Found this very brief little debate, and was somewhat intrigued by where each person was coming from.
http://blog.zoosk.com/2010/12/09/poi...e-younger-men/
To begin with the debaters were a younger man and a....younger woman. It could be argued that both were debating from a point of self-interest. However, I was pleased to see the young woman did not advance any arguments on the basis of "Oooo, that's disgusting", or "she is making a fool of herself".
However, I was rather surprised by the list of reasons she advanced as why an older woman would not be truly interested in younger men. The younger woman stated that younger men were uneducated, ignorant, don't have as much money, don't like sushi (actually I don't like sushi, so no problem there!), and most surprisingly would be incapable of picking out handbags or shoes for you.
Now, for starters, I buy my own bags/purses and shoes....and am not a designer label victim either! Why would I expect or want a man of any age to buy them? I am at university with any number of young men (far younger than I would date for the most part) who are enthusiastically pursuing higher education. And since when is a university education a necessity to be considered intelligent or literate? I personally don't rate a man on whether he can order a meal for me in an a-la-carte restaurant or not (BTW quite capable of choosing my own meal and telling the wait-person) and frankly, would probably get more of a kick from a man who fed me fish and chips under the stars on the beach.
Frankly, given this young woman's opinions, and especially if she is typical of her age group, I am surprised that any young women want to date young men, if those attributes are what she/they believe make a good partner. For that matter I am not surprised now, as to why so many young men are saying they find older women easier to deal with then younger ones.
And incidentally, I did not miss this younger woman's constant eye-rolling and facial grimaces as the younger man was speaking. Obviously she rated his opinion as something not worth treading on in her Jimmy Choos. Here's a tip for you my dear...treat people as people, and not as a pre-conceived stereotype, and you will be surprised to find how worthy - and dateable - younger men can be.
07-21-2011, 10:38 AM
Should older women date younger men? 
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