I will be turning 46 this June, and (G-d willing) I will finally be in a place in my life where I feel comfortable about resuming dating, very likely on an intermittent “let’s make friends” basis at first. What age range do you think is appropriate for a male my age, and why?
–SSgtBaloo
(Although my personal preference is not age-dictated, I prefer women whose response to something I say about things I was actually present for not to be “Oh, yeah, I heard about that in history class/the Discovery Channel/Nick at Night/Cartoon Network”.)
It might help if you gave us more details about your interests and lifestyle. However, based on what you’ve said, I’d say 40-55 would be a reasonable age range to focus on.
The reason I skew the age range to favor older women is simply that you’ll tend to find that the older a woman is, the more in demand you are with her.
Men tend to die off at a faster pace than women, so by the 50s there simply aren’t enough men to go around. Secondly, men on the whole seem to tend to prefer to date younger women, so that also cuts down on the pool of eligible bachelors available for older women.
By focusing on women your age or older, you may find a lot of great women that you don’t have to compete as much for.
Good luck with all this.
I’m a 49-y-o heterosexual female, and I mostly look for guys within five years of my age, though I’ve done fine with men eight years older or eight years younger.
And, lavevenderviolet, believe it or not, lots of men my age (more or less) are looking for women my age (more or less).