Besides, children grow up and leave home, so the relationship with your partner has to be the most important element. Jayne and Brian are just one example of the thousands of couples whose love and compatibility transcends an age gap, however great. David was an airline pilot at the time, but has since retired and the couple now live in Saudi Arabia for part of the year and England for the other half. They have been together for over 20 years and, as Heidi says, David has just as much energy now as he had at the age of 35 when we first started dating. Age is just a state of mind.
Chronological age is often different from biological age.
We have all known people who look younger than they are and are in better physical condition than others who are half their age. Similarly, you may know a young person who has the mental and physical age of someone a lot more mature. My partner has a maturity that greatly exceeds his years, whereas I still have the mental age of someone in their teens. Consequently, despite the fact that I am twelve years older than my partner, he has the more mature mind. In fact, not many people, apart from close friends and family, realise that there is an age gap between us.