Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am 46, and I would definitely be a cougar, except that it's 60 year old men who are interested in me.

This always pisses me off. Where do they get off thinking you'd POSSIBLY be interested in them?!! That's a 14-year age difference.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Maybe, but one is so much older than the other.

I think it says a lot about the power men still hold over our heads when they can get away with selecting much, much younger mates. Their need to be pleased and flattered is considered legitimate and we, I guess, are just supposed to just be glad somebody will tolerate our middle-aged asses, even if he's positively geriatric and even less to look at himself.

Uh, men who do that usually have something that makes them attractive to much, much younger mates. It's not just a Jedi mind trick.

Anonymous wrote:23:24 PP here. I'm 39 and wouldn't have a problem dating a guy who was 34 or older. I've dated guys as old as 51, but I've found that most guys in their late 40's or more are just too old for me. My tastes in a lot of things skew younger - I know all the popular music, like younger TV shows, etc. I'm very physically active and have a lot of energy so a lot of older guys are not going to keep up with me. But I have younger brothers, so I end up acting very maternal/big-sister-ish with guys younger than about 32.

I actually get hit on more by younger guys than by guys in their 40's. A lot of the early 40-something guys I know don't want to date women my age - they're hitting on women under 35. They say they want kids, but not right away, which always makes me want to call BS because I think they're really just looking for an excuse to date much-younger women.