Mr. Slim Posted February 20, 2012 Posted February 20, 2012 I suppose any woman could answer this but I am mostly wondering how women 25 and over feel. Let's say you are out and meet a man and you like him enough to give him your phone number. During the phone call, you are shocked to find out the man is 10 years older than your initial estimate (you initially pegged him as 1-3 years older than yourself). Does this change anything?
cerridwen Posted February 20, 2012 Posted February 20, 2012 Not for me. I'm open to dating older men as long as they come with plenty of humor and vigor.
Kamille Posted February 20, 2012 Posted February 20, 2012 Not for me. I'm open to dating older men as long as they come with plenty of humor and vigor. Agreed. Vigor is what's important. Unless a man had purposefully mislead me about his age, I would not consider a 10 year difference to be a big deal. In fact, when I was 25, I quite liked guys in their 30s. (But was way too emotionally immature for them).
D-Lish Posted February 20, 2012 Posted February 20, 2012 Well I am 42, I haven't dated on older man since I was 18. if I actually met someone and found them attractive and then found out later they were 10 years older than me I'd be pleasantly surprised, and it wouldn't deter me. When I was in my 20's, I thought of men in their 30's "ancient".
Star Gazer Posted February 20, 2012 Posted February 20, 2012 I'm 33. So long as he didn't lie about his age, 43 would be fine, especially if he looked 33-36 (which I'm assuming is the case if she thought you were her age).
FitChick Posted February 20, 2012 Posted February 20, 2012 If he looked good and had a healthy lifestyle, I wouldn't care if he lied about his age either saying he was 10 years older or younger. I don't sleep with a birth certificate. I sleep with a man. If I'm attracted to the man, that's all I need to know. 1
Saxis Posted February 20, 2012 Posted February 20, 2012 My GF said she would never date anyone older than me. She's 26, I'm 30, with about 3.5 years between us. She even thought it was a little weird at first that I was even that much older than her. She certainly doesn't seem to mind anymore! She's also said she wouldn't date a guy younger than her, also...
Author Mr. Slim Posted February 20, 2012 Author Posted February 20, 2012 I'm definitely getting a vibe of "it's not how old you are, it's how you look" from my question. I'm 38 and usually get people guessing my age to be 27-30. The occasional person (usually older than me) will guess close, and a coworker I've worked with for two years thought I was barely out of college (which I find ridiculous). But throwing out the extremes and we're usually at the late twenties/early thirties ball park. Believe it or not, this has made me uncomfortable. I generally prefer women closer to my own age, but my own age is drifting away from the average age of single women. And since younger women still respond to me, I'm definitely going to consider them romantically. But I feel like I'm walking around wearing a young person costume or something. Usually upon meeting a younger woman I try to interject it in to the conversation very early (Oh you like that band? You're too young to know about that...) but a friend of mine says he sees that as sabotaging myself. I know that some women have age limits, but is it because they are worried about generation gaps or do they feel like a man will suddenly drop dead or quickly turn into a geezer on them?
goldengirl11 Posted February 20, 2012 Posted February 20, 2012 I'm definitely getting a vibe of "it's not how old you are, it's how you look" from my question. I'm 38 and usually get people guessing my age to be 27-30. The occasional person (usually older than me) will guess close, and a coworker I've worked with for two years thought I was barely out of college (which I find ridiculous). But throwing out the extremes and we're usually at the late twenties/early thirties ball park. Believe it or not, this has made me uncomfortable. I generally prefer women closer to my own age, but my own age is drifting away from the average age of single women. And since younger women still respond to me, I'm definitely going to consider them romantically. But I feel like I'm walking around wearing a young person costume or something. Usually upon meeting a younger woman I try to interject it in to the conversation very early (Oh you like that band? You're too young to know about that...) but a friend of mine says he sees that as sabotaging myself. I know that some women have age limits, but is it because they are worried about generation gaps or do they feel like a man will suddenly drop dead or quickly turn into a geezer on them? Could it be mainly lesser physical attraction?
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