da’as: that’s fine that you answered. I was addressing you and AZ and any one else (if there was) who were in agreement with you.
Maybe we don’t disagree at all. I have no problem with people marrying people close to their age or being set up with someone close to their age, if the shadchan is setting them up BECAUSE they seem compatible. My husband is about a year older than me and I always preferred going out with someone 1-2 years older than me. I have a sister who married someone a drop younger than her, and I have a brother who married someone a drop older. My grandmother was older than my grandfather (and still outlived him). And i have a number of siblings where the boy is a few years older than the girl. i could care less about the age difference – what i care about is that each of us married a person very compatible. none of us were set up because of our ages, but rather because of our personalities. If you are just trying to make people aware, for their sake, of the benefit for them to marry a 22 year old, then i support that. i support people who are trying to help others find what they are looking for, if they truly listen and understand the people involved.