Is there a dating market for...

[Anonymous]

So, OP, have you learned yet that older women hate, hate, hate the very idea of older men dating younger women, and can come up with a million reasons why it won’t work as their coping strategy?

[Anonymous]

It beats sleeping around.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Of course there is.

I don't want to be a jerk, but you do sound immature. Like a high school student trying to justify her relationship with a man in college. I find nothing wrong with age gaps, but your long defense of something you haven't done just sounds sad and try hard.

Judge how you may, I was only anticipating inevitable questions as to why I would have this preference. Long and short of it is I haven't really found compatibility with men close in age to me, but have connected better (at least as friends) with men that are older. I don't think of it as a superiority thing, it is what it is. It's not "trying hard", more like "trying something else."

Your response has nothing to do with what I said. Date who you want, but you seem very "off". If I can pick that up from 2 posts, then trust me, any decent guy is picking up the same thing and running. Regardless of his age.

Super rude to write her off in romance based on nothing but how she "seems" in two anonymous blog posts. Even though you "seem" quick to dismiss, I am open to the idea that you are more than what you have shown in these few sentences.

[Anonymous]

I married a divorced guy in his early 40s who had kids (teens). It worked out just fine for us and we now have set #2 of kids. Yes, there was some baggage he needed to work through (guilt over the divorce), but I had my own baggage to work through too, so it still felt like an equal partnership.

I think that by 40, a divorced guy is a better bet than one who was never married (there is usually a reason), and you’d want to feel out how healthy his relationship with any kids is. I think you have to be prepared to go with whatever sort of relationship any kids want (or don’t want) to have with you and be willing to support their dad in stlll being the best parent he can be to them (I.e. it’s not going to be all about you - they matter and his relationship to them matters a lot). But if you are prepared to go there, families can look all sorts of ways.

Before we got married, I had a lot of naysayers in my life saying that our relationship wouldn’t work, but we are 13 years in and still happy. Health issues are starting to come up now, but I knew that was what I signed up for.

I personally think video game addiction is a huge red flag and a lot of my friends with younger spouses are dealing with this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So, OP, have you learned yet that older women hate, hate, hate the very idea of older men dating younger women, and can come up with a million reasons why it won’t work as their coping strategy?

Was about to post the same thing. It's like telling shorter or balding men they aren't as prized on the dating market. It's not something someone can help but some people get very angry over that fact.

Of course you will have no problem finding men in this range and in fact as you get into that age range you will find much wider options.

[Anonymous]

There's a dating market for every type, but it may be very small.

[Anonymous]

It’s 3 billion men on the planet I’m sure there’s one out there for you.