Across cultures and generations, people argue about whether age is “just a number” in love or a quiet predictor of how long a couple will last. A growing body of research now points to a clear pattern ...

Debate, fascination, and scrutiny have long surrounded age-gap relationships, where partners have a significant difference in age, typically 10 years or more. These relationships challenge ...

Age-gap relationships are nothing new, per se, but they do seem to be having more of a moment than usual right now. In recent years, hit films like Babygirl and The Idea of You have flipped the script ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about relationships, personality, and everyday psychology. For years, heterosexual relationships have followed an all too ...