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You must have money because if you didn't, no younger woman would want you. Or it would be extremely exceptional or a foreigner who wants a green card.

I'll be honest...I don't respect men who go after much younger women. I don't respect them for several reasons.

And this comes from experience. I ended it with a bf who was 13 years older. He claimed to be so deep and counter cultural and looking beyond the outer...yet I could tell he was enamored with my youth (as compared to him). I felt that was the driving force for him to me but I didn't connect with him enough on an emotional/moral level to want to be with him further. I don't think he ever "got it".

Oh, onetime he said, "I guess I'll have to find an old hag for myself". That truly disgusted me. How dare he put down women his own age when he is aging himself AND when he CLAIMED to be so much deeper than most. BLECH!!!

Onetime I was at a green singles event. I was approached by a man who had to be in his 60's (I was 40?). He had a bloated belly, balding head, and wore polyester waist high pants. He looked like he could be on the cover of RV Living. I, however, was dressed in youthful/urban clothing and was very trim. He approached me and talked my ear off...and made such an assumption we are even close to a match! Do men even think? We do not look alike, and we are not even in the same era but this man felt ENTITLED and instead of feeling the waters with me, he just jumped right in ASSUMING I thought he was God's gift! Totally annoying and not something women do. Women do not prey on younger men and if they did like a younger man they would keep themselves in check first and see if he was interested before even seriously thinking about it.

So I guess what I am saying is the arrogance of men sometimes is astounding. It doesn't matter their age, their attractiveness, or not even their pocketbook...some feel entitled to have what they want instead of appreciating the great women in their age group who they would have more in common with.

I remember I had a male friend who was newly single. He was cute and trim but was on disability, had a low income and no career/no ambition. He actually told me he was excited about all the younger women! I was like "J, you do not have enough to offer for them" and I was right. He rightly found a woman his age or older, similar financial situation and it's working. But he felt entitled, didn't think twice about his desire and how appropriate it was.

I can't stand how they are older themselves but cannot accept older women of their own age. It displays a lack of acceptance for themselves and others. And there are so many great, FIT, older women who would make ideal companions that some men reject because they can't accept who they are and their own age.

By the way, there is nothing wrong with being bald, or older, or even pot bellied...but please don't assume you are a God because of it.

Your friends, particularily the women, are thinking "gosh darn! I've known him all these years and he never told me he was RICH!"

The deal is you like to toot your horn, here or at alumni events. The bit about the kids, etc is, poetic license, to entertain us all. Thanks..