What age differences are acceptable to Russian women?
Contrary to what some Russian dating agencies try to tell you, age does really matter. Any marriage agency that claims differently is just trying to get customers or worse scam you. There is a big market for older men who dream about having a very young girl-wife. Many agencies do not give a woman's acceptable age difference preferences ("I want to meet a man from 25 to 35 years old") because such information would be bad for business. It is highly advisable to do business only with agencies dating provide this information, particularly if you are over 35 years old and are seeking to meet Russian women 18-25 years old.
The following is based on our experience:
1- Nearly all Russian women accept a 10-year age difference.
2- Half will accept a 16-year age difference.
3- An age difference beyond 20 years is generally not accepted, but it does occur.
4- The younger the woman, the less the acceptable age difference.
5- The older the woman, the greater the acceptable age difference.
Here are some more specific numbers (based on survey among our women clients ):
Girls 18-20 years old (94 girls surveyed)
Seek man to age 30: 100%
Seek man to age 35: 69%
Seek man to age 40: 20%
Seek man to age 45: 4%
Seek man to age 50: 0%
Seek man to age 55: 0%
Seek man over 55: 0%
Girls 21-25 years old (102 girls surveyed)
Seek man to age 30: 100%
Seek man to age 35: 83%
Seek man to age 40: 62%
Seek man to age 45: 9%
Seek man to age 50: 1%
Seek man to age 55: 0%
Seek man over 55: 0%
Women 26-30 years old (80 women surveyed)
Seek man to age 35: 100%
Seek man to age 40: 91%
Seek man to age 45: 52%
Seek man to age 50: 12%
Seek man to age 55: 9%
Seek man over 55: 2%
Women 31-35 years old (68 women surveyed)
Seek man to age 40: 100%
Seek man to age 45: 87%
Seek man to age 50: 51%
Seek man to age 55: 11%
Seek man over 55: 0%
Women 36-40 years old (57 women surveyed)
Seek man to age 45: 100%
Seek man to age 50: 99%
Seek man to age 55: 40%
Seek man over 55: 15%
Women 41+ years old (34 women surveyed)
Seek man to age 50: 100%
Seek man to age 55: 95%
Seek man to age 60: 79%
Seek man over 60: 31%
As you can see, interest in men drops drastically as they get older. It's no coincidence that most dating and marriage agencies most guilty of peddling the "age doesn't matter" nonsense are the same ones that sponsor the group tours in which a handful of men, mostly 55 - 65 years old, are taken to Russia for the purpose of meeting hundreds of young, beautiful young girls at gatherings called "socials." It is at these socials where everything defies the odds. We just don't know how to explain how nearly all of these older men are able to find a young ladies between the ages of 18 and 25. After all, our statistics show that less than 5% of women 18-25 years old are interested in men over 45 years old. So, not only do we question these dating sites/agencies, we also question the women who attend these socials. Is it possible that they have more than LOVE on their minds? When meeting women half your age, the best advice is to adhere to the proverb, "If it's too good to be true, then it probably is." While there are many older men who have married a 20 years old and everything turned out fine, this is the exception and definitely not the rule.
The reality is, while an age difference may bring some issues and challenges for foreign men and Russian women, but as long as they work at their relationship, age difference should be no barrier.
Quotes from the web:
- Yes here in Russia younger girls seem to have no problem with much older men. The young girls find older men more interesting than Russians their own age, especially foreign men. Feels like you are reversing the ageing process (and your attitude sometimes)
- The whole issue is quite simple in Russia. Russian women wish established men not men on the way up. Therefore they do not lift a bat if you are still a student. They are not interested in your future accomplishments but in your current stability. That is why an established 40 years old man is better for them than a 30 years old and a 50 years old who has reached peak even better. Of course cultural dimensions come into play the tendency I referred to is more prominent among Russian girls and less obvious among other Slavic girls.
- In France, the most common age gap is around 3 years although you definitely can get younger girls, but 10 years is really the maximum over here from my experience.
- I think American girls while mostly college educated are generally stupid on the average except for their obsessive knowledge of popular culture. They just have nothing to talk about with older men. Russian women are more inherently intellectual and enjoy the level of conversation and companionship that an older more experienced man can bring.