Senior Women Who Date...Same Age, Younger Men or Older Fellows?

Hello,
Mostly I've dated people closer to my age. However, 10 years younger is my limit...and 10 years older. One thing for sure since I look younger I get men who are younger. As for being a wild woman anymore I've been tamed. Age does that to you. I would rather have a good companion who is pleasant to be with. They are a rare gift.
Best Wishes, By the Thames
 

Ozarkgal said:
If I were alone I would want a live in for heavy lifting ..Someone that knows his way around tools and could do things that living rurally requires. He would have to be younger, no smoking or nasty tobacco chewing, non-alcoholic, strong, clean about his hygiene and living habits, asexual so he wouldn't disappear days on end chasing women, love to work and be a good, relatively educated conversationalist. He must be okay with taking direction from a woman, my place, my way! He would also have to do dishes and windows. Oh yeah, must love horses and dogs.
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*Sigh* I guess if I were alone, I'd be alone a long time.:rolleyes:
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Yep, just like me, and for the same reason it seems.

We seem to be in competition for that useful eunuch OG

Age differences were always a problem for me. I only fancied older men, often much older, but I was also aware that their use-by dates come due earlier than women's usually. So tying up with an older man would equate to being his nurse and domestic slave in the later years of the marriage. I just opted right out of that game. It was hard enough nursing my mother, I've been often grateful I didn't have an ailing husband to cope with too.

By the time we're old enough to need their help around the house, they're past it!
Younger blokes are like puppies, fun to play with, but hard to live with. Harder to 'keep on the porch' too, ask Hilary.

Yeah, pragmatic view of life, but as I mentioned, romance doesn't trump common sense and self preservation around here.
 
I think if I were dating, I would want someone fairly close to my own age, but more important would be compatibility with each other.
Someone that you can enjoy morning conversations over coffee with, is as important to me as physical attraction, and with an open mind that enjoys a great variety in conversation, but doesn't have to always "be right".
I am a perennial romantic, so just having a "benefits" relationship is not for me at all, and Di, you can have the eunuch, as far as I am concerned, that doesn't work for me either.
I want what I want, and if I can't have that, I will do without.
 
You talk about things you both enjoy, about the news, sport and just about anything. I never thought it was possible, I was open to being with a man 5 years younger, but nothing more. But I was pursued by neighbor who is 38 years my junior (he is 32, I am 70). He was relentless and very much a gentleman, so I allowed a date and thought it would be over after that. Now we are married, life is actually so much better.
 
If I were to get in another relationship, (which I won't), it would have to be someone my own age or very close. I tried younger by about 10 or 12 yrs once. It was fun as hell ;) but wasn't meant to last.
 
MarciKS I think SifuPhil was referring to a thread back in 2014.

If I were single and looking I'd maybe date someone a year or two younger and I wouldn't care how much older he was than me. As long as he could afford to hire a nurse if he needed one.

I would not be interested in ever dating someone near my son's ages. That would seem weird to me. So that would knock out most men in their 50s.
 
Not on the online dating scene any more. Just deleted my dating site profile. So, if I should meet someone (somehow) they should be perhaps 5 years younger to 5 years older than me or even more older if they are nice enough!
 
Linda said:
MarciKS I think SifuPhil was referring to a thread back in 2014.

If I were single and looking I'd maybe date someone a year or two younger and I wouldn't care how much older he was than me. As long as he could afford to hire a nurse if he needed one.

I would not be interested in ever dating someone near my son's ages. That would seem weird to me. So that would knock out most men in their 50s.
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i hate that. i get here late on the scene and i'm not able to catch up.
 
The age difference in marriage #1 was 5 years older than me.......marriage #2was 7 years older than me. Anyone in the future would be maybe 2 or 3 years younger.....or.....up to 8 years older. As far as living together.....I would like a trial period first, may not like each other once living together, may be best having our own places if that's the case......My parents were 14 years difference.
 
I am a very classy woman who has been a corporate executive and was very picky on who I would go out with, which resulted in very few quality dates. I never adjusted my expectations and when I was 69, I got to know my 30 year old neighbor who was helping bring in my groceries and was truly a gentleman in everway. Well over 6 months, our friendship evolved to the point where I invited him to move in with me. Before this, my parameters were no younger than 5 years. If it wasn't for him and his interest in being with an older woman, i would still be single. We married a number of moths after that and it's been almost 2 years now. Yes I am in a married to a man almost 40 years younger, but my life is so much more fulfilling, I foolishly had too many barriers that would have kept me single and unhappy. Thank goodness for Jeremy, for not giving up, we are still very much in love, we are not afraid to hold hands and kiss in public, though many do look surprised, especially when we went on a cruise together before COVID hit. I know realize it was a huge mistake putting all these barriers and yes, my daughter and friends were shocked when first heard, but no more. I am very happy, much happier than my first marriage when I was much younger. Keeping your options open will bring you more happiness.
 
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