Do you prefer younger Lls, older LIs, or characters around the MC's age?

I prefer it when the LIs are older! If I see that a love interest is younger than the MC, I don't play his route (unless it's mandatory to unlock a route I'm actually interested in)... I just can't bring myself to like younger guys, whether in fiction or real life.

When the love interests are older and more mature, I'm really drawn to playing their routes! Though, of course, that applies only if the age gap isn't tooooo huge or absurd (like the MC being 18 or 19 and the LI being +32).

However, I don't mind routes where the love interest and the MC are in the same age group/similar ages, or love interests who look younger than they actually are. My issue is specifically with characters who are younger than the MC...

personality > age

i'm not too much of a fan of big age gaps in general, ig? depending on the mentality of the characters, they end up feeling somehow distant or playing too much into tropes or clichés.

not to say i entirely dislike it! though i do prefer when they're both already adults in general. it gets a bit weird for me if not - one of the examples comes from a game i love, which is Ayakashi Gohan: one of the LIs is Manabu, a grown working man, and he of course gets into a relationship with the protagonist, who is still a high schooler. they have their own story together and whatnot, but the difference in maturity and mentality between them just feels uhhhhhhhh yeah. not my cup of tea.

I don't usually pay much serious attention to age, although sometimes I like to tease the MC or LI (if they're a lot older) by saying they'll end up in jail or something like that, haha

Older tbh. Maybe my own age contribute to these taste, but now i prefer older men and lowkey crossing the line of me wanting to see a widower with kids type of LIs