<human>: Just to clarify, I've always dated men who were within a year or two of my own age. In fact, I recently ended a fairly long term relationship with a boyfriend my age because of what I perceived as his immaturity and inability to understand "adult life" topics or problems.

A friend badgered me to sign up for Match.com, which I did more out of curiosity than a serious belief that I'd meet anyone promising online. I was quickly messaged by said older guy (we'll call him "Ron") and had a few very pleasant chats. We seem to have a lot in common and he's very polite, charming, interesting- a nice change of pace from ex-boyfriend. I agreed to meet Ron for coffee and I think it went quite well. We had plenty to talk about and he asked me to meet him for dinner next weekend. 

My question is this: is it absolutely insane to think that someone my age could have a connection with a man who's old enough to be my father? He's a pretty young looking and acting 55, I think, but I still wonder if this will just be a trainwreck. To be clear, I'm not looking for someone to marry or have children with (not now, most likely not ever) and I don't think Ron is, either, so I don't think there are any glaring life plans/future incompatibilities. Ron has stated that he's dated women of many different ages  (from considerably younger to a few years older) and thinks age is fairly irrelevant as long as two people have a connection. Basically, I don't get the impression that he's just a creep who only dates much younger girls. 

I'm not sure what to make of the situation and am just looking for a little perspective/unbiased advice. Of course, the friendship may not necessarily go anywhere, but, if seeing someone much older is necessarily a terrible idea, I'd like to know that so that I could avoid giving someone the wrong impression/going on many more dates.

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<bot>: Met a much older guy online and made a nice connection. We have quite a bit in common and no major incompatibilities that I can see yet. Is dating someone considerably older always a bad idea, though?