Australia/New Zealand Forums 100% Free Online Dating

Hi, it really does not matter about age - if you love someone, this is a minor issue. When we really get to know one another, we are all basically innocent and playful children deep down inside . It is the accumulated, and all to often; falsified layers of Ego one must break through to get to this truth, that often illustrate the benefit of not needing to unfold the more stratified and complex personality of the rigid and fixed matured person.

but why do ppl prefer young ppl than their own age.. so someone 35 will put age preference 18 to 37 for eg... if society doesnt have an issue with age gap why has it got to be younger why not just an age gap.

i think ego's are over rated and the basically we need to be honest about our quality of person and be honest about. its like having someone getting insulted because someone calls them messy (and they are) but getting their knickers in a knot over it anyway.... why not= yeh so what its not my thing. i dont know what makes us all tick but i do know i dont hang around ppl who make me horrible or useless because i like a quality of life and having and excepting faults in myself and others is part of that quality...

Thats a question i recently asked a friend of mine who happends to be dating an older man....she's 21 and he's like 43ish, she basically jsut said to me that she just likes him for him, ive met her other half and he seems rather nice to her and if he wasn't id kick his backside to Timbucktoo and back again because she's the closest thing i got to a second sister,lol.

Me personally, im 24, i wouldn't be with someone who is 17 or what not because i find them immature and also i find it rather....wrong. If anything i would rather meet someone who is a couple of years younger,same age or older, as for the other person iewhen it comes to age my profile says to 31 i think but really im not to worried so long as they can accept me for who i am and just care,when it comes down to it i think thats the thing that really matters.

I just think many men prefer attrative looking women, even if that means theyre younger, and they like to keep their options open.

In my last relationship the guy was 10 years older than myself, and to be honest I never cared and nor did he. Ironically enough what ended the relationship was the fact that one of us wasn't mature enough (and it wasn't me).

Having said that I realise many people see age as a huge barrier, but perhaps we should be looking at maturity rather than age as a qualifying factor?

Very True.

As stated many men will look for a younger woman. But most of the time they won't find a lasting relationship there because they won't be able to connect mentally / emotionally.
So they return to their own age brackett give or take five years either side of their own age.

So any Male hunting in that real Age difference pond hasn't had a chance yet to swim there. Or they are real player. Which one is it. You have to fish to find out.

Some people look more attractive as they get older, whereas others do not age so graciously. In general, people who are looking for a sexual relationship will want the best looking person possible. This all means that the younger you are, the more desirable you are to the opposite sex. We all want to be loved for who we are, but having a really good relationship with a very physically sexy person, who also loves you, is what we all must want deep down inside - why lie to ourselves about this - we are only human. I know I would give it all up, if I could find my Goddess.

So true.

But will quantify that with this little extra.

"No matter what age she is".

Thanks dragondog4

Some people look more attractive as they get older, whereas others do not age so graciously. In general, people who are looking for a sexual relationship will want the best looking person possible. This all means that the younger you are, the more desirable you are to the opposite sex. Deep down inside, we all want to be loved for who we are, but having a really good relationship with a physically sexy person, who also loves you, is what we all really want - why lie to ourselves about this - we are only human. I know I would give it all up if I could find my Goddess - no matter what age she is...

fair call, but seems find for older woman to date younger men.I personally know 3 women in there 40s are dating 20 year olds and its mainly for sex!

well i am definately locking up my kids and throwing away the key until they in the their 30 seems safer haha

I think i would still prefer to be with someone who is mature to someone who is more good looking/younger..i've lost count of how many people younger then myself cannot even hold a decent conversation and it really dose get boring when your talking to someone when all you get as a responce like "ok or yea/no etc". I have a few people i've met on many different dating sites on my conntact lists and it dosnt take long for them to get deleted of my contasct list for being unable to hold a decent conversation. At the same time i have people who are around the same age and older then myself for whom i can have a decent conversation with which is cool but thats just my oppinion.

I can gaurantee you that when im 55 i certaintly woun't be with someone who is 18yrs old, id like to be able to be with someone who can hold a decent conversation all the time and not just answer with one word phraises.

a good old chat is hard to beat. its a bit hard to raise children to talk about things as i was raise to. as everything we say, seems to be able to come back and slap us in the face. lots of younger ppl i have gotten to know (because of my children) dont have opinions and we need to able to have 1 of those otherwise we are just going thru the motions of chatting.

its a bit sad really

who knows maybe he wants a younger wife???i dont know ask someone else

Explaination - I have always dated women near my age. But quite frankly now that I am in my 50s (and I am willing to accept that I may have been unlucky) they don't behave any better than the 18 year olds I dated when I was 20.

oh really! I am thinking that you may have been unlucky. In what way didnt they behave any different?

I myself wouldn't go any younger then 21 although i have 25 to 40 on my profile but you must amit it aint just men that do it there are a lot of ladies that don't mind young men..
We are in the year 2000 anything goes now...Love aint an age love is companionship....

very very true........... got hit on by an 18yr and i think thats criminal behaviour

The age limit should be raised though from the recent limit it is to atleast 21 I think some woman are very mature by that age wish i could say that for guys i think we all wish we were still 18....

They dont mind young men,but some young men think its disgusting to plug an old boot.

not an old boot yet..... Still soft in places