I know I'm not as old as some of the other commentators on this thread, and certainly not as old as mrstace, but I thought I'd share my opinion.
I used to have a huge deal with age. Through out High School there was this one Gal who was only two months older than me, and I said no way because of the age. We we're in love, no doubts, but for me the age was just too much. But for me now, age is just something else we don't really need to worry about.
My junior year of H.S. I knew how I felt about this girl, and I wasn't going to ignore it anymore. We'd both been to afraid to say anything to each other because we both knew how I felt. So when I finally tried to make something of our relationship, she said no, because she knew how I felt, and so she was too afraid to try. We are still great friends now, but God has since shown me the real reason he had her say no.
I'm a very emotional Guy, and as I said me and this girl were in love. If She'd of said yes, I'm quite sure that I would have proposed by now. That's why God had her say no. When we finally got down to this point of date or not, I asked her to discribe her relationship with Christ. She was confused, because before all I had asked her was if she was Christian. By Church she was, but by faith she was still lost.
As I've shared in several other threads, I know that God's got an awesome future for me. Imagine what I would have lost if she'd of said yes.
So why the whole story?
While I know you're just considering a date, the only thing that should stop you is what God has told you. Now, age, smarts, abilities, wealth, all mean nothing to me because I want that One person God has planned for me. I eagerly await the day when I'm to meet her, but I want to meet God's choice, not mine.
Pray about this discission, because in reality, only God can tell you what direction to Go.
I hope this helped.