Older women and younger men?

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Aaron Hamill
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30 Dec 2020, 12:49 pm

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30 Dec 2020, 2:13 pm

It depends on the maturity of the 2 people involved.

Now that I'm middle aged I wouldn't show interest in a younger man. Typically they want a partner their own age. I don't want to humiliate myself.

But you do get old souls, so to speak, who just prefer the company of more mature people.

So if a younger man showed an interest in me I would spend some time with him and find out a bit more about him.

If it turns out he's too immature in his outlook, then it wouldn't work for me personally.



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30 Dec 2020, 2:20 pm

I used to like older women when I was young.

Now that I’m pushing 60, I wouldn’t want a woman much older than me.



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30 Dec 2020, 3:37 pm

Interesting question, as I feel I'd have a lot in common with a woman who was a teenager in the mid-late 90's since I was 5-7 during that time but intellectually a teenager, but I still tend to be interested in younger college-age women partially out of a desire to make up for not having a girlfriend in high school :P



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30 Dec 2020, 10:26 pm

I’m 50 & younger men finds me attractive & want to talk to me. I’m mentally younger then my age, so I’m more interest in younger men,men who are 35-45, sometimes guys who are 37.



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30 Dec 2020, 11:16 pm

Kitty4670 wrote:
I’m 50 & younger men finds me attractive & want to talk to me. I’m mentally younger then my age, so I’m more interest in younger men,men who are 35-45, sometimes guys who are 37.


It seems reasonable that for people with ASD, once they're into adulthood that dating younger partners would be reasonable, since a lot of us are kinda youthful in personality.


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01 Jan 2021, 9:06 pm

NT, here...I also think that it comes down to the two individuals...I have always looked considerably younger than my age...By more than one decade, i am told...In my younger years, i would hang out with people of all age groups...However, i was mostly sought by men 10 years younger than me...Maybe, because i was perceived as fun...Younger men liked me, but i always saw them as my little brothers...Who would image that in my mature years i would come to marry coincidentally a man ten years younger than me... 8O

This is my explanation: To date, i consider myself young at heart...In fact, i have been accused of acting as a teenager... :D ...On the other hand, my beloved husband is an old soul in his tastes and outlook in life...He easily surpasses me in life experience in general terms, and especially in the romance department...He was a very solicited Aspie with the ladies, young and old...He seemed to prefer them way older than him; I am one of the youngest of his romantic quests...So yes, it comes down to the individuals involved... :wink:



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01 Jan 2021, 9:37 pm

There are younger people of all genders in my area that I find quite attractive. They must have long hair, though.


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02 Jan 2021, 7:16 am

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There are younger people of all genders in my area that I find quite attractive. They must have long hair, though.


Well, that's a whole other question.

Do I find younger men attractive? Absolutely.

Do they find me attractive? Probably not lol. I do pass as 10 years younger if you don't look too closely, but I don't have a young persons outlook.

I got a compliment sandwich last time I was dumped. I was more surprised that he said I was fun more than anything else.



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02 Jan 2021, 7:58 am

I'm sure some couples make it work but more often than not, those relationships have limited milage. While they last, they can be quite fun and easy going.



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02 Jan 2021, 12:08 pm

Who cares, as long as the people involved are consenting adults and happy?


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02 Jan 2021, 12:53 pm

I don't judge others. What ever consenting adults want to get up to in the privacy of their own homes,
i don't object. I mean, who am I to say anything.

What ever people are into.
I guess I am liberal.

Personal preference, I guess there is a limit as to how much younger i should regard as acceptable
when it comes to younger woman. As, it really would feel wrong, even if the younger woman were even
attracted to me. Which, for the most part, I doubt, when there are so many good looking potential partners
around of their own age.

As for older woman, again, what ever floats your boat.
I think that again I am fairly liberal, although again, i think that there perhaps would be circumstances where being with an older woman would also feel wrong, like extreme differences in age.

Perhaps there are exceptions, I don't know though.

From a morally conditioned society perspective, we are expected to conform to the standards of the society that we live in and grow up in.

I know however, haven been in a band with African men, their attitude towards woman is completely different.
They are much more liberal, and see younger healthy woman as more attractive and more capable of providing them with children.

Like I say, who am I to object to their culture, as long as they aren't marrying children. Which they do in some countries, which i personally perceive as wrong, but is a normal practice in some countries.



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02 Jan 2021, 12:54 pm

My late wife was 8 years older than me.

On dating sites, I go from 9 years older to only 5 years younger. There is a huge difference as you exceed 5 years younger - profiles with very minimal information, trophy girlfriends, pictures photoshopped with cat ears, face piercings, along with other kid stuff - and I'm 61! I joke about how cougars are too young for me, but it's true. I want someone I have something in common with, not an estate manager.


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02 Jan 2021, 12:54 pm

domineekee wrote:
I'm sure some couples make it work but more often than not, those relationships have limited milage. While they last, they can be quite fun and easy going.

... ... ...

Actually, a ten-year difference is highly recommended with the woman being the older one...The experts reason that men die an average of ten years before their female counterparts...(This way the couples don't die so many years apart)...I did not know my husband's age before i began to date him, so in my case it was not a deliberate choosing to date a younger man...As we both appear to be the same age...

Anyhow, the same experts state that women reach their sexual peak considerably later than their male counterparts--to be specific around age 30...So this is another reason experts recommend a ten-year gap with the woman being older...So that there is more compatibility in intimacy...However, the same experts discourage a 15+ year difference...So, ideally, a ten year difference...Hope this clarifies it :wink: ...



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02 Jan 2021, 1:04 pm

madbutnotmad wrote:
I don't judge others. What ever consenting adults want to get up to in the privacy of their own homes,
i don't object. I mean, who am I to say anything.

What ever people are into.
I guess I am liberal.

Personal preference, I guess there is a limit as to how much younger i should regard as acceptable
when it comes to younger woman. As, it really would feel wrong, even if the younger woman were even
attracted to me. Which, for the most part, I doubt, when there are so many good looking potential partners
around of their own age.

As for older woman, again, what ever floats your boat.
I think that again I am fairly liberal, although again, i think that there perhaps would be circumstances where being with an older woman would also feel wrong, like extreme differences in age.

Perhaps there are exceptions, I don't know though.

From a morally conditioned society perspective, we are expected to conform to the standards of the society that we live in and grow up in.

I know however, haven been in a band with African men, their attitude towards woman is completely different.
They are much more liberal, and see younger healthy woman as more attractive and more capable of providing them with children.

Like I say, who am I to object to their culture, as long as they aren't marrying children. Which they do in some countries, which i personally perceive as wrong, but is a normal practice in some countries.

... ... ...
Yes, what you are describing above is unacceptable...So, in CA, for example if the boyfriend is 19 and the girlfriend is still a minor teen...Someone could accuse the young man of statutory rape, because technically speaking a minor cannot consent...So, we have to be careful...It is best that youngsters get marry with the consent of both families, especially when one is not over the age of 18...

As to marriages that are often arranged between an older man and a minor...OMG!! !...TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE...From what i have read, the family of the daughter practically sales the child out of financial need...So sad... :cry: :cry: :cry:



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02 Jan 2021, 1:09 pm

old_comedywriter wrote:
My late wife was 8 years older than me.

On dating sites, I go from 9 years older to only 5 years younger. There is a huge difference as you exceed 5 years younger - profiles with very minimal information, trophy girlfriends, pictures photoshopped with cat ears, face piercings, along with other kid stuff - and I'm 61! I joke about how cougars are too young for me, but it's true. I want someone I have something in common with, not an estate manager.

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LOL...I bursted in laughter...Thank you for provoking a smile...I am sorry about your loss...Your wife must have been special...As to my beloved (Aspie) husband, he has no estate for me to manage...LOL... :D :D :D