How can anyone think that his daughter is his wife? This is an example of someone who would accept an older man and a younger girl in a relationship. An old-young relationship may be accepted by some and rejected by others. When does there come a point where an age gap relationship isn't acceptable? Would it be three years, five or ten? When there is an 18 year old female dating a 21 year old male we don't see any problem. When they are 21 and 40, society begins to ask questions. Society assumes that the younger partner dates the older one for benefits such as money or power. Even when two people are married and have a big age difference, people around them start gossiping. While the younger partner may not have bad intentions, society sees their relationship as such