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Was chatting to a guy online who admitted he'd date younger women - feel sick

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Marchisaroundthecorner · 13/02/2026 11:26

Chatted to an online guy who seemed nice. 51 years old. Not a looker, but seemed ok.
I asked why his age range for women was 21 to 44 as I assumed he'd made a mistake. He said he wouldn't rule out any age if there was a connection. His daughter is 27 and I asked if he'd date a 28 year old (for instance). He said yes.

I accept that we were just chatting but this gave me the creeps. I also appreciate that some people do have big age gaps but does anyone else find this odd?

OP posts:
ArcticSkua · 16/02/2026 06:02

Yuck, I would find this very off putting.

Bluegreenbird · 16/02/2026 06:05

My husband’s uncle at 58 found himself a 26 year old on a Russian brides site. He was very defensive about their age gap telling everyone they just fell in love and had so much in common.
He had to choose who to start chatting to in the first place though and I’d be astonished if those sites had many almost pensioner babushkas trying their luck!
He did lose his adult children and did have another baby when he was 62 but he was honestly just proud and smug. They don’t care what we think.

Dollymylove · 16/02/2026 06:18

Bluegreenbird · 16/02/2026 06:05

My husband’s uncle at 58 found himself a 26 year old on a Russian brides site. He was very defensive about their age gap telling everyone they just fell in love and had so much in common.
He had to choose who to start chatting to in the first place though and I’d be astonished if those sites had many almost pensioner babushkas trying their luck!
He did lose his adult children and did have another baby when he was 62 but he was honestly just proud and smug. They don’t care what we think.

Why would they care? It's their life. Have you considered that they might actually be happy or are you too busy judging what other consenting adults do?

JMSA · 16/02/2026 06:25

Yuk. Stupid, deluded, pervy twat.

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