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The latest dilemma I’ve come up against when dating is this: No longer do we question if men are from Mars and women from Venus.

Gender is the least of our worries.

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What we now look to answer is if the new greatest over/under is the age 35, and which planet each generation arrived here from.

I’ll remind you of the half your age plus seven rule — the mathematical equation in which you can decide if the age of your date is appropriate.

This span gives me a range of 24.5 years old, placing me dangerously near cougar territory, all the way to the ripe age of 56, ironically, the same age as my mom.

Being 35 has a unique advantage of dating both an older and younger generation, meaning one could technically date either father and/or son.

Having spent the last year dating younger men, I’ve recently found myself in a relationship with someone of the elder generation.

Dating an older man has its advantages.

With age comes experience, maturity, and a self awareness that is yet to be developed in a younger generation.