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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Mid 50s divorced dad checking in. I'm tall, in shape, professional job, PhD, have hair on my head, still get hard, is well-endowed, etc. I've had at least 130 first dates since getting divorced. Met almost all of them online. Ages have been 23-55, most have been within 10 years of me.

Of the last three girlfriends, one was 8 years younger, one was 5 years younger, and the current item is 3 years younger (I think I like her the best). I would never date anyone older than me. Why should I? 
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An interesting question is, why wouldn’t you? It’s kind of shocking that someone your age - middle aged- would be so close minded to dating someone who has lived two or three or five years more than you. Are you so conservative, or into gender stereotypes, or obsessed with younger women, that the idea or reality of dating someone older than you is so difficult? This is a serious question. Do you just want a better looking body or face?  Is it a status thing?  Or do you want a real relationship with another person, who might have a few more wrinkles than you and happen to be born a couple years before you? Some people are so narrow minded, despite all of their years of education or lived experiences. Many of the guys like you are also fathers and daughters. How do you reconcile the fact that you tell your daughter her worth is more than her body and her face and her age, and then you yourself can’t look beyond those same things when you’re forming relationships?  Not talking about dating someone 10 years older than you, I’m talking about the fact that you seem to be proud not to consider anyone a couple years older than you.[/quote]

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