And for you ladies that are reading my post like
He'd date an 18 year old lol.
Nope, not interested in the least to have to deal with a younger woman of that age. Its not creepy to me tho, but over all there should be a maturity difference....keyword "should" be. I wouldn't want to have to sift through that or worry about anything that comes along with the early 20's.
But in a scenario like Op mentioned, I'm not against it. I dont really see what bad could come out of it unless the guy is an ass, but at the same time she could get with some ass that's 18...but, like what is an older good guy going to mess up for younger woman? And if he's 30 with personality of a 20 something year old (aka immature)...I'm still not seeing the problem really.
Being with someone older doesn't stop you from living your life, especially with men who tend not to want to settle down until well into there 30's anyway as opposed to women who want to settle down in there late 20's.
Now a 12 year gap is a pretty big gap... like a whole generation of things that younger person will never experience....
but I dont think things like that should define on if you can be happy with someone. I dont think the age gap should go much further than that because then things start getting really distant..buy hey if they both feel like they've found love more power to them.