How do women 35 and older really feel about being sincerely approached by a man in his late 20s?
I will be 35 in less than a week. Currently, I am dating a man that is 22. He is the kindest, sweetest, most gentle MAN I have ever met. His heart is true. He isn’t with me just for sex, and he takes great pleasure in seeing me happy. If a younger man is genuinely interested in an older woman and she feels the same, I say at least give it a try. I’ve never dated anyone younger than me until now and I am extremely thankful that I did not close my eyes to the possibilities before us. I agree with anniek’s comment that younger men tend to be less jaded and hold more passion.
Men in their late 20’s presumably have a career started and are getting settled in life. I think that’s absolutely fine. I’m a 36 year old woman engaged to much younger, 21 year old man. It works basically well now except for the fact that he is not yet settled in his career. He’s still a student. We had lived together for 6 months after we got engaged but during that time he became over-dependent on me. I didn’t like that so I broke up with him. He then made radical changes to improve himself and so we reinstated our engagement. We are now living separately and will continue to do so until he is out of school and can support himself completely. I want to be a wife, not a mother to my husband. I just have to wait for him to become financially stable which is the only bad part, but he is really trying very hard to get top grades for a better career, which I admire.
