Is my boyfriend too old for me?

Is my bf too old? I'm 17 and he's 27. We've been dating for 6months and NOT slept together because I want to wait, which is is happy with. He is very respectful & supportive of my decisions to go to uni and my career path. Our maturity levels meet perfectly in the middle and we have loads in common. It is completely legal where we are and we are both very happy. But from an outside view, does it matter?

What matters is whether it's legal and acceptable in the part of the world where you live. The reason many areas have laws against relationships between adults and children is that young people don't have the ability to deal with an adult on an equal footing and most often they are only being used for sexual purposes by the adult.

In more stable relationships like what you describe, most often the educational and career hopes become the victim of family responsibilities and fall by the wayside. Still, if your situation is acceptable with your parents and the community where you live, it doesn't really matter what the rest of us might think.

I agree with Rob, but I do wonder what is really making you ask the question / if there is something that is bothering you that you aren't disclosing. I would add to Rob's answer to just be sure you are completely comfortable and truly on equal footing. Just be sure things are as good / equal as you say they are.

Relationships with large age differences work a little differently. My husband is 10 days younger than my mother. I'm in my thirties and he is almost fifty. No matter how wonderfully matched we are, we will always be at different points in our lives and have slightly mismatched needs. We always have to accomodate that to make sure both of us get what we need. I don't know how we could have a happy relationship if we pretended those differences weren't there. Just be on the look out for that, and address those differences when you see them.

As you know, not everyone would approve. But, if you think that he is the one, then, thats your choice. You are an individual and your starting to make your own decisions. YOU have to decide whether he is to old or not. Don't let other peoples opinions change your mind.

I think it's fine. If you really like then it doesn't matter. My parents are 10 years apart.

my aunty and uncle are 0 yrs apart and they love each other heaps, age shouldnt matter what the age difference is, it should matter whether u love eah other or not