irin Posted June 15, 2012 Posted June 15, 2012 when it come to dating? i know every man is different, but around 26 or more, i see and hear about guys looking for/caring about different things when it comes to their love life? is this true? does your attitude change? at what age did it change for you? if it ever did. i know we all naturally mature and grow. thanks for anyone who responses.
Shaun-Dro Posted June 15, 2012 Posted June 15, 2012 when it come to dating? i know every man is different, but around 26 or more, i see and hear about guys looking for/caring about different things when it comes to their love life? is this true? does your attitude change? at what age did it change for you? if it ever did. i know we all naturally mature and grow. thanks for anyone who responses. My attitude about women won't change because generally they won't change, but on life, absolutely, it changes almost every decade.
Ross MwcFan Posted June 15, 2012 Posted June 15, 2012 Unfortunatley I've not managed to 'grow' in this area. So even though I'm 36, my prioities aren't any different from what they where when I was 6 years old. I just want a female who is at least a 3 out of 10.
Author irin Posted June 16, 2012 Author Posted June 16, 2012 Unfortunatley I've not managed to 'grow' in this area. So even though I'm 36, my prioities aren't any different from what they where when I was 6 years old. I just want a female who is at least a 3 out of 10. whaat i thought you were much younger than that!
Badsingularity Posted June 16, 2012 Posted June 16, 2012 Like you said. Every man is different. It realy depends on how much relationship experience he has and how mature he is.
Author irin Posted June 16, 2012 Author Posted June 16, 2012 i actually meant the kind of relationship you look for, because all i see around me is early 20's just looking to 'Hook up', or have casual relationships. i recently had a conversation with an older guy that told me even the type of girl he looks for now is different to what he went for few years ago. (not necessarily appearance wise)
mesmerized Posted June 16, 2012 Posted June 16, 2012 26??? Men here stay in the same mindset as their early twenties till their mid thirties. 1
Pyro Posted June 16, 2012 Posted June 16, 2012 me personally it never did change. I never had interest in the casual dating/random hookup phase.
Pyro Posted June 16, 2012 Posted June 16, 2012 you lie. men want sex I do want sex and I get sex from my wife.
Sanman Posted June 16, 2012 Posted June 16, 2012 Of course men want sex, but that does not mean that some men will not wait until a woman is comfortable as well. To answer the original question, after age 25 I started looking for different things in my relationships. Fun and attractiveness took a back seat to compatibility and other issues that are more important in a serious long-term relationship.
USMCHokie Posted June 16, 2012 Posted June 16, 2012 when it come to dating? i know every man is different, but around 26 or more, i see and hear about guys looking for/caring about different things when it comes to their love life? I would offer that the attitudes and values of the women in his life play a large role in how a man develops.
Suzanne_W Posted June 16, 2012 Posted June 16, 2012 I'm still waiting for men my age or even 5-10 years older to want to date women my age.
Woggle Posted June 16, 2012 Posted June 16, 2012 We do when we meet a woman who makes changing worthwhile.
d'Arthez Posted June 16, 2012 Posted June 16, 2012 i know every man is different, but around 26 or more, i see and hear about guys looking for/caring about different things when it comes to their love life? I have more or less always wanted the same thing. Which had its downsides, since but few women in my early 20s had a similar mindset. I did not even bother / want to bother with dating, since I hardly met a woman who I'd be interested in. And the ones I would have been interested in were already in relationships. Dating would be a bit disturbing for me when someone displays the mindset of a fourteen-year-old, but thinks she knows it all at 21. Naturally my attitude changed somewhat after getting a bit older. Especially since I would actually meet people with whom I could connect. It is not a complete surprise that in my last 5.5-year relationship my ex was a few years older than me (that relationship started when I was 25). She had her priorities straight. Irin, it is obvious from your posts that you are not looking for a "typical" man, but one who has lived his early 20s in pursuit of wisdom, rather than pleasures of the flesh / eye. People change, but only within certain boundaries. People's outlooks on life and relationships are well formed by the age of 26, even if they change the priorities in what they are looking for. To some extent that was even true of my ex; she partly projected what was "normal" for her onto me, and it did give rise to the occasional tension within our relationship. That was partly a result of the differences in our past experiences.
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