Brit Posted December 22, 2012 Posted December 22, 2012 Here is Ali McGraw at 60 years of age! http://ts4.mm.bing.net/th?id=H.4618001223844379&pid=1.7
phineas Posted December 22, 2012 Posted December 22, 2012 (edited) eh, the only problem i'm finding with women over 40 is their kids are out of the house/divorced & their now reliving their college yrs. Edited December 23, 2012 by a LoveShack.org Moderator
veggirl Posted December 22, 2012 Posted December 22, 2012 I am so sorry I guess I live in a different world. The common couples I see are Guys are couple years older than women. In your town, most women dates 5~10 years younger guys.... anyways, I don't want to live in that town. hey designer girl, have you ever read a real book or even took stat 101 class?? Married Couples by Differences in Ages Between Husband and Wife: 1999 statistics - USA Census numbers This actual stat is more conservative than I thought. I hope you know how to read those. If you were married with that young stud, you would fall into .9 percent Like I said, Men generally marry Women who are several years younger than them. Umm. Yongyong? That website indicates that the majority of marriages are between men and women who are within one year of each others age. So actually the women could be older than the men in that scenario, since it doesn't say "man less than one year older than woman". And then the next highest mark is men who are 2-3 years older than their wife. Over 50% of the couples fell into the 2 categories I mentioned. I have never used so many bolds, this was fun I don't know ANYONE who considers marrying someone one month - 3 years younger as "marrying a younger woman". I mean TECHNICALLY younger but....past the age of like 23, three years is really nothing.
edgygirl Posted December 22, 2012 Posted December 22, 2012 Yeah I know how it is. People told me this year several times they thought I was 25 which is really funny and flattering. I wonder what age I'll look in about 10 years.
xxoo Posted December 22, 2012 Posted December 22, 2012 I was working with a man earlier this month. He made a comment about me being able to manage some mental tasks better than him because I'm "young"...and "just wait until you're older". Then we discovered he's only 2 years older than me 1
musemaj11 Posted December 22, 2012 Posted December 22, 2012 In reality, men simply want women who are beautiful. It doesnt matter what the age is. But then again, young women tend to be naturally more beautiful although some older women are still very attractive because they tend to have more money to take better care of their physical appearances. 1
Woggle Posted December 22, 2012 Posted December 22, 2012 There are plenty of people of all ages who are worth dating. Don't listen to the ageist crap people spew on here because plenty of women over 40 manage to find love. Most of it depends on how well a person takes care of their body. I know people in their 20s who like to get drunk every other night and smoke like a chimney and they are already starting to show it.
dasein Posted December 22, 2012 Posted December 22, 2012 (edited) No problem dating women over 40, nor women under 30. I think some of the ageism against females seen here is backlash from men encountering lots of women IRL in their 30s-40s who still have the mindset that they are as sexually powerful as young women in their prime reproductive years, which simply isn't the case. Then watching here as certain male posters are told over and over that their too high standards are the problem in their dating failures. One side demands more empowerment and consideration while lecturing the other side about lowering its assumedly unreasonable expectations, that often as not, are far from unreasonable. Backlash ensues when the opportunity arises in threads like this... hopefully this one won't be like that. Men past 40 may have the same issue of overestimating their market value, but I don't date them so don't know. Edited December 22, 2012 by dasein
Eternal Sunshine Posted December 22, 2012 Posted December 22, 2012 I think the main problem for me is that there are simply less single men over 30.. I am yet to meet a guy IRL that is my age and refuses to date me because I am too old. 90% of my dates are with guys in their late 20s - early 30s.
soccerrprp Posted December 22, 2012 Posted December 22, 2012 Simply...there are plenty of lovely 40+ ladies. With divorce as high as it is, it seems that the plurality of divorcees are in their 40's. Plenty out there...now to deal with the baggage they've collected up to this point...
Later82012 Posted December 22, 2012 Posted December 22, 2012 ROFL. How kind of you to throw an over 40 year old woman a bone - as long as she knows you're only on loan and she can't keep the wonder that is you. If you had ANY clue how many 20 and 30-somethings have hit on me - and continue to hit on me - while I send the little perverts on their way, you'd be surprised. They're too young to know who Mrs. Robinson is and most don't know who Stiffler's Mother is, either. Nonetheless, I tell them I won't be their fantasy of either woman. These boys have nothing to offer me whatsoever and I'm certainly not going to teach them a damned thing. School is OUT. LOL I have tested age 40+ women a few times in the past and I believe you. Not one of them have responded, to me at least. I was just saying that is how we think. The moderators have deleted one more comment I made to my earlier comment which basically said my earlier comment was the most obvious comment expected for this thread from younger men and it was not meant to hurt anyone. I had to Google Mrs. Robinson, but I know who Stifler's mom is.
xxoo Posted December 22, 2012 Posted December 22, 2012 No problem dating women over 40, nor women under 30. I think some of the ageism against females seen here is backlash from men encountering lots of women IRL in their 30s-40s who still have the mindset that they are as sexually powerful as young women in their prime reproductive years, which simply isn't the case. What does that mean, in practical terms? How does a woman IRL demonstrate a mindset that she is more sexually powerful than she is? Is it by rejecting him? 4
Dreamless Sleep Posted December 22, 2012 Posted December 22, 2012 This Suzy Favor topic is interesting. An accomplished athlete and a mother. High end clients. In the end she's a prostitute. So it wasn't a $50 blow job for meth. She was just spreading her legs for cash. She likely needed the rush of it and the validation of her distant past. On a running forum she was defended by a famous running coach who knows her. Funny enough that he was the first person that I discovered my ex to be sexting and trying to hook up with. I have no pity for her outing. As for women in their 40's in general. Yes they may have baggage. But at least it's on board from the start of the trip. If I can't carry it from the start, I'll leave her at the station. The younger ones just keep piling it on.
Brit Posted December 22, 2012 Posted December 22, 2012 Funny, I have never witnessed so many below 30 women and men, with such poorly developed self esteem and identities, and have attached borderline and histrionic personalities as well, over jealous and have crappy outlooks. Alot of this due to media and different false portrayals of what real life is. Baggage is life, and at any age can be dealt with appropriately, and I would rather deal with baggage then disorders.
xxoo Posted December 22, 2012 Posted December 22, 2012 Men have preferences. Women have demands, requirements, and terms of service In either case, it is only a problem if they have difficulty finding what they want. 2
Author FitChick Posted December 23, 2012 Author Posted December 23, 2012 As for women in their 40's in general. Yes they may have baggage. But at least it's on board from the start of the trip. If I can't carry it from the start, I'll leave her at the station. The younger ones just keep piling it on. This is so true. Men who claim to only want women in their twenties have obviously never dated them. When my friends and I were in our twenties, we must have been nightmares for the guys. That could be why I never had any relationships that lasted longer than a couple of months and those months were always filled with drama. I didn't attract what LS calls "quality men" until I was in my forties. I never wanted kids so that didn't limit my choices. I've personally never met a man who complained that he couldn't find women who wanted kids. Most men are indifferent.
Woggle Posted December 23, 2012 Posted December 23, 2012 I find when women are a certain age for the most part a man knows what he is getting and he can decide if that is what he wants or not. There are no nasty surprises. Also for me I personally matured at a young age so I want somebody who is more matured anyway.
Author FitChick Posted December 23, 2012 Author Posted December 23, 2012 Here is Ali McGraw at 60 years of age! http://ts4.mm.bing.net/th?id=H.4618001223844379&pid=1.7 Can you imagine her going on a dating website and giving her real age (at that time)? She'd be accused of posting an old photo.
phineas Posted December 23, 2012 Posted December 23, 2012 I wouldn't discount someone solely for having a crappy job as long as they were trying to improve on that, but that's just me. But they are not trying to improve. They work the same cubicle job forever & then complain their job sucks & look for a guy to upgrade their standard of living. I'm not going to be that guy again. It just get's you broke & in debt.
EasyHeart Posted December 23, 2012 Posted December 23, 2012 I think some women over 40 are worth dating. I think some women over 40 are not worth dating. I would not date a prostitute who is over 40. Or under 40. Or 40 exactly. yw
123321 Posted December 23, 2012 Posted December 23, 2012 It reeks of insecurity to me when a man needs a younger woman. A wise woman would not choose a man with that attitude, regardless of her age. Need is such a strong word. I don't need a woman at all, but I like to have them in my life. As for younger vs older of 40+ vs 30- or whatever, I like them pretty, and I like them fun to talk to, and most of the time that means someone in her middle 20s, but it's not the age itself, it's just I find a strong correlation of the characteristics I love and age 20-something women. I've dated roughly from 17 years older to 25 years younger, and they were mostly fun to some degree. This is so true. Men who claim to only want women in their twenties have obviously never dated them. When my friends and I were in our twenties, we must have been nightmares for the guys. Not all young women are what I would consider nightmares. Probably varies as much as anything else I guess, but they say birds of a feather will flock together, so maybe your sample was self selecting.
Mme. Chaucer Posted December 23, 2012 Posted December 23, 2012 The whole idea of a person's "worth" being related to their age is offensive to me. Of course, as I say frequently, we like what we like. If a man doesn't want to date anyone over 40, that's up to him. But that does NOT mean she's not WORTH dating. 5
123321 Posted December 23, 2012 Posted December 23, 2012 The whole idea of a person's "worth" being related to their age is offensive to me. Of course, as I say frequently, we like what we like. If a man doesn't want to date anyone over 40, that's up to him. But that does NOT mean she's not WORTH dating. Dating is such an ambiguous term, or more precisely has a wide range of meanings. I wouldn't say women over 40 are not worth dating, indeed I have dated more than one and it was fine.
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