# Guys: how old a woman is too old ? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 11, 2011, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-how-old-a-woman-is-too-old/592385 "2011-08-11T22:31:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 14
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2019, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-how-old-a-woman-is-too-old/592385/264 "2019-01-07T03:48:18Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > **kaylasmom** is three years older than her husband. > What? Who’s her husband? ---
**Author:** ![justanothermike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@justanothermike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justanothermike)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2019, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-how-old-a-woman-is-too-old/592385/265 "2019-01-07T04:16:21Z")
I found this post far most interesting than the limited discussions we could ever have trying to not offend the easily offended. People are just speaking their real feelings about a matter that they are interested in. To pretend otherwise simply to avoid the shame and ire of people that are looking for people to shame and ire so that they can feel better than is really a sad thing. People have these questions, and these feelings, it’s a shame that others can’t deal with it but the bowing to the offended in this current climate is ridiculous. By the way, I’m not sure I have a specific age, we all age differently, and it seems that as I age I find women of a wider variety of ages attractive while cutting off some of the younger ones as what I find attractive changes. Cue the outrage. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![HoneyBadgerDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honeybadgerdc/32/1033_2.png) [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2019, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-how-old-a-woman-is-too-old/592385/266 "2019-01-07T04:26:57Z")
I think on the plus side for those of us that are getting older is that sex might not be the initial attraction but once we bond with someone they will become sexually attractive to us. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2019, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-how-old-a-woman-is-too-old/592385/267 "2019-01-07T18:38:04Z")
[French author, 50, says women over 50 are too old to love](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jan/07/french-author-yann-moix-sparks-row-with-comments-about-women-over-50) ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2019, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-how-old-a-woman-is-too-old/592385/268 "2019-01-08T20:11:00Z")
Some people seem to trawl the threads to find something to shit them off. I love my wife- she is over 50 and I am older- so I fail to see any significance in a persons age although I think it would be a little difficult with a partner several decades apart. Musical tastes and memories would be difficult to align. ---
**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2019, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-how-old-a-woman-is-too-old/592385/269 "2019-01-08T21:05:38Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > [French author, 50, says women over 50 are too old to love](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jan/07/french-author-yann-moix-sparks-row-with-comments-about-women-over-50) He appears to find _everyone_ too \ to love. That is, if he’s fifty and still treating his romantic life as choosing from the smorgasbord of available options, clearly he’s pretty crappy long-term-relationship material. ‘Love’ doesn’t come into it - he’s just deciding who’s too old for his next short-term fling. ---
**Author:** ![DorkVader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/73ab20/32.png) [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2019, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-how-old-a-woman-is-too-old/592385/270 "2019-01-09T00:36:14Z")
As a guy who is starting to stick his toe back into the dating pool, it’s been an interesting thread. Hey there Jophiel, how you doin?😉 ---
**Author:** ![DorkVader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/73ab20/32.png) [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2019, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-how-old-a-woman-is-too-old/592385/271 "2019-01-09T00:51:54Z")
Dammit missed the edit window. I’m not one of those fools who say age is just a number, but I don’t see it as a barrier either. My standards for physical attraction are pretty much the same for older women as they are for my age or younger women. In my area, the women in my age bracket seem to have interests and hobbies not compatible with me so I’m looking at older for potential dates. Older women have qualities that weigh in their favor. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-how-old-a-woman-is-too-old/592385.md?page=13)