samboct
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"I didn't say or indicate that I was "chasing after younger men" in my OP. My god, the situation of being pursued by younger men is why I wrote my question It always seems that the older woman is always that warm, sweet, wistful smile of memory on the face of the younger man. I just wonder why I never hear "man,she was a wild woman! I snatched her up in a heartbeat and made her mine". The answwer to your question- the woman who wanted to be with two guys- the reason is there. Yes, she was wild in bed- and that maybe that's the "warm, sweet, wistful smile of a memory" that you're referring to. I think the responses you're getting from the men here is that the wistful response is from someone who's good in bed, not the sweet little 18 year old who was far better in fantasy than reality. Why aren't older women snatched up (seems to me in your case, they are- with two guys collared- OK, sorry, it's a lewd response, but it is that kind of a board. And it's the kind of thing Shakespeare would have snuck in anyway.)? Because as we get older, we all carry more "baggage" unless you can figure out how to get rid of it. I suspect that the reason you don't see that many older woman/younger man relationships (but you see a lot more of the converse, especially in Europe) is that women (Oh god, I'm about to make a terrible broad sweeping generalization here) don't jettison their baggage as readily as most men, or men just accumulate less baggage along the way. Look, human females, like females of most species, get to pick their mates. (The Brad Pitt hearththrobs are a very, very small minority.) If younger guys are ditching older women in favor of women their own age or younger, I think the reason is that the women have a fixed idea in their mind of what they want in a guy, and when they try to squeeze the younger guy into that mold- he decides that this is not the life that he wants. Of course, this works for all relationships- but maybe it's a bit more obvious with the older woman/younger man scenario. Sam
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