What Does Age Really Mean????

So this week I decided to write about something that has been perplexing me for quite a while.  What does age really mean when it comes to relationships?  That being said I question people, what is the ideal age difference, what is too much of an age difference?  This has come up in my life lately as a young single lady living in a city full of very eligible bachelors of quite varying ages.  I have been dating quite a bit as of recently and this issue continues to come up time and time again.  


I recently went out with someone who is 13 years difference in age from me.  He was charming, nice, enjoyable and all around wonderful person.  However at the end of the night in the back of my mind I know that there is a big elephant in the room (the elephant being our age difference in case you hadn't caught that).  So even though I really enjoyed myself had a great time and would love to continue seeing this person is it irresponsible of me being that we are at very different places in our lives?  


This forced me to think about this more and in the end the real question this presented me with is, where are all the decent young men?  I am sure in writing this I am going to enrage any young men who read this (which I don't actually think there are any so I'm not too worried), so here is my disclaimer if you are a young man who is respectful, polite, charming and and all around gentlemen then you are not the one I am talking about...also if you are single drop me a line we should talk.  For the rest of the world where is the man who will pay on the first date no question, who will drive 30 plus minutes to meet you, and who will gladly walk you to your car no matter how out of the way it is to make sure you get there safe and sound?  


Now I am not saying that I think all male female gender roles should be kept up forever more, but I do believe a little chivalry is necessary.  So is it true that to get these things I must only date men much older than me?  Or is there hope that there is the young man out there who was raised properly and knows how to treat a lady?


Many many questions involved in all these issues and maybe there are no right or wrong answers, but for now I am going to continue to ponder these things, continue to date anyone no matter what their age and know that at the end of the day ageism is not a part of my life!!!