
I think whats so annoying to me about it is the men acting like it's a two way street, like they've noticed these young girls and de facto the girls have noticed them back. Like it's some mutual transaction or attraction and the wife is some estranged, angry third party. When the reality is, the young girls want NOTHING to do with men they consider ancient, and if anything most of them feel more connection with the wife. As you said so well, we all remember being that age and having that experience. It was a mix between being grossed out by the old guy staring at you and pity/sympathy for the wife who has to put up with this repulsive man child. Men dont get that when they do this they truly alienate themselves from everyone. They do this antisocial behavior and then get dumped (70% of divorce filed by women) estranged from their kids and lonely. And expect everyone to cry for the "male loneliness epidemic". It's a joke! |
i never felt uncomfortable with a man just looking - emphasis on the just looking not leering or making weird comments.
And despite what is often claimed. we women look to, it's literally hardwired biology, what we don't do and this is largely do to social conditioning is catacalling. Looking /noticing an attractive person not a problem. Leering and catcalling a problem |
Men “just looking” absolutely shaped my teens and 20s. I hated to go into the Walmart by myself. I felt nervous about walking alone in dc, especially on quiet blocks where it might just be me and a looking man. I absolutely avoided wearing certain clothes in certain places, I always had a cardigan or something. I learned not to laugh too loudly in public, rock to a beat on my headphones, or do anything else that might draw more unwanted attention.
At times I liked the attention, but mostly I think it just restricted my freedom |
Yikes! |
Honestly it’s really not normal to “rock to a beat on my headphones” in public so yes I think you liked the attention. |
Yeah, I stare at people who do this too. And they are rarely attractive young women. |
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If they are so repulsed by me, why do so many of them have sex with me? |
I’m a 50 something man and my sons tell me the girls in their friend group call me a DILF. |
This. I also have two sons, so I'm hyper-aware of the ages of the men. Anything close to their ages is just gross to me. I also really don't appreciate the older women who do check them out. (Happens pretty frequently at the pool. It's not any cuter than when older men do it to younger women). |
It never bothered me particularly. I'm in my 50s now, and far fewer men look--but they still do. Have some confidence. |
He's totally normal, but perhaps tell him to be more discrete. Men are supposed to be attracted to women. That's why you are married. I would be more worried if he wasn't doing it. |
NP. Actually, confident women have standards and feel comfortable expressing boundaries, and dont particularly want or need attention from strange men. (Confident and attractive women still get checked out in their 50s but thats a different story ![]() |
+1 It's very restricting |
Well that's what happens during the REM cycle of sleep |
The mere fact that couple dozen sugar babies sell their bodies on seeking.com doesn’t mean that all men are transactional or all 20 something women on the street would want to sell their bodies to OPs husband. That’s not hard to understand |