Relationship?

I am a forty-seven year old single female and I met this fella over the internet. He is seventy years old. I know there is no such thing as a perfect relationship but he has alot of family issues that are effecting our relationship in a negative way. We seem to get along well other than that and he has told me he loves me! He allows trivial things to get in the way and acts like a child at times instead of his real age. Should I be patient weather the storm or is there too much of an age difference?