I'm 21, and my boyfriend is 38. In August, I will be 22 and in November he will be 39.

My two sisters are 13 and 16.5;
His two children are 13 and 14.5.

Yet, for all his family's worries [And that of my own father, though he was being protective if me leaving the nest so to speak], we get along smashingly. We have from day one. It's probably our maturity and the fact that in all honesty I'm an 80 year old in a 20 something's body; And he's a 20 something in an almost 40 year old's body [kidding mostly xD]; But still.

Age is nothing. For hundreds of years, 30+ year olds were married to 13 year olds and it was normal. Because for that time, a 13 year old girl was raised to know her duties. With the freedom we have today, most don't KNOW what they want; Male and Female alike. For me, I do. I'm a caretaker. It's my instincts to be a mother, a spouse, a homekeeper. My spouse is a provider type. It's his instincts to protect and provide.

So, in our case, 17 years isn't a huge gap at all.

Honestly, we don't even notice it until something comes up like:
In 1992 I was 2 and learning to read.

In 1992 he was graduating high school and going into the Air Force. XD

I guess it depends on who they are? less