Dating older women

For the guys who have dated older women what has your experience been.

Now by older I am not referring to one or two years older. I am talking about 5-10+ years older. Now it is true that the older you get age stops mattering nearly as much. But when you are still in your twenties and thirties 5-10 years is still a pretty big age gap.

From my experience when women date younger guys they tend to take on the characteristics that a lot of younger guys tend to take when dating women their own age. They often are not looking for anything real serious and sex often becomes a much higher priority for them than it is for women who are dating guys their own age or older.


I have also found that in my experience when I have gone out with older women they often tended to be just out of a relationship (often a serious relationship) but their honesty over the matter often differed.

Have you guys had the same experience when dating older women. That they tended to take a more casual approach to a relationship with you and they were more sexually forward.

The guy that I am currently dating is ten years younger than me. Personally I prefer younger men (usually it's a 4-5 year difference.) It has nothing to do with me being less serious in intent, and actually these men have sought me out, and not the other way around. I like that they're active, open minded and much more optimistic and engaged than men my age. Refreshing! I am sick to death of hearing from my contemporaries how some ex-wife (or a series of ex-wives have done them wrong.) I can't comment about sex being a priority except to say our libidos are usually on par. Now that's a good thing.

A couple of years ago I dated a woman five years older and I was ok with that, but there were factors that balanced that relationship for its duration.

I now date a woman fifteen years younger, and am more comfortable with this on many levels.

The guy that I am currently dating is ten years younger than me. Personally I prefer younger men (usually it's a 4-5 year difference.) It has nothing to do with me being less serious in intent, and actually these men have sought me out, and not the other way around. I like that they're active, open minded and much more optimistic and engaged than men my age. Refreshing! I am sick to death of hearing from my contemporaries how some ex-wife (or a series of ex-wives have done them wrong.) I can't comment about sex being a priority except to say our libidos are usually on par. Now that's a good thing.

A (female) friend of mine from here explained this phenomenon by saying that "men are like Roman candles but women are more like convection ovens"