TashaF left a comment in response to Why Men Date Younger Women in Their Own Words, “I’m 22 and my boyfriend is 34. He used to date older women until he met me. I make him feel alive again…I let him be a man instead of treating him as if he were my personal pet or child. Theres nothing wrong with a man that wants a change of pace, and a more dominant role in the relationship. I make him smile and worry less with my simpler view on life. Face it, the older the women is, the more baggage that she carries.” What do you think?
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i think the older one gets, the more baggage they have in general, male or female. tashaf is most likely being used by this older guy. i’ve been in almost the same situation myself.
it’s cool for her because he’s older…it’s cool for him because she’s young and naive.
the age difference at 22 and 34 is much greater than an older couple, say, 32 and 44. a 22 year old hasn’t really spent much social time with older people by that point in life to be able to communicate with them well.
i’ve lots to say on this issue – and will, when i’m not in an airport.
but shit, if a 34 year old needs a girl to make him feel “alive again,” that’s sad all by itself.
oh wait, i already did in the other thread. over and out!
I wish this were an issue I was more than merely obsessed with. I don’t think I have ever dated a woman who was any more than a couple years younger. Last year, I had a super nice out with all of these gorgeous coeds from University of Richmond. I did appreciate that they were so beautiful I could have wept; I also realized that I didn’t have a deep hunger for them. I couldn’t stop looking — for sure — but I wasn’t moved to touch or to pursue. Was it fear of rejection or was it just that I didn’t feel the connection. When I say dating, that doesn’t mean I haven’t gone on dates with women a lot younger, but the women I date tend to be contemporaries — even older.