Still think 10-15 years should be the max, it would be for me anyway. Sure there's always the exceptions, but that's what they are...Exceptions!!
The way i look at it is this, ... I want to have a good broad band of common interests with a life partner. I don't want her to end up without a life of her own, by ending-up just becoming a full time carer to me in later years.
I want a partner that's going to enjoy a more laid back lifestyle, i don't want to be out at the clubs and bars every night, ....I've done that, got the t-shirt, the video, the CD and everything else that went with it!!
Not sure how you could both be emotionally, and physically compatible, let alone as those years keep passing along.... Maybe it could work quite well in the short term, like any adventure in life, but over a so called long term, .....Nah, Trouble to say the least!! haha!!
You see i don't think it's fair to take a much younger lady as a wife. As years go on, she will be deprived of her enjoyment of life. She will still be young enough, to want to go out, maybe dancing, maybe to enjoy sporting activities, all sorts of things. Instead she stands every chance of being stuck at home being a carer for a husband that can't do too much for himself, for one reason or another. Now that would be bad enough for a wife of a similar age to her husband, but when your 20,25,30 younger that him, ...What sort of life is that for a young woman???
Nah, .... not for me thanks!!
David....