RE: Monica's Story: Worth Reading

Submitted by Straight_Talk_Luigi (United States), Mar 7, 2008 at 23:00

I'm sorry that had to happen to you. There are a couple of good things to remember about age:

1) If you are dating someone internationally who is YOUNGER than you and you are a WOMAN, chances are, it's not geninue Even the dating sites will concede this at their own expense. Speaking as a guy (and I know this will offend some of you), we generally don't see older woman as attractive material for a serious relationship. It just doesn't happen, and I know quite few of you on here are dating younger men.

There is a growing trend here in America of young guys in thier 20's who meet with women who are twice their age for flings. Some of the women intentionally do this as well because they think that men their age don't have what it takes anymore. These usually happen at selected bars, and I wouldn't be surprised if in the near future certain bars cater to these pairings as they do with say gays and lesbians.

2) I remembering reading an article about a 16-year-old girl who was dating a man who is 34 and was trying to rationalize it by asking a dating columnist about it. One of things frequenlty pointed out was there are WOMEN in their thirties who marry men in their fifties, so what's the big deal? Well, the deal was someone who is say, 35, has lived half their life as a legal adult. Someone who is 18-24 has not. In fact, I know of many businesses who do not like working with people in their 20's because of the irresponsibility associated with the age.

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