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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What about 6 to 9 years, OP?  Is that considered "daddy" issues or not?[/quote]

I prefer he’s a decade older. I just want someone to replace and give me that care that I never had whilst growing up. I view older men as emotionally stable.[/quote]
How old are you OP?    Do you want children?[/quote]

I’m in my 20s. Yes I want kids and don’t mind if he has kids.[/quote]
A 40 year old man might be ok with having a newborn, but I cannot imagine most 50+ yr old men will want a newborn.[/quote]

I'd enjoy having a baby in the house.  I'm 55.  [/quote]
You'd enjoy the fun part, but not the hard work, which you would leave up to your younger wife to do.  Trump also enjoys having children; he just doesn't enjoy taking care of them. [/quote]

I'm a man of 54. I have two boys under 10. I do more than my share of the hard work. I [i]like[/i] taking care of them. The boys have a constant need to be outside running around, and I am the one who does that with them. (Also: making their meals, making them bathe, ding their laundry, among other things.) I am not gasping and out of breath when I kick the soccer ball with them, either. Maybe you think that falls into the "fun part", but going to the playground every afternoon stops being fun for the parent after a while, as perhaps you know.

If we had another one, that would be tough psychologically, because we are past the "diapers and spoon-feeding" stage. Physically I could do it. Not saying it would be a good idea, though.[/quote]

Anecdotal... most men don't take on their fair share of the house chores or childcare, especially the older generation.

In any case, yes, my point was that a much older man wouldn't want a newborn and do the tough part of parenting like sleepless nights, etc.. Heck, I'm 48 and female and don't ever want to go through that again. [/quote]

Your generalizations about men are wrong, and irrelevant. The "older generation" you're talking about here is Generation X, not some dinosaur from the 1950s. Gen X guys don't expect to be waited on at home, not least because enough of them were raised by single moms who wouldn't do that. Older men are much more likely to have a mature attitude about sharing the work than younger men.
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