Cartoon repeat. For me, the age doesn't matter(I'm 70), but it has to do with fitness. I am very fit and active, a lifetime athlete, Jack Lalanne clone and am looking for a companion. Very few women near my age even have a pulse and the younger ones think I'm too old even though I can run them into the ground, so I am left alone.

My dad was married to a much younger woman for a while. He said she made him forget he was aging, made him feel young again... until he found out she was cheating on him and was only with him for the security. It kinda hit the fan after that.

Personality never! Always preferred older Women.

I am finding it harder to keep up with younger lovers...they still have a lot of things they want to do and experience, and I just don't any more...best to be friends and occasional FWB...I am tired and I wanna go to bed...to sleep!

I'm reading Robert Wright's the moral animal and he reinforces much of our attraction is biological and we've evolved to be attracted to people based on fertility. Younger women tend to be more fertile.

Conversely men's sperm cab be viable well into our 90s , although it seems likely some developmental issues are tied to older sperm but I doubt evolution could figure that out and make 50 year old men less attractive based on a 5% increase in Down Syndrome babies. Societies have encouraged young women to look at older men as viable mates for eons bc older men are more stable. Young men have less security plus they're statistically a lot more likely to kill themselves stupidly.

I've dated a few younger women. All were within 10 years except one who was 17 years younger. I dismissed her until a mutual friend encouraged me. She was going into grad school so was a thoughtful 23. She'd never had an orgasm during sex either, so was insatiable which always makes a middle-aged dude feel good. Even though she was remarkable mature and thoughtful, my 80s and 90s references and jokes going over her head got old and so did her lack of subtlety. Pert boobies and a perfect stomach can only make up for so much in lack of conversational skills.

Sometimes, it's ego. It makes them feel young to have a younger woman dangling off their arm, and the woman usually wants diamonds hanging off hers. In the case of older women, younger men, sometimes, it's the sex. Let's face it, nobody wants to get old, so whatever makes one feel better, I'm all for it!

I don't know, but I'm glad they do. I adore much older men. But younger men have pursued me as well, and they tell me they prefer mature women. Now I've got one of each and that makes me a happy woman.

I think that in part it is instinctual, as a part of reproductive drive. If you put things in terms of hunter gatherer societies it makes sense to want younger women to bear children as they are most likely goign to be aroudn long enough until the kids are old enough to survive on their own.

Just because society and cultures have changed does not mean instinctual drive tht have got us to this point have also changed.

Then again, some men are just lecturous selfish assholes.

Well as an older man, i think i can offer some thoughts to this conversation, hopefully without offending any women. lol younger women aren't as uptight about sex. my generation of women just were raised different. now i know that there was sex going on, but it wasn't as open or talked about as much. the culture wanted guys to go for it, and for women not to be so available for it. save it for marriage was the process put forth by schools , church and moms.
the younger women are just more relaxed about sex. the stigma of being sexually active has been eroded away by the society we live in today. the kids call it hooking up where we called it one night stands. neither of which has happened to me. hahaha i think its more generational than any thing else.

not all men ive met lots and lots that like older women

Some think her youth will be passed to them by "osmosis"...eliminating the need for viagra..

I don't want a younger woman , I want someone my age that knows me and we are able to relate and share humor , knowledge and life experience ..

My first kiss was with someone 2 years older. Lost my virginity (had it for 19 years and never got any use out of it) with a lady 7 years older. In grad school, got engaged to someone 7 years younger. My ex is 3 1/2 years older. Now in my 50s and divorced, I've been out with ladies several years older and younger both, and exactly my age too. Maybe I defy the norm, maybe I just can't guess women's ages, maybe I'm just attracted no matter the age.

I'd like a woman closer to my age. Sure young ladies are nice to look at but that isn't enough for me.

I think that's integral to our animal natures, being attracted to young, physically attractive potential mating partners. I know several women who are openly honest about their preference for younger men as well. Certainly there's a raw appeal of sex with someone in their physical (if not necessarily sexual) prime. Specifically regarding men, there's also a kind of mid-life crisis dynamic in play: If we attract a younger woman, it reaffirms our virility & vitality. Years ago I read an article in which it was called "the Jennifer syndrome." Also, younger women may be less inclined to call men on their potential bullshit, only because they've had less life experience. What one can miss out on is the emotional maturity--not to mention sexual appeal & prowess--women can acquire from a live lived and lessons gleaned. Not to trivialize it, but it's kind of like a REALLY good Bonnie Raitt song. Because we are animals (admittedly complex but animals still), that long-term benefit is often overlooked in the pursuit, and unfortunately some guys never achieve that level of wisdom.

I tend to prefer women in their 30's. You have a pretty good idea of what you're getting yourself in to with a woman over 30. By then, they either have their head on straight or they likely never will.
They also still have enough youthful exhuberance left that they're fun to be around.

I answered this a while back and got in trouble. LOL

Nature has -wired men to find women who are the peak of their fertility the most attractive. We think we are turned on by their beauty, but at a deeper instinctive level we are seeking healthy women who are perfect for having our babies. Few women are truly pretty, but so long as a women is fit, not much overweight, and not past child-bearing years we will be attracted to them. I know few of us are actually thinking about having children when we are thinking about , but this is what our basic machine language is programmed for. Once you hit menopause, Nature has programmed men to ignore you. We have to learn otherwise. I have a girlfriend who is 62. We live several hours from each other, so we cannot see each other often. She is in great shape and with her is as good as it gets.

My range is 40 & older. I have a hard time finding one that can keep up with me that has not been damaged by past relationships & religion. Life is a journey & later this month I will start on a road trip for 4 months traveling S. US to LA & then up to Napa, CA. No agenda, just a road trip that will return me to S. FL in November. Sites to see & people to visit along the way & I will embrace each with no time line.

Because men instinctively know that being with a much younger woman will increase their lifespans, plus add more progeny to their DNA contribution.

Men live longer when they marry younger spouses. Why don't women? [theguardian.com]

Because we figure it will take them longer to find us out...!

Because they don't have saggy tits and wrinkly faces !