at the point i'm at, basis for compatibility trumps most other variables (within reason) and thus i don't have a drawn line on an age. i've drawn that line already, and then made an exception for one. created a new line, and made an exception, and so on.
i've learned that every time i create a hard line about something that arbitrary, i am made to be a liar, so i've stopped.
i'm looking for an emotional, intellectual, spiritual equal and co-adventurer, who is heading in the same direction as i am. if there is one thing i've seen over and over in my life, it's that age is no better predictor of youth or maturity than scholastic grades are of intelligence.
the last guy who was "too old for me" was about 8 years younger than me, and seemed to have more in common with his recliner than he did with me.