My opponent has re-stated a lot of their arguments, so I will re-state my rebuttals:
1. I agree that maturity is a serious factor in relationships, but would like to point out that it is not nessacarily determind by age. For example, a fifty-year-old and a twenty-year-old could be in a relationship and at the same maturity level.
2. If you're in a relationship with a guy or girl that takes advantage of you or abuses you, it makes no difference what you're situation is, they'll do that no matter what, and that's not a good person to be in a relationship with anyway.
3. Anyone can have emotional baggage, it's not just older people. A younger person can be at a higher emotional level than the older person, and have more emotional baggage.
4. That "dominant partner" struggle is present in any relationship-whether the partner is smarter, more mature, or older, there's one in every relationship. They just have to overcome it.
5. Relationships with age gaps are very common these days. The way you were raised just determines if you accept it or not.
6. Love is the only factor that should really matter in relationships.