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Nope! There's only a 1 1/2 year difference in mine and my DH's ages. He's older. I definitely don't judge age differences between couples. But for me, I like that DH and I are around the same life stage and grew up in the same time period. I feel like we have a lot in common. Kind of like growing up and learning together.

My in-laws are about 18 years apart ... I love watching them together. She keeps him young!

This is my husband's step-mom & dad ... she's only 7 years older than us, so I absolutely love the fact that she's more of a 'friend' than a mother-in-law.

DH and I are 5 years apart, which isn't a big gap, but because of how our families are structured, we get some pretty amusing culture clashes.

DH is the youngest with two siblings about 7 years older, and I'm the oldest with siblings 6 years younger. My SIL is 20 years older than my sister! Because our siblings grew up a generation apart, despite being only 5 years difference, DH and I have tons of 'before my time/after my time' conversations!

My husband is 12 years older than me, and I definitely think it changed the way I looked at my biological clock. I am 25, and he's 37. I probably would have waited a little longer to have babies if I was married to someone closer in age, but that's not our reality. His dad was an older dad, and ended up passing away when my husband was 16. He never had a dad he could throw a football with, so he really wants to have kids soon. The sooner the better. He actually wanted to start when we first got married and I was 23, but I put my foot down.

We're both ready now. He probably still more so..but I think that's because all of his friends all have children and are pretty much finished, and mine haven't really started yet. He feels very behind, and I feel very ahead. He doesn't want to be a dad that's too old to get down and play with his kids...which I totally understand. Hopefully TTC won't take much longer.

DH is 11 years older than me and his age has a big impact. He was 41 when we got married and I wanted to have a baby immediately so that he graduated before he was 60...that was the cut-off in my mind. But we dealt with infertility for nearly 2 years and it was really hard. I felt much more pressure than I would have based on my age.

Nothing about our age difference matters in our day to day lives...I just worry about it 20 years from now.

We are 6 1/2 years apart, which I do notice at times. 80s/90s kids can show through when talking about pop culture/childhood stuff.

My husband is 16 years old than I am; I'll be 32 next month and he'll be 48 a month after that. We've been together for 7 years and married for 3 years and the age difference has had no impact on our relationship. This is the best, healthiest, closest relationship either of us has had, and we're inseparable!

It did have an impact on our timing for kids - I would have been happy and assumed I would wait until my mid-30's to even start to think about children. My husband was totally fine with waiting a couple more years, but realistically, I didn't want him to be in his 50's with a newborn. We're most likely one and done (which has nothing to do with our ages!), but if we do have another, he will be a 50 year old dad. Now that we're here, it wouldn't be that big of a deal.

DH is only 6 months older than me.

MIL was 10 years older than FIL...I don't think I know anyone with a larger gap than that.

@MsBadger: we're 16 years apart, undecided on if we'll have a second LO but other than that, no other impact on our relationship. we've been together almost 14 years.

We're 8 years apart. As others have said, I rarely notice it except when we talk about childhood tv shows. We're expecting our first in May. I'll be 29 and DH will be 37 when our LO is born.

We are 1.5 years apart.

DH and I are only 11 months apart, but my mom's husband is 3 years older than I am! I guess that puts them at about 17 years apart. They got married knowing they would not choose to have children- my mom is 51 and a grandma, and her husband has never wanted kids of his own.

@Mrs. Jacks: I think it's awesome