What if I am 26 and a 23-year-old guy wants to have me for a relationship. Should I allow our age difference to tear us apart?
The age difference is a deal-breaker in a relationship. It has caused a stir in numerous lives and misled many people from loving the right person. Yet, everyone keeps praying for the right woman and man.

The age difference is not a complete barrier for a relationship to behold but this is only when the woman or man is pleased with the age of the opposite gender. For instance, when a man is 28 and his girlfriend/woman friend is between 20-25 or likely the same. He would be happy and comfortable with it. This feeling changes when the table turns upside down. The thought of wooing an older woman is cross men do not want to bear. On the other side, women do not want to come across men who are below them. They feel it is inappropriate or culture demands it not.

https://shodamia.com/should-age-difference-cause-lost-of-interest-in-relationships/

Older woman - younger man relationships have been statistically proven to shorten the life expectancy of both parties.

https://consumer.healthday.com/senior-citizen-information-31/misc-death-and-dying-news-172/women-who-marry-younger-men-may-die-earlier-639118.html

If you're a woman, leave younger men alone, if you're a man, marry a younger woman to stay fresh.