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I feel like a school boy, but I'm nevertheless picking the brains of those of you with more experience than me. And here's me: I'm a 36 yo male who has, embarrassingly??, only dated girls from say 24 to 27. The reasons are bizarre and have to do more with proximity and some odd career choices/changes rather than preference, per se. Also, I spent most of my 30s not dating. Ok, and also, young girls look good, and I guess I like that I still have the "looks" to date a younger girl.
But here is the thing: even though the girls I date are really with it (seriously, they are academically brilliant and wise for their age, too), there appears to be a gulf in experience, for one thing. And who knows what else...
I'm asking,,,who knows what else? I've been a little leery of girls my age, assuming there are too many "leftovers" to take a chance with, but now I think I was being naive. And ungraceful. So I ask those women old enough to know yourself and those your age, and the men who have dated/married them, what can you say that will make me feel good (or continue to feel leery) about from now on sticking to girls my age?
...incidentally, I understand a guy who only dated younger girls is a bit of a red flag. I get it. What I'd like to hear is the experience of those who know what I don't.
maybe one way a woman responds to this thread is to say how SHE herself is different in her 30s vs her 20s. Her experiences, knowledge, confidence, what have you.
Yeah, I get that the "leftovers" thing goes two ways. And so, that being said--that I may also be a leftover--well, my question stands.
In fact, let's dispense with the issue since it's one of rhetoric. I'll say "sorry" for saying "leftovers" (which is kind of funny now, actually), if we can agree that a concern that someone is single past an age when most are not is not an illegitimate one at first glance. Especially from someone who is naive and graceless, which I already admitted that I was being. And so if we can feel some forgiveness for the leftover guy, maybe we can grace him with some input?....
Last edited by Smily Gladshanks; 05-04-2009 at 08:46 PM..
I heard this from a very attractive 31 year woman (a co-worker) with whom I had a two month fling: very good looking girls in their 20s admire themselves and think they are Little Miss Hotsh*t. Entering the 30s they become less vain and more realistic about themselves.
Hey....you know what? Many women look better in their 30's than they did in their 20's and a lot of women even look great well into their 40's and even early 50's (just look at Demi Moore, for instance).
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This pretty much sums it up. OP - how are you different from 10 years ago? Pretty much the same happens to a woman.
