I was just interested to see and I have agreed with most comments
Me and my FIANCÉ have a 17 year age gap, he is the older one! We absolutely love each other to bits, we'd do anything for each other and have done!!! He lives 300 miles away and we travel 300 miles to see each other most weekends
At first, the age was an issue for my family, obviously my dad! I actually broke it off at the beginning cos it was causing arguments and my family mean the world to me and no guy was worth losing that! However, my dad saw how upset I was over this and decided he needed to meet him, so he went to the hotel he was staying at and he suddenly realised this guy wasn't just some sleezy guy after a young lady on his arm, he was a genuine loving guy (who only looked a couple of years older than me! Lol) who genuinely cared about me! Of course this is what any dad wants for his baby (although he felt the age gap was not ideal), so he called me and told me if it's what I really wanted then he would support me !!! Well I can't tell you how much that meant to me! 6 1/2 years later we're still going and stronger than ever! All the family love him to bits and always ask how he is before they ask How I am Haha!!
However, saying all of this... Had I have known how old he was at the beginning we would not be together now!!! Age wasn't something we discussed at the beginning, as I look older than my age (unfortunately) and he looks much younger than his age (lucky bugger), we thought there was going to be about 5 years between us!! Haha!
Basically all I wanted to say is... Don't let age put you off! If I had, I would never have found the love of my life! Give it a go, if it doesn't work, then hey ho, that's life, but if it does work it could be your one true love (as could it if they are the same age as you)!