years older than her. In the business where Hollywood is strangely obsessed with youth and where optics are everything, I can understand why a leading man or indeed, woman would get involved with someone much younger. Looks and beauty aside, a younger person brings new energy and refreshed perspective on life to a relationship.

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