LillyBoPeep
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You've made some great points, ThundersCry. I"m 28 years old, and I like older men. Upwards of 40 is a-okay with me. For whatever reason, I've just always felt most comfortable with older men. For practical reasons, though, I put a limit on myself. I want to start a family and not have to worry that my partner is going to die in a few years, you know? =p I get messages from men in their 60s who say "well, people say I look 40, and people in my family live well into their 90s." Um... okay... When you're 90 and near death, I'll be 60 and left alone. Granted, people are always going to die - my former died at the age of 31 in a drowning accident. So there's no guarantee that a younger partner is going to live longer. But I'm capping things at late-30s, maybe up to 40, just because that seems like the most responsible decision to me. And as far as looking young goes... it has its drawbacks. I wonder at times if that's part of my difficulty with meeting people. I was helping with a friend's kid's birthday once, and some of the other kids who were invited thought I was only a little older than they were. Personally, I don't see it, but a lot of people assume I'm a kid when they meet me, and there's nothing lamer than being the only girl in a group of girls who gets carded at a club. Ai yaa... Plus, I think sometimes the sorts of men I'm attracted to figure that I'm WAY too young, when I'm really not. It's hard to explain, and I wonder if it makes people uncomfortable. Ugh...
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