I've been thinking about this whole age thing a lot recently. My 50 year old ex-H is with a 31 year old woman now - probably a fair match physically, as he's youthful and fit, but.....even so, I would never have dated a guy that age when I was 31. And now that I'm 54, I'm sure not gonna date a 73 year old!
Meanwhile, impossibly young men - I'm talkin' 25-31 - approach me online all the time, and some of them actually are serious about wanting to date me!
Now - I guess, if all I wanted was a casual fling, maybe one or two of them were smart enough that I could enjoy that. But the problem is, flings turn into relationships, and a relationship with that big an age gap means people are NOT at the same life stages, and is usually NOT gonna work out for the long haul.
On the other hand, relatively smaller age differences that didn't used to matter to be, look bigger now. I might have a fun date with a 65 year old, but I look at those guys and think - if I was involved with him, that'd be 10 years less sex in my lifetime!
So - while my ideal would be a guy my age who is physically youthful and virile, a slightly younger guy might be a good fit too. (But not those babies!)
