Scubadiva: Hmm... I wouldn't date someone 14 years my senior either. It has nothing to do with personality. There are 35 year olds with a great personality. So it's not a matter of either age or personality, it's both!
If she's 32, she can still comfortably have kids. There are SO many good reasons for not dating an older man as opposed to a younger man and without going through all of them, she probably just said: you're a nice guy, but you're just too old. That's my guess, at least. Think about it if the situation were reversed and a woman 14 years your senior was seriously interested in you.
When it comes to marriage, statistically speaking, if she picked you, then she'd be spending the better part of her life as your nursemaid and then as a widow. That is not an appealing thought for many women.
My Husband was 15 yrs older than me, we were married 16yrs, had 2 children at first it was fine.
But as the children got older i wanted a career again, he became jealous of that and wanted me home, plus we started to want different things, i was young enough to still want to go out althought i wanted him to come he didn't enjoy the same things, his response was he had been there and done it.
So i think yes age does matter
