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From Billie Eilish to Yung Gravy to Leonardo DiCaprio, when is a big age gap in a relationship unhealthy or problematic? Is there anything wrong with dating someone a lot older than you? If you're dating someone a lot older than you, you've probably had to deal with friends making jokes, people asking is that your dad/mum?" or watching strangers raise their eyebrows when you introduce them as your partner.

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Even though relationships with large age gaps have existed forever, there's still a lot of stigma and taboo that surrounds them. All you have to do is look at the way people write and talk about celebrities, like Billie Eilish (20) right now rumoured to be dating Jesse Ruthford (31), Florence Pugh (26) recently with Zach Braff (47), Kim Kardasian (41) and Pete Davidson (28), Harry Styles (28) and Olivia Wilde (38), Yung Gravy (26) with Addison Raye's Mum Sheri Easterling (43), and Leonardo Dicaprio (47) with anyone under the age of 25. When we look at the cultural conversation around relationships with big age gaps, there's usually two main judgements. The first one is the concern that the younger person is being exploited by the older partner, especially when there's money, status, sex and power involved. And the second is that the older partner (usually a man) is dating someone younger (usually a woman) because they value 'youth and beauty' (and therefore contributing to the toxic idea that women are less valuable as they age, aka the backlash against Leonardo DiCaprio or Taylor Swift's All Too Well - 10 minute version ). While there's relationships with large age gaps that are exploitative (which we'll chat about), dating someone a lot older than you isn't necessarily problematic, and for some people it can actually have a lot of positive benefits. Here's some expert advice on what you need to consider when it comes to your older bae. Does age difference matter in relationships? A lot of people assume that couples who have a large age gap are more likely to have an 'unsuccessful relationship' (whatever that means) but according to Associate Professor Gery Karantzas, from the School of Psychology at Deakin University, "age doesn't matter." "The success of a relationship depends on the extent to which partners share similar values, beliefs and goals about their relationship, support each other in achieving personal goals, foster relationship commitment, trust and intimacy, and resolve problems in constructive ways. These factors have little do with age.













is it bad to date someone older than you