Why would a man be interested in a younger woman?

[muchtooshy]

I posted a thread about the man I am (I think) dating and one comment said that men often look for a younger partner when they have been divorced. Why would this be? It made me think about the age gap but I don't notice it in a bad way when we are together.

I hear about this phenomenon but it's not one that plays out in my real life. I know some men who actively prefer women who are older than them. Though that itself would make me as the same question, as to why they are choosing only within a certain age group.

I have a friend in her late 40's who's newly on the dating scene and she finds it very frustrating that men her age or 5 years older (her ideal range) are all putting 20-35 as a maximum on their dating profiles as the age they're looking for.

She doesn't want to date a pensioner but that's all that she's getting interest from as she's their idea of a 'younger woman'!

I think men do it because they can. It's socially acceptable.

Lovecat I agree. They do it because they can.

Because age is a commodity.

Because it makes them feel good about themselves- it raises their sense of self.

In addition, I do think there is something in the idea that for some of these men it is comforting to feel they are admired for their greater knowledge and experience- as Orm said, their ex wives don't see them like that, and helped to create that sense of self they can then go on and 'sell'.

It is shallow, though.

Maybe the men in their 40s want to have children? No point dating a woman the same age or older then.

Why would a woman be interested in an older man?

I wonder who the man was that came up with the half +7 rule?

Means (if i were single) i could date women as young as 34.

I think i should buy him a pint!

Dh is 12 years older than me. I was 24 when I met him and it didn't occur to me that the age was an issue. He looked the same age as me and is still very youthful looking 15 years later.
All I was aware of was that he didn't appear to display any of the twattish qualities of my previous dps and was very open about the way he felt/didn't play games. He was a bit of a degenerate at the time so it certainly wasn't that he looked like he wanted to settle down!
I think I have taught him more than he's taught me to be honest. He's the opposite of controlling.

Got curious and decided to ask him what he thought of the age gap. He said I was the youngest person he had dated and that it wasn't something that he was looking for but it wasn't an issue for him. He did say that he thinks I will get bored of him.