Last week I went on a date with a woman young enough to be my daughter. She was 18 years younger than me.
First, the date didn't work out. Maybe the gap was too large. Maybe the age was fine, and it was our personalities. But that's not really relevant. The real question is why I went on the date in the first pretty.
Was because she was pretty? No (but she was).
Was it because she was innocent/easy to manipulate? No. (she was intelligent and insightful, not easily manipulated).
I went out with her because she said YES.
In that same week I had sent out over 30 emails, to women ranging from 53 to 29. Only the 29 year old said yes. I am 47, and hadn't been on a date in over a month. So I took her for brunch.
I'm not some douche-bag trying to get laid. I want marriage. Nor am I ugly, per se, but I am short enough that most women do not feel "chemistry". Maybe it's my fault I can't get a date with a woman my age. But I am not rude, trying to take advantage of anyone, or looking for just sex. It's not the first time I date someone that young, and it might not be the last.
But I don't go looking for women that young. Often I don't know their age when I ask them out.
Maybe the 29 year old was only looking for a free brunch (Gabriela's on the UWS has a great Mexican brunch, by the way.) But she was willing to date me, and none of the other women gave me the time of day. Frankly, I am too lonely to turn down an attractive woman that says yes. If I go months without a date, then some young lady agrees to have brunch with me, damn right I am going to say yes.
If I do end up dating a woman young enough to be my daughter, it won't be because I went looking for her. It will simply mean I got tired of being alone, rejected by women my own age.
So when you ask yourself why those men date younger women, part of the answer is almost always "because she said yes."
First, the date didn't work out. Maybe the gap was too large. Maybe the age was fine, and it was our personalities. But that's not really relevant. The real question is why I went on the date in the first pretty.
Was because she was pretty? No (but she was).
Was it because she was innocent/easy to manipulate? No. (she was intelligent and insightful, not easily manipulated).
I went out with her because she said YES.
In that same week I had sent out over 30 emails, to women ranging from 53 to 29. Only the 29 year old said yes. I am 47, and hadn't been on a date in over a month. So I took her for brunch.
I'm not some douche-bag trying to get laid. I want marriage. Nor am I ugly, per se, but I am short enough that most women do not feel "chemistry". Maybe it's my fault I can't get a date with a woman my age. But I am not rude, trying to take advantage of anyone, or looking for just sex. It's not the first time I date someone that young, and it might not be the last.
But I don't go looking for women that young. Often I don't know their age when I ask them out.
Maybe the 29 year old was only looking for a free brunch (Gabriela's on the UWS has a great Mexican brunch, by the way.) But she was willing to date me, and none of the other women gave me the time of day. Frankly, I am too lonely to turn down an attractive woman that says yes. If I go months without a date, then some young lady agrees to have brunch with me, damn right I am going to say yes.
If I do end up dating a woman young enough to be my daughter, it won't be because I went looking for her. It will simply mean I got tired of being alone, rejected by women my own age.
So when you ask yourself why those men date younger women, part of the answer is almost always "because she said yes."
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