How important is age in dating? I was told today to look for women aged 20 to 24, instead of 28 to 32. I am 31 and women younger than 25 seem like kids to me. I was told that women in the 28 to 32 range were more likely to be divorced and have kids, making things complicated. No argument here.
I did join a dating site and got two matches...with 19 year olds. Thats just...yeah...
Depends on where you are. In more liberal and/or career-oriented circles, I think it's more common to be older and never been married with no kids.
My coworker is the ONLY student in the grad school with kids, I'm sure, considering the crap she gets for being a mother around here. She got married at 20 and had her first child at 23, and she's 30 now. Most of the other students are in their mid to late 20s, still single and no children.
Then again I suspect that most women who are pursuing post-graduate degrees or are career-oriented delay having families for obvious reasons.
If you're in a large city, I'm sure you can find 30-something women with no children. Not being divorced could be another thing, but it depends on the person. My boss has been with his gf for 16 years - she was divorced when she met him and it's caused them no problems.
Whereas, if you're in an area (or entrenched in a culture) where people get married at 19 and have 3 kids by 24, it would definitely be more difficult...I had a housemate whose HS classmates were like that. It boggled his mind, but it happened pretty frequently where he came from.
As for age being a factor, completely depends on the person. When I was in my teens, everyone thought I was in my mid-20s because I'm very level-headed. Whereas I've come across 40-year-olds who are very immature.
Just my thing, but I wouldn't go for someone who hasn't graduated college yet. There's just so much life experience that happens in that time, it would just bother me.
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