I've met a lot of couples in my life, from all different cultures & walks of life, and I've always been kind of obsessed with psychoanalyzing them (what works, what doesn't, etc.)
When it comes to AGE...I can confirm, without a doubt, the happiest couples with the strongest polarity are 10-15 year age gap
When both are young and similar age, in the vast majority of cases, you can sense the woman spends more of her time in the masculine role than she would like to, as the man hasn't experienced enough life yet to fully understand his masculine power and responsibility of leading her, and protecting her from the dangers of the world
I do believe that once we fix the family unit and parents learn how to raise strong men from an early age again, the "golden zone" gap may reduce to 5-10 years, but we have a long way to go. Men in their teens and twenties these days have zero clue who they are, what their mission is, let alone how to bring a woman into their life and properly take care of her. (And I'm speaking from experience on this - even looking back at my 25 y/o self and how he approached dating is embarrassing and makes me throw up in my mouth a little bit)
If I had an 18-23 y/o sister, I would honestly advise her to only date 30+ guys. MAYBE late 20s if he was raised exceptionally well and is firmly on the ball emotionally/physically/financially. But 99% of the time, <30 men will be a fruitless time & energy-suck during your prime dating market years as a young woman.
