Why do men remarry younger women?

[Anonymous]

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Really? When I'm 35? LOL. Keep dreaming, buddy.

You don't even realize that you are already well past Peak Hotness.

It is no end of hilarious that women never realize how fast they're going to hit The Wall.

OK Elliot Rodgers. Sorry, no one here is buying your MRA bullshit, in case you haven't noticed.

No go jerk off to some "stepdaughter" porn and cry about how lonely you are.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Why is it that when men remarry, it is with much younger women?

The attraction is simple biology, birds and the bees, etc. Women can have babies only when young, while men can have babies at any age.

Women are attracted to money. Men's earnings peak later in life while women's looks peak in late 20s. Men age like wine while women age like milk. What's so hard to understand about this?

That statement is dumb on its face. Women live longer and get sick less. How is that aging like milk? Women have way more staying power. Women are more resistant in the face of disease, stress, hunger. Men age and die...like peonies. Fast.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:PP questions my math. I question PP's reading comprehension. PP or a friend of hers replied to my claim that "Plenty of 25-30 year old supply for 40 year old men" with the following treasure trove:

No one I know. literally, no one I know is dating one.

I think there was a girl who was overweight from high school, dropped out of college, and she might be dating one, from FB. but that's the only one I can think of.

PP's claim seems to insinuate that 10 year age gaps are as rare as a size 0 who is going thru menopause. I show her data that 20% of re-marriages are men to women 10 years younger. Clearly this phenomena is not the Haley's comet scenario that PP describes.

Your data is based on second marriages, which is still a low percentage of the population. Of that group, only 20% marry 10 years or more younger. This includes 55yo men dating 44yo women. 65yo men marrying 52 year old women. Age gaps that are less severe. Men who survived their spouses and marry for companionship. It doesn't mean that most are 40yo guys with "hot" 27yos.

I like how you ignored my major point. See bold. But you dont want to talk about that huh?

Note the topic of the thread numb nuts. It says "remarry"... that would imply a marriage other than the 1st. Yikes, folks.

[Anonymous]

^You really love the insult "numb nuts", huh?

Did you pick it up from an especially cool second grader or something? I havent heard it used in years.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:^You really love the insult "numb nuts", huh?

Did you pick it up from an especially cool second grader or something? I havent heard it used in years.

Way to avoid addressing the substantive point -- you claimed this wasn't about 2nd marriages. I showed you clear evidence the thread was about post-1st marriages. It says remarriage in the damn title. Reading, it's fundamental.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:^You really love the insult "numb nuts", huh?

Did you pick it up from an especially cool second grader or something? I havent heard it used in years.

Way to avoid addressing the substantive point -- you claimed this wasn't about 2nd marriages. I showed you clear evidence the thread was about post-1st marriages. It says remarriage in the damn title. Reading, it's fundamental.

LOL! I am not the PP you were arguing with, I am just someone reading this post and making an observation.

And by the way, YOU are the one addressing the substantive point. Many people have pointed out to you that a second marriage would generally imply and older age, which would mean a ten year age difference could be 56-46, and not be as wide a gap as, say, 50-21, which seems to be your (very transparent) ideal set up.

Lots of people have come into this post, barely any have agreed with you, and you've *attempted* to argue with all of them. I think it's time to read the tea leaves and realize you're losing this battle...

[Anonymous]

Why does a cat lick its balls?

Because it can.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:^You really love the insult "numb nuts", huh?

Did you pick it up from an especially cool second grader or something? I havent heard it used in years.

Way to avoid addressing the substantive point -- you claimed this wasn't about 2nd marriages. I showed you clear evidence the thread was about post-1st marriages. It says remarriage in the damn title. Reading, it's fundamental.

LOL! I am not the PP you were arguing with, I am just someone reading this post and making an observation.

And by the way, YOU are the one addressing the substantive point. Many people have pointed out to you that a second marriage would generally imply and older age, which would mean a ten year age difference could be 56-46, and not be as wide a gap as, say, 50-21, which seems to be your (very transparent) ideal set up.

Lots of people have come into this post, barely any have agreed with you, and you've *attempted* to argue with all of them. I think it's time to read the tea leaves and realize you're losing this battle...

No, I've attempted to add data to a discussion that was a bunch of women saying "I've never seen age gaps in 2nd marriages... men make that up." I'm sure many of the 2nd marriages are 40 year old men with 27-33 yo's. I never said 50 and 21. At least I added some data to the discussion. Most PP's were just swinging big dick anecdotes.

[Anonymous]

^No, you've repeatedly tried to argue that 20% is relatively common, which is laughable considering youre actually naming the figures and then trying to classify them in a way that directly contradicts them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:^No, you've repeatedly tried to argue that 20% is relatively common, which is laughable considering youre actually naming the figures and then trying to classify them in a way that directly contradicts them.

You're really bad at debate. Show me where I made a strong assertion that such May-December Romances were "common." I never set the bar there. I simply sought to undermine PP fembots who were claiming they never ever ever ever encountered such rare events. By providing data that 1 in 5 2nd marriages are, in fact, May-December type relationships I directly contradicted these PPs who claimed they never happened.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:^No, you've repeatedly tried to argue that 20% is relatively common, which is laughable considering youre actually naming the figures and then trying to classify them in a way that directly contradicts them.

You're really bad at debate. Show me where I made a strong assertion that such May-December Romances were "common." I never set the bar there. I simply sought to undermine PP fembots who were claiming they never ever ever ever encountered such rare events. By providing data that 1 in 5 2nd marriages are, in fact, May-December type relationships I directly contradicted these PPs who claimed they never happened.

Um HELLO! Just because someone has never encountered an older man relationship (though that PP said she did know one person who was fat and dropped out of university who was in one) doesn't mean they are claiming it NEVER happens, ever, or that they were totally rare.

It also probably has to do with income and class. Guessing most girls from Bethesda arent willing to date an older dude, because they probably have good college prospects and can marry someone their own age who their attracted to and still expect to live a relatively well off life. Girls who are less educated are probably more interested. So, someone's socioeconomic background will have a lot to do with whether they encounter this.

And btw, EVERYONE has acknowledged that 1 in 5 statistic, and classified it as what it is: uncommon.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:^No, you've repeatedly tried to argue that 20% is relatively common, which is laughable considering youre actually naming the figures and then trying to classify them in a way that directly contradicts them.

You're really bad at debate. Show me where I made a strong assertion that such May-December Romances were "common." I never set the bar there. I simply sought to undermine PP fembots who were claiming they never ever ever ever encountered such rare events. By providing data that 1 in 5 2nd marriages are, in fact, May-December type relationships I directly contradicted these PPs who claimed they never happened.

Um HELLO! Just because someone has never encountered an older man relationship (though that PP said she did know one person who was fat and dropped out of university who was in one) doesn't mean they are claiming it NEVER happens, ever, or that they were totally rare.

It also probably has to do with income and class. Guessing most girls from Bethesda arent willing to date an older dude, because they probably have good college prospects and can marry someone their own age who their attracted to and still expect to live a relatively well off life. Girls who are less educated are probably more interested. So, someone's socioeconomic background will have a lot to do with whether they encounter this.

And btw, EVERYONE has acknowledged that 1 in 5 statistic, and classified it as what it is: uncommon.

Read this: http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2014/12/04/tying-the-knot-again-chances-are-theres-a-bigger-age-gap-than-the-first-time-around/

Moneyquote: There’s a common stereotype that American men who remarry are especially likely to walk down the aisle with a younger woman. A new Pew Research analysis of census data finds that’s largely true. Not only are men who have recently remarried more likely than those beginning a first marriage to have a spouse who is younger; in many cases, she is much younger. Some 20% of men who are newly remarried have a wife who is at least 10 years their junior, and another 18% married a woman who is 6-9 years younger. By comparison, just 5% of newlywed men in their first marriage have a spouse who is 10 years younger, and 10% married a woman who is 6-9 years younger. So a plurality of 2nd marriages involve older men marrying women AT LEAST 6 years younger.

[Anonymous]

^Right. And as numerous, numerous posters have tried to point out to you (though you seem to have reading comprehension issues, so it hasnt worked) is that that has a lot to do with the ages of second marriage in general. By the time many men have their second marriage, theyre going to inevitably be significantly older.

Given the average age for a man's first marriage is 27, marrying someone ten years older would be illegal, so tht's not an option. Say that marriage runs it's course, and he marries someone else 20 years later, that ten year age gap, now that he is nearly 50, is not going to be a huge deal. He's 47 and she's 37- thats a smaller gap, relative to age, than a 29 year old and a 19 year old.

Needless to say, your statistics prove what I have said: 60% of men are marrying women their age or older.

So even though they have much more opportunity to marry a younger woman than they did the first time, the majority of men arent doing it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:^Right. And as numerous, numerous posters have tried to point out to you (though you seem to have reading comprehension issues, so it hasnt worked) is that that has a lot to do with the ages of second marriage in general. By the time many men have their second marriage, theyre going to inevitably be significantly older.

Given the average age for a man's first marriage is 27, marrying someone ten years older would be illegal, so tht's not an option. Say that marriage runs it's course, and he marries someone else 20 years later, that ten year age gap, now that he is nearly 50, is not going to be a huge deal. He's 47 and she's 37- thats a smaller gap, relative to age, than a 29 year old and a 19 year old.

Needless to say, your statistics prove what I have said: 60% of men are marrying women their age or older.

So even though they have much more opportunity to marry a younger woman than they did the first time, the majority of men arent doing it.

See bolded above. Wouldn't this also be true of females?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:^Right. And as numerous, numerous posters have tried to point out to you (though you seem to have reading comprehension issues, so it hasnt worked) is that that has a lot to do with the ages of second marriage in general. By the time many men have their second marriage, theyre going to inevitably be significantly older.

But the same is true for women, right?

Given the average age for a man's first marriage is 27, marrying someone ten years older would be illegal, so tht's not an option. Say that marriage runs it's course, and he marries someone else 20 years later, that ten year age gap, now that he is nearly 50, is not going to be a huge deal. He's 47 and she's 37- thats a smaller gap, relative to age, than a 29 year old and a 19 year old.

Needless to say, your statistics prove what I have said: 60% of men are marrying women their age or older.

So even though they have much more opportunity to marry a younger woman than they did the first time, the majority of men arent doing it.

The bolded part simply isn't true. Nearly 40 percent of men are marrying someone at leastsix years younger. That doesn't imply the other 60 percent are marrying same-age women or older women. Many of them are marrying women 3, 4, & 5 years younger. Still significant difference. But the main point is these May-December romances EXPLODE for the 2nd marriage ONLY. AND ONLY for MEN. What explains that? Other than many younger women will give an older man a chance on Round 2 marriage. Same can't be said for older women.