sillybillybee however many drinks, it does make sense!!
I'm 42 and when not feeling sorry for myself or under stress/attack from my ex, I feel like 20 too and I feel some women my age are, well like you, will make me feel old!! today I had a great fun time at a place called timbuktu, one of those places where you crawl around tubes, slide down slides, walk across rope bridges, swing on ropes, all indoors, I am sure you know what I mean? I think my 4 year old son had fun too but I certainly outlasted him climbing around and as one mother said, 'making a fool of myself' (not sure why but she probs cos she was an old hag!!).
it really does depend on the bloke, my mate is 10 months younger than me, but he was an old man several years ago, can't do this or that at our age you know!! WHY?????
at 26 nearly 27, you still are young, don't think of yourself as anything else, I feel old sometimes but I still think of myself as young. why act your age when you can act your shoe size ???
this is mostly a cultural thing though, in many cultures a woman never marries someone close to their age. MY g/f (if she comes back which I am not sure if she is) is from the ukraine. there and many east euro countries it is common for a woman to marry someone 10 or more years older, but then many ukrainian women think that if they are not married by 25 with kids, they are on the shelf and are an embarrassment to their family (so not all good) for a woman to marry and have kids by 25, most young men are not ready which is why an older man is more suitable.
sorry, pushing the older man is best here, vested interests you see