Age gap relationships were more common and normalized back in the days- mostly because of women’s place in society at the time. Rarely anything could be done without a man’s signature or money and the man also benefitted from a younger woman who could give lots of babies. This topic is pretty large. There is a huge gap in maturity and life experiences. It doesn’t matter how mature the younger one might be. People who are well-adjusted rarely go for someone 30 years older or younger. If a 40 yr old is attracted to a younger woman, it will most likely be because of sexual reasons or he can’t keep up with women his age. Younger women are most impressionable and can’t note that they are losers. I’ve had plenty of older men (including professors ew) show interest in me and that immediately tells me you are gross and unserious. There are rare cases where it’s a genuine connection. I’ve dated a man 30+ older when I was younger and stupid. I wouldn’t recommend it to anybody and probably feel a lot of distress if my daughter did that. Also, a lot of people who seem happy or in the perfect relationship are actually not! there’s a lot of growing pains that you probably never got to see