No Country for Old Women

[Anonymous]

Also, my mom and her friends are in their 70s and while no longer sexual objects to men, they are active, engaged, very social, still very much a part of a community that values them. They take good care of themselves and look great. The value of life isn't lost with the loss of your youthful looks. At a certain age, health is the most important thing because life is so very short.

[Anonymous]

It doesn't start at 30, unless we're talking about teenagers. And, really, who wants teenagers approaching them or checking them out?

This same question gets posted every few weeks. The answers don't change. Who needs this reassurance every month?

[Anonymous]

I cannot believe how many people responded to a troll post written by a middle age man pretending to be a young woman.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Older women are hot. Older men, less so.

If you look at any ranking, like People's sexiest men and women, and so on.. the average age of the men on that list is a lot higher than the average age of the women on that list.

About half of the last 10 men on the list have been 40+:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People_(magazine)

compared to 2 women in the last 12 years:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esquire_(magazine)#Sexiest_Woman_Alive

You care what is in People Magazine? That's a problem right there. Women in magazines, Esquire, Sports Illustrated, Victoria's Secret, Playboy even: too young, too bony. Someone give that swimsuit model (ok, not Kate Upton) a burger and a shake. It's as if the guys doing the casting are really interested in young men.

My wife was gorgeous at 40. From my mid-50s vantage point, all sorts of women my age and younger are quite noticeable. A lot of women my age want to be invisible though, with those hairdos.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It seems like men and society prize women for a very short period of their life. Women's physical beauty starts to bloom at around 16, blossoms at around 18-22 and then stays slowly decreases until we hit 30. Then all of a sudden that youthful glow is gone. The moment we turn 30 and start to look like "women" and not girls, we are invisible to society.

How should we deal?

Bullcrap. Some of the sexiest women I know are 31-38. I'm about 38 so I won't date any older than that. Being single now, I seem to get approached by a lot of women in late 20s and early 39s. I can't tell the difference to be honest. If they're in their 30s and have stayed in shape, that's hot. No more naivety and inexperience. Was dating someone who iAds kids and divorced, didn't work out unfortunately although I would have loved it to. She was 35 and hot AF.

[Anonymous]

And yet we have a thread in Off Topic asking if one is a grown up at 30. Great to know that women have lost their looks before achieving adulthood.

[Anonymous]

Stupidest post I have ever seen on here. I like an older woman. Someone with a few lines, not the same body as in her 20s, lots of life experiences to share. What's not to appreciate?

[Anonymous]

White women are the most beautiful if you put in the right maintenance

[Anonymous]

As a younger guy, I remember thinking things seemed so easy for women. There was a joke about how a woman's lowest expectations for a date exceeded a man's wildest dreams: imagine if a woman asked you out, bought you dinner, then tried to get you drunk so she could have sex with you!

[Anonymous]

We all age, we all change the key is how we deal with it. How you see yourself is what is important.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It seems like men and society prize women for a very short period of their life. Women's physical beauty starts to bloom at around 16, blossoms at around 18-22 and then stays slowly decreases until we hit 30. Then all of a sudden that youthful glow is gone. The moment we turn 30 and start to look like "women" and not girls, we are invisible to society.

How should we deal?

As women have dealt with it for as long as we can remember. Use that physical beauty to marry a rich man.

Its stressful though. We're extraordinarily beautiful and desirable for say 6 years (16 - 22). From 16-19 we're too young to even think of marrying. 19-22 we're in college, partying, figuring life out.

We graduate at 22-24. Then we're trying to find work and establish ourselves. Many women do not even think of marriage or serious relationships at this time...when we start to think of marriage at say, 25, we have our most beautiful years behind us and the next 4 years (26-29) we are all competing with each other to find the most eligible man to marry whole our looks are on a steady decline.

Not many survive this stage and come out with a rich, stable, marriage minded man. Those who do are lucky.

I completely disagree. For women with advanced degrees and careers, we peak later in terms of being marriage material.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I look and feel better now at 52. Am happy to find men my age to date that find me attractive.

Serious question, have you experienced menopause and do you still have a sex drive? I'm a 50 year-old man who still feels like a teenage boy, and I wonder about the sexual aspect of dating women my own age or older.

You're 50. Are you looking to have more children? If not, why would a hot 30 year old want to be with you? I am a 51 year old woman whose sex drive is just fine, no menopause yet.

[Anonymous]

I am a divorced dad, 51. Over the past couple of years I have dated a lot, and covered ages 22-53. While the 22- and 23-year-olds were fun, and I really liked a couple of the 40-year-olds, the two who stole my heart were 48 and 50. Smart, accomplished, beautiful, sexy as hell. I just think about either one of those women and I'm physically excited.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It seems like men and society prize women for a very short period of their life. Women's physical beauty starts to bloom at around 16, blossoms at around 18-22 and then stays slowly decreases until we hit 30. Then all of a sudden that youthful glow is gone. The moment we turn 30 and start to look like "women" and not girls, we are invisible to society.

How should we deal?

As women have dealt with it for as long as we can remember. Use that physical beauty to marry a rich man.

Its stressful though. We're extraordinarily beautiful and desirable for say 6 years (16 - 22). From 16-19 we're too young to even think of marrying. 19-22 we're in college, partying, figuring life out.

We graduate at 22-24. Then we're trying to find work and establish ourselves. Many women do not even think of marriage or serious relationships at this time...when we start to think of marriage at say, 25, we have our most beautiful years behind us and the next 4 years (26-29) we are all competing with each other to find the most eligible man to marry whole our looks are on a steady decline.

Not many survive this stage and come out with a rich, stable, marriage minded man. Those who do are lucky.

I completely disagree. For women with advanced degrees and careers, we peak later in terms of being marriage material.

No please just stop.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am a divorced dad, 51. Over the past couple of years I have dated a lot, and covered ages 22-53. While the 22- and 23-year-olds were fun, and I really liked a couple of the 40-year-olds, the two who stole my heart were 48 and 50. Smart, accomplished, beautiful, sexy as hell. I just think about either one of those women and I'm physically excited.

Yep but they are not..do a little research about older women, menopause and sex drive. Being over 50, you most likely are relieved there is no expectation of having sex.