Teleiophilia ... is it a disorder ?

[icarus]

Greetings friends all around the world,
Some of you might be surprised to read the title of this topic, but since it has been really on my mind for the past 5 years, i figured out that i can give it a shot and share my concerns with other people who might have the same (inclination)

Ever since i was 18 years old, i found myself to be attracted to older women (ages 30-50), having said that, my attraction to the opposite sex isnt only restricted to this slice, but my greatest satisfaction, or at least thats what's in my head since i've never been with an older woman, my greatest pleasure would be highly visualized with this category of females.

My question to you, and to everyone that might have knowledge about these tendencies, is that : am i suffering a psychological disorder ? Would this affect my life in the future ? and how do i cope with the social restrictions that views this sort of (fetish) to be improper ?

Thank you for your patience, and thank you for your replies.

[phanteon]

couldn't agree more with tarni
We all encounter something in our life that we might see as a "disorder"

Greetings

[misterfresh]

i didnt know it was a disorder, umm but i can tell u that everyone has encounter this in their life

[seansc]

misterfresh you are completely wrong.

[soooooo]

hey there is nothing wrong with you and its not a fetish to like older women , im 51 and i just think men my age are not for me jeez they have more aches and pains than me lol i prefer guys from 40 to about 46 lol ok maybe 35 lol and i know there is nothing wrong with me , hey go out and live your life the way you want to we are not conformists thats great in my eyes , good luck to you

[firefly3x]

There is nothing wrong with you, boy. I am attracted to younger men, does that mean that i am insane? No, isnt it?

Teleiophilia? Didn't even know that was a word until five seconds ago... "an erotic preference of an adolescent for the adult physique", according to Wikipedia.

Hmm...

[mitch]

Huzzah! i like older women. its not a disorder, in fact that kind of thinking is what keeps women from approaching younger guys. there is notihng wrong with it at all. (unless youre under legal age, in wich case its illegal) but lemme tell you man, i lost my virginity to a 25 yr old woman with kids when i was 16. to this day it was the best ive ever had, and i would never take it back.

but moving right along, this thread should probably be closed before the insults fly.

It's nothing wrong.u r not disorder. I do not agree with u.

Well, it's not a disorder, but, If Dr. Phil or somebody would put in his two cents, he would probably say something like, the subject may have not had his mother in his life or his mom died at an early age. So, to compensate for not having a mother in his life, he turns to older women to fill that void. Vice versa for women as well, where they didn't have their fathers in their lives. They too turn to younger men to fill that void. By the same token, women who had that ugly duckling syndrome when they were younger, couldn't get guys in high school. So, to compensate for that, they turn to younger men, because they couldn't get younger men when they were young themselves, or quite possibly, the parents were so controlling, they weren't allowed to date when they were younger or simply didn't have time to date when they were younger, because of career or education issues.
So, from a psychological perspective, there it is, in a nutshell. So, it's all about the compensation to fill the voids, but, hey what do I know. I never finished college and I'm not doctor Phil. So, just go for what you want.