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Thursday, June 28, 2007
Better with age
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Apparently, I’m getting old.
Yes, my 26th birthday is coming up in less than a week. But more to the point, I’ve noticed lately that I am becoming attracted to considerably older men. We’re talking 10, 20 years older than me in some cases. Balding or gray hair or wrinkles no longer bother me in the least. In fact, I even commented yesterday that I like Brad Pitt best with the silver hair!
Part of this is probably due to my absolute aversion to dating younger men. I am sure there are some lovely, mature 24-year-old guys out there (in fact, one of my friends is dating one!) but to me, after a number of bad experiences, I’ve sworn that I won’t go younger again. Still, though, I wasn’t expecting to go so to the opposite extreme in my taste!
Is this something that tends to evolve with time? Have you ever had the moment of realization where you started to see older — like, gasp, middle aged! — men and women as very attractive for the first time?
Would you rather date older or younger, and why? Do you have a cutoff: ie, you won’t go more than 10 years older (or younger), or similar? If so, how did you develop those limits?
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