The reality is that age does not make that much of a difference in dating. Even though I don’t like him, I’ll defend Pete’s position to the death because his point was powerful – yes, there is a 20 something year age difference yet two things: One I don’t know his maturity level it may be quite high due to his life experience. For all I know Kate’s maturity may be quite low, and they end up matching up on maturity. Two, you will not be able to convince me that all the men in Hollywood are so immature when in their 40’s or 50’s or even 60’s that they should be dating women in their 20’s and 30’s. Pete’s point is well received and well put in my opinion in a comedic way but that is fine. The point is this is simply a ridiculous double standard. I understand people will attempt to invoke the maturity factor I have addressed it here. Also, I will address common myths like this in a mini series of posts regarding common myths in psychology. Come back soon…