I started watching “Age of Attraction” on Netflix. It follows a dating experiment of people going in blind and not knowing the age of the people that they are talking to, until they decide to commit to one person, then they can finally reveal their age.

It got me thinking of all the times that I have received likes or messages by guys that were way younger than me. Instantly I would delete or not engage. My thought process is what can you possibly have in common with someone who is 10 or even 15 years younger than you.

Am I writing these guys off just based off that age gap? Is it a missed connection? I think that age can play a big part in a connection. There is so much more life experience to be had when you are 21, compared to 43.

You see that play out in the show, the issues that arise, with how conflict is handled or do these guys want to have children or not. How does that look when you have a 20-year age gap?

For myself, I am going to stick to my guns and continue to pass up those guys who message me who are significantly younger than me. While I think for some that may work with having a partner who is younger than them, for me I have never been attracted to someone who is younger. I think that while age can be just a number, it has a huge impact on life experiences. And the life experiences of a 43-year-old are significantly different than a 21-year-old.