[Garfie]

If you have a connection and are a good match then 4 years is nothing. Don't miss out on something good due to worries about age.

When I was 21 I was dating a great guy for five months. He said he was a year younger than me but he was very knowledgeable, intelligent, worldly wise and mature. We had the greatest connection and the relationship was brilliant.

I then found out he'd misled me about his age and was actually only just 17. Despite being so happy with him, I was horrified by the fact that, without me being aware, he would actually have been only 16 when I started dating him, so I ended it.

I still know this guy 8 years on, and he is now extremely happy in a long term relationship. However, the longer I've known him the more wonderful he has turned out to be and I've never had a relationship that has made so happy since him.

Ending it with him over worries about age is the biggest regret I have, as I lost something and someone very special. As you get older age matters less, so don't miss out on something that could be good because of age.