EXACTLY!!!!!! I’d be embarrassed to date someone younger than my stepdaughter. Forever I’ve often fit with younger - but not THAT much younger. My largest recent gap was 13 years. I had a 19 GF when I was 26. So again it’s not something that started in my later years. But someone half my age? What would we possibly have in common? I’d feel like her father. I recently had a married female friend my same age point out a very attractive fun outgoing 20 something who had interacted with me a few times 2 weeks ago. “She’s flirting with you” friend says. I’m like ?????? No she is not, I’m on stage which makes me safe to approach and she wanted to hear some ABBA - which is interesting in itself since she was not born when they were popular. And there you go folks another ear worm for you dancing queens. I was embarrassed she’d even suggest something like that. As if I’d want to be a dirty older man that people scoff at. So no - just no.
As for the study. I just don’t buy it. All studies are not created equal and often have huge holes in them. Are some guys doing this? Yes. How many are sugar daddy/sugar baby arrangements. A very rich friend of a friend took one if these twenty somethings to front row seats to see the band Chicago a few years ago. Her comment… “Who are these guys?
DonH Midwest Me 56 WAW-EXW 55 Met 11/95 / Married 5/00 Bomb 6/20/05 / She Filed on 6/2/06 / Divorced on 10/9/06 4 who'd qualify as GF since D & dated about 25 women since D
