| anyone here prefer dating people in their own age group
Posted: 8/16/2006 8:34:05 AM | | im 29 will be 30 in nov . and i dont want to date anyone younger than 27. anyone here have a preference for dating people within their age range(3 years or less). i just feel that i have much more in common with my own age group. older people think they are wiser. younger people are just too young or you just dont feel like dealing with them | |
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| anyone here prefer dating people in their own age group
Posted: 8/16/2006 8:45:30 AM | | You're at that transitional age where the younger partying, carefree crowd doesn't appeal to you and the older crowd seems too conservative and slow for your tastes. I remember those days. I stay within my own age bracket too as a rule +/- 5years. | |
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| anyone here prefer dating people in their own age group
Posted: 8/16/2006 9:36:13 AM | Theoretically i would prefer it also....but I think the 'availability' of women in my Demo has been done already. Something about the kids/career conundrum. Before I started dating a wonderful 'young' lady (32)...I was primarily contacted by women 50 & up. No worries there, but certainly belies the myth that only men in mid life crisis want to date people a decade or more their junior. What's the popular term, Panthers? Sounds so much classier than dirty old man!  | |
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| anyone here prefer dating people in their own age group
Posted: 8/16/2006 10:48:41 AM | Heck no! I'm in my forties. I really want a nubile young woman that has nothing in common with me, barely speaks the same language, wants to be out all night, drink me under the table, yada, yada, yada...
Seriously, you are at a point in your life where your mindset undergoes significant adjustment, and you want to date a similar mindset. The number isn't the problem, just makes it more likely you will come up with a compatible person. Don't worry. Just keep your standards where you like them and to heck with anything else. Otherwise you will eventually be unhappy, and who will that help? | |
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| anyone here prefer dating people in their own age group
Posted: 8/16/2006 6:50:40 PM | | I don't really care about age that much but I'd start getting hesitant at ten years +/-... just because each decade of life seems to have it's own issues and I think that it's best to be with a person who can understand where you're at... | |
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| anyone here prefer dating people in their own age group
Posted: 8/16/2006 9:19:01 PM | well let me see here... I have dated & was engaged to men in my age range or older & to be honest with u age is just a number its the maturity level of the person that matters most....its a matter of compromising & accomodating each other.....that is no problem for me at all.
Right now I am somewhat seeing this guy who i want to date.... who is younger than I am & his age doesnt bother me bec he is mature for his age & he knows what he wants & to me that is better than anything that is expected from someone in my age group....
Before i met him, I was somewhat seeing guys from age 36-38 & to be completely honest with u I was somewhat disappointed with the maturity level. They are pickle minded of what they want & what they need that they want someone younger so they can explore something more kinky... without thinking of their feelings.
But with this guy I wanting to date... he proven that age is something that doesnt make a person but its how they carry themselves around ppl.....that is one thing that I am impressed with him..... | |
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| anyone here prefer dating people in their own age group
Posted: 8/16/2006 10:38:55 PM | I'm 43...and i've always said 10 years +/-, but 5-7 would be better. I don't want to date someone who's old enough to be my daddy....plus, at my age, that'd be pretty old. But never say never, i just haven't dated anyone more than 5 years older.
I think the more similarities, the better. Younger men don't take a woman my age seriously, that's what i've learned. *I've dated a couple 10 years younger, and that's how it was. | |
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| anyone here prefer dating people in their own age group
Posted: 8/17/2006 5:31:48 AM | i may go a little younger than 3 years below me
but i am a little sceptical on to much younger
it is the have we got anythig in common question
and also what happens in the future when the age gap becomes more apparent
besides i love guys in their 30s and 40s
even though i have to say there are some very immature ones around even at that age
so it is a little bit of a tricky one this
but on the whole i prefer to stick to my own age group | |
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| anyone here prefer dating people in their own age group
Posted: 8/17/2006 6:47:12 AM | I know what u both mean but i have dated guys 8 years older, 10 year older the last fiancee was 22 years older but the Maturity is all but the same..... But with this guy who is younger than I am - I am impressed with the fact that he knows what he wants & his mature enough to say what he needs....to me that is a sign that he is ready for an Adult relationship....
Some men seem to think the opposite too....they have the attitude & mentally "the younger the better" then later on whines about how they end up babysitting them bec they would rather go SHOPPING than go out on a real date.....
With this guy that I want to date, despite our age gap... I am impressed with the way he thinks, the way he presents himself, the way basically he makes me feel about everything.
Recently he revealed that he likes me & I like him too & that he has thought of asking me out as his gf which to me is something that no man of my age would have the gutts to say..seeing i did go out with someone my age he blew me off bec he has commitment issues that women will change him if he is in a relationship with them without asking me if i was the type that would do that...they would go for the Wham Bam thank u Maam routine... but with this guy he is completely Genuine that he has feelings to date me & to me that is impressive......to say the least. | |
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| anyone here prefer dating people in their own age group
Posted: 8/17/2006 8:44:33 AM | Strange to say but I turned 34 this past June, and quite honestly...have dated men in a range from 22 - 40 in the past few years...I have to say that I really seem to prefer men who are younger than I am. I seem to have much more in common with them really. Guys my age or older seem to be too relaxed, seditary, set in their ways, etc..and to top it off..most are fixed now for some reason..hahahaha and I know I'd like to have another child still.. so thats hard.
But I find younger guys more likely to want to do the things I do..like biking, camping, hiking, taking the munchkin to a park and actually playing on the stuff myself....going swimming, and just simply playing and having fun, and enjoying my life. Most older guys seem to be more focused on watching tv or movies...and being a homebody...I'm stuck at home all day as a single mom and when I get to do something with a bf I wanna get out and stinking do something!
Plus older guys I've dated all pretty well had some wierd quirks or issues to go with them...one guy was very strange...he wouldn't ever eat at a restaurant..or let me cook anything for him..he said the only people he would let cook for him were his parents, himself and his x-wife....now cummon, I'm a trained assistant chef...with journeymans papers..and cooking/baking awards to prove I'm a good cook..lol but yet he was too anal about how his food get prepared. AND he told me at the end of a day he would rather sit on a couch and stare at a wall than go out biking or for a walk or something...NO THANK YOU.
Younger guys dont seem to come with so many of these problems..hahahaha
Now if i indeed could find someeone my age or a little older that was like me and looking for the same things..perhaps he'd get a chance...but not too much older cause my mom has to be old enough to be his parent..hahaha (she's only 16 yrs older than i am, and it gets a little freaky to have a guy too much older..lol)
But for now..I will stick with the younger ones! | |
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| anyone here prefer dating people in their own age group
Posted: 8/18/2006 3:37:56 AM | I prefer someone close to my own age. Maybe plus or minus five years. At some point I lost touch with "youth culture." I have very little in common with people more than a few years younger than myself. I don't get them, and they don't get me. I can identify better with people older than myself, but for dating purposes, I wouldn't be looking for more than a few years older. That said, I wouldn't automatically dismiss anyone who is outside my preferred age range, but I would tend to see them as more likely to fall in the "friend zone" than the "dating zone."
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| anyone here prefer dating people in their own age group
Posted: 8/18/2006 7:45:56 AM | LOL I used to joke that I cut them loose once they pass 23. :)
But in all seriousness I dont care about age. I care about maturity. More mature ladies tend to be in our own age group but sometimes a younger lady turns out to be more mature than somebody in my own age group so I tend to keep an open mind. The best girlfriend in my life was 11 years younger than me so I realize age is often just a number. I think it is best to judge people you meet as individuals not by age alone.
My best friend (40 years old) tells me that her husband Steve will trade her in for two 20 year olds. Then she says he couldnt handle two 20 year olds. So I volunteer to take one off his hands. I'm unselfish in that way, lol. :) | |
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| anyone here prefer dating people in their own age group
Posted: 8/18/2006 11:03:18 AM | | I agree, each individual holds different levels of maturity.. though there are exceptions, I try and stay within the 10 yr stage..I typically relate to the younger women but have enjoyed some great relationships with women older then myself.. | |
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| anyone here prefer dating people in their own age group
Posted: 8/18/2006 11:36:26 AM | | it's not a preference but usually the women that I'm interested in need to have simmered and boiled enough into life to be more in touch with reality and themselves and that's rare to find in the lower 30s, especially on this part of the globe...in Europe there is still hope... | |
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| anyone here prefer dating people in their own age group
Posted: 8/18/2006 1:26:55 PM | My own experience with a potential mate's maturity-level (and commonality) has been haphazard at best. 18 year olds acting like they were 40...35 year olds in early mid-life crisis...I've seen it all. I actually don't mind just talking with younger people, though I always worry about being misconstrued as "creepy old guy" when I'm just being kind.
My actual range is a rough "4 years younger, 4 years older"...but those rules get tossed when you "think" sparks are flying. --S | |
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| anyone here prefer dating people in their own age group
Posted: 8/18/2006 1:41:24 PM | Daboy wrote:
i just feel that i have much more in common with my own age group.
I find that I have so little in common with people as it is, that limiting my opportunities to meet people I do have something in common with to those born approximately the same year as I was would be like fly fishing in a plastic tea cup. | |
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| anyone here prefer dating people in their own age group
Posted: 8/18/2006 6:49:11 PM | I am pretty sure I answered this question before but I will answer again incase there is a poll. I prefer guys my own age because I don't want to babysit or teach someone things they should already know.
Rhonda | |
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