My XW's OM is 18 years her senior. He is ugly, completely greyhaired, bad teeth and big ears. There is nothing wrong with age gap relationships (heck I've got a crush on a co-worker 18 years my junior) or the other stuff in my OM description, but you'll see in a lot of sitches that the OM isn't some sort of dream partner and that's the reason I think a lot of women get dragged in.
The OM appears to the WW to be nothing more than a friend, a safe one, since they on the surface aren't anyone the WW could fall for, and suddendly their friendship turns into an EA and the train starts rolling. But they do offer the vulnarable WW those few percentages that we apparently neglegted, but for the WW at the moment, those things are more important to her than the full package.
One day, I suppose, a lot of the WW's will wake up next to Quasimodo and think, what the fok just happened here. How they will act after that however, thats the question.
If a confident, strong, fit and good looking XH who didn't burn any bridges, appears available, then who knows...
M:46 WXW:40 T:20 M:13 D3,D8,D10 BD:11/12/16 D:12/14/16 OM confirmed 01/20/17