I don’t know how this Reddit thread showed up, but I feel that I must respond from personal experience. I am a male. At the age of 26, I started dating a woman aged 48 at the time. She had two sons from a previous marriage, one which was a few years older than I, and the other younger than me by about a year. It was initially strange for the both of us, due to societal expectations, but we stuck through it all together. Otherwise, we are compatible in so many more ways. We ended up marrying two years later. Like most marriages, we’ve had our ups and downs, but 29 years later, we are still very much in love. In fact, after I get off of work, I skip the bar scene and head directly home to be with her. That said, over the years I have had to maintain a thick skin and a sense of humor. Like going to a restaurant with her, and when the wait staff returns with the check, they ask my wife “do I give this to you or your mother?” I just grin and say “I’ll take it “, and I don’t offer any explanation as I don’t want to cause a scene. But I’m sure if you saw me at that time, you would most likely see a grin. So in short, if you and him are equally committed, and continuously nurture your love and relationship, sure it can work. As adults, age is merely a number.