SG - Hi girlfriend! We need to get together sometime soon! All three of my kids are in school in the bay area now, so I'm sure I'll be heading your way again sometime.
Romeo - it would be my PREFERENCE to date guys within 10 years of my own age. And in fact the East Coast admirer is exactly my age. But I'm finding that so many of the other guys my age are either Santa Clauses OR the ones that aren't, are looking for 30 year old Asian chicks! The response rate when I have contacted nice-looking guys my own age has been dismal.
As for your ideas about what motivates younger guys to date an older woman, I've certainly considered all those aspects - and encountered a few of them, I think, in guys who have contacted me. I have to say, the 34 year old, I think he's just a brilliant guy who enjoys the company of smart women who can keep up - and is perhaps not quite ready to marry and settle down, so a woman who isn't expecting that from him might be attractive. I'm pretty clear in my own mind that if I get involved with him, it's clearly just a short-term relationship. That's not sounding too bad to me right now!
