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Dad or Shag: The Scientific Reason You’re Attracted To Older Men

It's sad to realize my self-worth was connected to male approval. Warning: This post contains mentions of sexual assault, rape, drug use, abuse, and domestic violence. The scariest part was the second time I blocked him. He had three different numbers for who knows what, and I blocked all of them. He was manipulative and creepy. I ignored how he scammed his customers and took shortcuts on their projects. The first time he yelled at me was at a restaurant because I wanted to order spaghetti instead of what he wanted me to order. The first time he hit me was at a red light with our newborn and his seven-year-old daughter in the car. Last I heard, my ex was with someone who was 20 years his junior.

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An age gap can be good, it can be bad and it can be downright creepy. It seems to be rather popular. We tend to portray older men as more romantic, wiser and kinder. Professor Fugere points out that this phenomenon persists throughout our lives, as men age they prefer even younger partners while as women age they continue to prefer older partners until around the age of

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Older men may fall for younger women and younger women may sometimes prefer to date older men. While some people may believe the motives behind big age gaps in relationships are always sinister, older men may gravitate toward younger women for many valid reasons, and that may be the case for younger women dating older men, too.

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Older Men Dating Younger Women: What Does It Mean?

Join the discussion and meet other Mumsnetters on our free online chat forum. When I was a teenager in the s I started dating at 14 and while I mostly dated boys who were 2 -3 years older than me I did also have male friends in their 20's and even once went on a couple of dates with a man who was 20 years older than me in his mid 30's nothing happened! It wasn't that unusual for girls I knew at high school to be dating guys in their 20's and it was a bit of kudos to have an older guy pick you up from school in their car or works van. I come from a good home with involved parents but I also did get a good bit of freedom to do my own thing and it didn't do any damage so I still did well in my exams, went to university, got a first and got a career, marriage and family. I have daughters myself now coming up to that age and I really don't like the idea of them dating boys much older than them or having to fend off the advances of adult males.

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