I’m 50, so 52 isn’t old obviously. In 16 years you’ll be 68 and he’ll be 50.
At 34 I could maybe have hit on a young 52 year old. At 50 though, there’s no goddamned way I’m boinking a 68 year old. I just cannot ever imagine that happening. And then at 60, I’m with a 76 year old? My mum’s 76 right now: no way.
So, although I’m glad for you two now, I really can’t see the appeal in the future.
I’ve been reading this thread all day in between work activities only to discover (due only to my own inability to pay attention) that it’s a zombie?
I’m 51, and Imma go shave my head. Maybe get a couple of tats. And a nose ring.
You forgot that they don’t swell.
The older the berry, the sweeter the juice.
With that said, 43.
46 year old man new to the singles scene, for me it’s 5 years up and 10 down. All of my major relationships have been 4 years down from me.
The real main thing for me is how old are the kids, I don’t want to date a 45 yo with 8 yo kid etc. My kids are from teens to early 20’s and really don’t want to be a step dad to young kids, done it once.
Not all grey hair is created equal; if this is your grey hair, I think you’d be better off with a short cut than that rat’s nest. If this is your grey hair,keep it as long as you like - that’s just lovely.
I’ve grown my grey hair out and I’m not sure about it; I like the streaks in front, but I don’t like the rest of the mixed dark brown and grey salt-and-pepper as much. I’ve been thinking maybe to dye the back and leave the streaks in front - I might have to talk to a hair dresser.
Whoah, even if you’re both correct, and note that I’m not saying that either of you are incorrect, was this necessary?
Oh my gosh, if I had hair A it would definitely be short. My hair’s a lot like B except it’s one length with no bangs and a little thicker, and is blonde except for around the front (which I color).
The best line I ever heard about this came from a film reviewer.
He was reviewing a movie that clearly put a lot of effort into the appearance of each scene.
“It’s like dating a high school girl. Sure, it looks pretty. But you don’t want to spend any time with it.”
I’m 52 myself and I can find beauty in young and “old” alike.
Age doesn’t mean as much as frame-of-mind to me, if an older woman looks happy and looks after herself that’s great and if she smiles lots that’s even better.
Women are awesome and meant to be worshipped 
That was a strange movie … but then again I was only 11 or so when I saw it
[wouldn’t most men over, say, 40, prefer dating women who are substantially younger?
Not necessarily, especially if they’re looking for more than a one-night stand.
Think about going to the local pool, you’ll most likely find fit happy people there of all ages
To me a big part of it is the hair. I’m close to 40 and many women my age do not have long hair. One of my exes got her hair cut - and I was amazed by the number of women who claimed this looked good. It doesn’t - sorry. People can believe that all you want, and sure there are some guys who are ok with it - I’m not one of them.
Look at the OKCupid article - that is telling the truth. I hear this age is just a number stuff, but yeah - so is your income and your pulse rate - too high or too low and women are going to have issues as well.
In the last couple of years I’ve dated women from 24 to 45. Yes - I had to explain to the 24 year old who Timothy McVeigh was, but she was still fun to be around. As I get older - I find older women (or I should say women close to my age) just as attractive. Right now I think 50 would be pushing it, but I probably thought the same about 40 when I was 30. I hardly know any 50 year olds with long hair.
My current girlfriend is a couple years younger than me - and I am more attracted to her than I was the 24 year old.
I, of course, hope when (if I make it) I am 50 I will still be attracted to 50 year olds. My current (and hopefully last girlfriend) knows my thought on hair and she feels the same way.
IMHO - it’s totally possible to still be an attractive woman at 50, but you greatly help your odds if you don’t have short hair. Most guys that tell you differently are just trying to sleep with you - and even then - they’d rather sleep with you with longer hair, but can’t afford to wait that long
Well, this thread is encouraging. As a single 49-year-old, I figured I was out of luck.
Granted, my experience is skewed right now by my being back at college, where there is just one woman in my class I am interested in. She is within ten years of my age, but sadly, she is not interested in me. There is not a large pool of potentially dateable women near my age at the college. Now, I also work on campus, and a lot of the women there are interesting. But they are married.
I don’t know about that. When I was 30, I was involved with a 42 year old woman and she taught me a helluva lot about what the ladies like in the sack. After she and I went our separate ways, I dated a 19 year old for a while and practiced what I had been taught. She was right.
Looks are nice, but intelligence, humor, charm and self-confidence are the big winners. She had them all.
It’s funny, as I’ve gotten older so has my taste in women. I’m in my early 40’s and I might lust after a 20 year old I really have no interest in flirting with her let alone dating her.
Being well put together is way more important than strictly looks. Do the best with what you got, just don’t look like you’ve given up and chances are I’ll think you are hot. Intelligence and confidence are super hot too.
In my case, it’s men. No such thing as too old.
I couldn’t agree more. I think it’s a myth that guys in their 50s secretly lust after 20-somethings. Now, of course you find an attractive 20 year old, well, attractive. But when you have about 3 minutes of conversation with her it’s clear that the age gap affects how you look at life.
She may be interested in starting a family, for example, while you last kid just moved out of the house. I’m in my mid 30s, and my classmates are in their mid 20s. Their is a chasm between us in different outlooks on life. I’m not saying that I’m better and more mature (although naturally I am 10 years more mature) but we are just at completely different areas in our lives.
Even if I was single and available, I can’t imagine being in a relationship with someone 10 years younger (or 10 years older for that matter). I supposed that it can happen in rare circumstances, but people generally want someone near their own age so they can actually discuss the same things.
For example, when a discussion about the OJ Simpson case comes up in class, I was an adult when it happened and remember watching it and the verdict live. My classmates were in elementary school and most of their parents didn’t allow them to watch because of the adult themes and/or they didn’t really care at that age anyways.
Now, would I like to have a one-night fling with one of them? Meh, I’m getting to the point where that wouldn’t give me the thrill like it used to.
♫Hey Nineteen
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I am a 35 yr old women dating a 21 yr old and we been together for a yr and he just asked me to marry him i said yes. He also know I can’t have anymore children and he is fine with this my question is why is age such an issue if you in love and happy why should it matter. I do on the other hand disagree with underage relationships what I mean in under the age of 18 being with older men or women.
