An incredible 56% of women state they prefer to date a guy older than them – and 45% of those women want their man to be between 5 and 15 years older than they are! Those are some pretty good odds. But to make a safe bet, you need to learn a bit of female psychology.
While men seem to be genetically predisposed to be attracted to women in their mid-to-late-20s, women tend to be attracted to men around their ages, if not older; this means men in their 30s have the best of both worlds. Men in their 30s are attractive to a wide range of women, from 20-somethings to women in their 40s.
These days, it's not uncommon for young women to find themselves enamored with older men who have experience and an image of authority in their minds. In addition, the older man is often more likely to treat the younger woman in his life better. However, it's not always a sign of a healthy relationship.
Older men are often very well respected and more successful in their age group than younger men. Also, older men tend to be more mature and often see the good qualities in a woman that others fail to see, such as self-confidence and trustworthiness.
Emotional maturity is a trait that many people find attractive in others. People with this trait are more likely to be successful, and they know how to maintain healthy relationships. Many of them also have positive attitudes about themselves and the world around them.
Gerontophilia is the primary sexual attraction to the elderly. A person with such a sexual preference is a gerontophile or gerontosexual.
Analysing the results further, cross culturally, the average age females prefer to marry is 25.4 years old, and they prefer a mate 3.4 years older than themselves, therefore their preferred mate would be aged 28.8 years of age.
A relationship age gap bigger than 10 years often comes with its own set of issues. “While there are always exceptions to rules, a good rule to remember is that dating someone more than 10 years older will present challenges now or later that add to the preexisting challenges any relationship has,” he says.
Older men have a mentor-like feel about them, something that women fall for instantly. Freud says it comes out of the fact that subconsciously, they find them fatherly, and for a young woman, her father is the ultimate epitome of manlihood.
While some people may believe the motives behind big age gaps in relationships are always sinister, older men may gravitate toward younger women for many valid reasons, and that may be the case for younger women dating older men, too.
Informal research suggests men become mature around 43.
A recent study found that men and women alike believe a man is fully mature around 43. That's 11 years later than women, who participants stated are fully mature at 32.
The study commissioned by Nickelodeon UK found men don't reach maturity until 43, while women typically mature around age 32.
Muscularity is sexy.
In a separate study, women reported that their short-term sexual partners were more muscular than their other partners. The researchers suggest women have fewer requirements for muscular men.
However, it's not all about looks and wealth. Research shows that humor and kindness are also characteristics which women find attractive in a man. Clear skin and masculine features are often cited as two physical characteristics which women find desirable in men.
“A man with motivation, confidence, and a great sense of humor.” 6. “A man who feels honored to be able to love his lady in return and isn't afraid to show it in front of anyone. Too many people take love for granted and when a man knows what he has and appreciates it, I find that to be very attractive.”
As long as a man has that potential, he is a man in his prime. As for a man's mental prime, psychological studies have shown that he reaches his problem solving peak at around 19 years of age but his memory peaks at around 28 years of age, and then at around 45 years of age his brain cells begin to go into decline.
Many men actually fall in love pretty fast On average, it can take a man a few months (around 88 days,) before he's in love. Of course, it depends on the man. Often a younger man falls in love faster, while an older man may take a while.
No one is ever too old to fall in love. And more Americans are remarrying or living together later in life than ever before. This is due, in large part, to increasing life expectancy.
Gone are the days when a stereotyped linked to dating was that the man should be older than the woman. In today's day and age, it doesn't matter who is older and how much the age difference is as long as the love shared is pure and the connection is worthy.
Being attracted to older men is totally normal, and even though stigmas around age-gap relationships exist, you should follow your heart. Typically, young people like the experience and maturity of older men. After years of dating around, older guys tend to know what they want.
The “creepiness rule” states that the youngest you should date is “half your age plus seven.” The less commonly used corollary is that the oldest you should date is “subtract seven from your age and double it.” According to this rule, society should accept a 50 year old man dating a 32 year old woman.
In Australia, the average age gap between opposite-sex couples is 1.8 years. This statistic is a telling indication of the reality of age difference between couples in Australia.
The statistics speak for themselves. An incredible 56% of women state they prefer to date a guy older than them – and 45% of those women want their man to be between 5 and 15 years older than they are! Those are some pretty good odds. But to make a safe bet, you need to learn a bit of female psychology.
The onset of adolescence, generally between 12 and 14, is the hardest age for a teenage girl. The hormones of puberty cause her to feel her emotions more intensely but she has not yet developed the reasoning skills to know how to handle them.