What if we have a huge age difference?

As long as both individuals involved are of an age of legal consent, the impact of a large age difference depends greatly on the parties involved. Relationships involving such age gaps have been known throughout history and in many cultures even touted as preferable, especially in patriarchal cultures where young brides with many childbearing years ahead were thought to be perfectly suited for older, more financially stable men. Of course, such relationships were not particularly romantic in nature and sometimes faced the prospect of scandal when young lovers sought to woo the bride away from her "less than energetic" husband. In modern times, relationships involving large age differences between the partners, although still not the rule, are far from uncommon even when it is the woman who is the older partner. The stability of these partnerships depends less on the difference in years than it does on the relative maturity and self-awareness of the parties involved. The general rule about relationships is that there is no such thing as "one size fits all." Two (or more) people can work out the conditions of their relating in any manner they see fit. It must also be remembered that we enter into relationships for all sorts of reasons and with all sorts of agendas, frequently hidden even (or especially) from ourselves. Who is to say that any particular relationship style is wrong for those involved?