What do people think about a relationship with an age gap of 15 years?

Hm. Well, the gap was 18 years, and to save you the trouble of scrolling to the end—10 years married; no it did not work out. However, the age gap hadn't anything to do with that, and that is for another Quora answer. Now, what was it like? I've hung around mainly with people who were older than I was my whole life—from the tiny-yet-impactful age gap of being a year younger than most in my grade all through school (parents thought that at 5 I needed to hop into school before I drove them crazy trying to keep my brain occupied at home)—to home and family situations, to my work, especially when in my 20s I first decided to work for myself and clients were frequently older. I carried myself as older than I was, probably from birth. I like to say I was born 35 (and now I shall stay there, thankyouverymuch). Because of this people rarely guessed my age correctly, and so never raised an eyebrow in friendships, working relationships, or love when I was younger than the folks around me. Also because of all this, I probably don't notice age gaps much myself. I'm as familiar with the Rolling Stones as I am with the Stone Temple Pilots (and undoubtedly moreso. Sorry, STP), and as an old movie and old music buff I might be more familiar with things of my grandparents' generation than most; as a trivia nut I don't have to say "Huh?" too often when discussing recent or ancient history... ... and truth to tell, a 1969 baby has more in common with a 1950 baby than with a 1987 baby, because science, technology, and media have now moved the world forward in a leap unseen since the late 1800s. I'm a caveman and so is someone 18 years older than I. We both had dial telephones and letters with stamps on them and a life before VHS and the remote control and were alive when Jackie Robinson was, when Charlie Chaplin was (yes, younguns), when Max Yasgur's farm had never been heard of by anyone, and when man walked on the moon for the first time. (Okay, I had to be propped up in front of the b&w set, and my mother still wishes I'd paid a little attention. But hey.) So that was the foundation from my side. You may ask, what else did I get out of it? He was rich, eh? Or well-established at least? He "had" something I couldn't "find" in folks my own age? No. Well, he did have that huge Beach Boys collection, but I don't like the Beach Boys. Nothing he had that I needed to get my claws on, sorry. He was an elementary school teacher. No wealth, no prestige, no jets to Monaco in the high season. I just hit it off with him intellectually, and we seemed to have a good time together. He was a consummate woo-er, he could (can) wrap anyone around his finger in minutes by seeming to fit their shape, and who doesn't enjoy having someone they get along with and like talking with, like them enthusiastically in return? You may ask, and I have in the intervening years, what was in it for him? Well, that is undoubtedly the complicated part. To be brutal with myself, I know now that I was an easier target for his woo-ing because I was of an age where I was still, for all my knowledge, idealistic. I wasn't carried away (pretty sure this disappointed him), as much as I wanted both of us to be carried away... and don't get me wrong, I still want that now (*waves flag of eternal romanticism proudly*), but now I know how to spot when it's one-sided a LOT better. At 25, I was no child, and I had taken some rough knocks already, but I wasn't as cautious as a person of his own age might have been. My deference to his needs was what I thought both people in a good relationship do for each other. By the time I realized I was alone in the boat, I was sinking. For all that, I still think that initially it was the same for him—the age gap (when we both finally knew each other's ages—who demands a drivers' license on day one?) seemed unimportant because of the particular people involved, and we hit it off. What was it like to be in a relationship with an 18-year age gap? It didn't seem awkward to me, and I gave it no more thought than that. I'm smart and well-rounded, and that makes up for not having lived as long pretty well, most of the time. Other times, he told me things I didn't already know, and I became a bit more well-rounded. Cool. This guy happened to have 18 years on me. He was smart and well-rounded, and that's what I want in a guy. Sometimes, I told him things about contemporary culture that he hadn't noticed on the horizon (probably listening to Pet Sounds again), and he became a bit more well-rounded. Cool. It didn't seem awkward to him nor as far as I can tell, to his friends, once they'd gotten to know me. I saw the incredulous looks at first but those faded within minutes. Every situation's going to be different. But what it was like, to me, was about what any relationship is like. Good stuff, bad stuff, stuff that you can grow together through, stuff you most definitely can't. The age difference wasn't the cause of the good times nor, except peripherally, the bad.

My husband and I are 22 years apart in age.  I've always been around  adults from an early age and he's young at heart, so it's worked out  extremely well.  We met when I was 31 and he was 53 and now he's 70 to  my 48. We both appreciate each other daily and I  am delighted we don't have a medicine cabinet despite our  less-than-healthy diets and sleep schedules.  We decided from the first  that we were just going to love each other as long as we were together and enjoy every day we have together. Our  interests, despite the generation gap, sync quite nicely.  He, like  many of his age, can repair just about anything with things lying around  the house.  I've introduced him to 5* experiences that he didn't even  know existed. I was extremely  sheltered, sexually, despite my age when we met and he was a swinger in the 70s.  He  offered me the opportunity to experiment with an open marriage, given my  high sex drive, and we've had amazing times.  It sounds like I'm  bragging (and I am!)  but we've never even seen a blue pill in real life  and our sex life together is a lot more active than anyone we know  admits to.  One kiss from me gets his motor running.

Like any successful and content relationship: patience, understanding and communication. If you can have those, regardless of ages, you can find ways to grow and continue with each other. I'm with someone 16 years younger than me and we've had an intense connection since the day we met. Ups and downs, same as any relationship, but our connection and love along with a true effort to communicate and understand each other has allowed our relationship to prosper.

I am 33 years old and am engaged to the love of my life who happens to be about 30 years my senior. We met at work, as I'm a reporter and he's a photographer at a newspaper. We forged a six-year friendship before anything happened romantically and became very close friends. Two years ago, sparks flew and I fell in love with him pretty hard and vice-versa. I have asked for advice from a number of people in age gap relationships and I find a lot of them have "problems" anyone in a relationship may encounter - lack of communication, maybe one person is extroverted and the other is not, etc. I have never found that to be the case for me. We've changed each other's lives and we have grown together over this time. Surprisingly, most of our family members and friends (with a few exceptions) have been on board. I know there are some concerns about early widowhood for me and whether I leave him for a younger person for him. Him having an 18-year-old son can be a little weird at times for me (if I'm in a stepmother role) and we've been out with my friends more than his (I have to admit I felt out of place being at the table with people in their late 60s or 70s), but when it's just the two of us, it's amazing. The biggest obstacle for us is the child issue. I want one, he is agreeable to it, but we debate back and forth on "Is it fair?" the increased health risks (Down Syndrome, Autism, Schizophrenia) with older paternal age, and are still trying to figure out whether it's "smarter" for me to find someone my own age, even though we are compatible, truly, minus the biological parts. If he was 20 years younger and the same person, no contest. So, that is still a work in progress. But we look at it as "we have today and we love each other so much." I'm starting to see it as even though this was not the life I had envisioned for myself, the connection is something I could never have imagined. I'm not sure if I can imagine my life without him. Better to have 10 years with true love than 50 OK years with someone else? Maybe? I don't know.

The gap becomes less significant after both individuals have passed the age of thirty,  We do not want our fifteen year old children involved with a thirty year old.  We usually assume that the older individual is taking advantage of the younger one.  We also wonder why the older person can't find someone in their peer group to form a relationship with.

It depends how old the youngest person is. If they're over 30 it's not a huge deal but if they are younger it's a big gap to bridge.

It depends on where that age gap falls... 50 and 65?  Not a big deal. 10 and 25?  HUGE deal.