Mrs. Robinson Syndrome? What's it all about?
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Jumping in because I've wondered this as well. I get slightly uncomfortable when someone younger approaches me (I'm 41) and always feel like I have to blurt out how old I am.:indifferent: Very smooth. :ohwell:
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Jumping in because I've wondered this as well. I get slightly uncomfortable when someone younger approaches me (I'm 41) and always feel like I have to blurt out how old I am.:indifferent: Very smooth. :ohwell:
I do that, too!
This is the usual conversation:
Him: Hi there.
Me: Hello.
Him: having a good night?
Me: Yes, I'm married.
Him: Mary?
Me: No, married.
Him: Maureen?
Me: No, I'M MARRIED!! (just as there is a lull in music and or conversation)---cue me looking like a weirdo.
Him: Oh, cool. That works for me. Even better.
Funny, lads never fail to amuse me on a night out.0 -
Jumping in because I've wondered this as well. I get slightly uncomfortable when someone younger approaches me (I'm 41) and always feel like I have to blurt out how old I am.:indifferent: Very smooth. :ohwell:
omg love your hair
Aw, thanks, sweetie!0 -
Jumping in because I've wondered this as well. I get slightly uncomfortable when someone younger approaches me (I'm 41) and always feel like I have to blurt out how old I am.:indifferent: Very smooth. :ohwell:
You look more like 21. I also love your hair.. Wanna trade?0 -
I don't really think of myself as a cougar, but I'm 32 and my husband is 27. It just works of us. I'm definitely more aware of our age difference than he is. But I can agree that he loves the fact that I'm educated, I don't play games and I know what I want.
similar age gap to me and my husband im 27 hes 22....i very much noticed the age difference as he tells me how close to 30 i am! xx
lol he lied about his age, although he denies it, when we met! the mutual friends we met through were early 20s at the time he said he was same age group, he looked it, acted it. Moved in.... one day he says 'hey its my 10th birthday soon' ..... down like a lead balloon! x
Love it! 22! and that's not a big age gap, really...my hub is 2.75yrs younger, for the few months I'm 3 yrs older I get some slagging. Though I look younger than he does (in my own head), he will always be my boytoy!
lol he lied about his age, although he denies it, when we met! the mutual friends we met through were early 20s at the time he said he was same age group, he looked it, acted it. Moved in.... one day he says 'hey its my 10th birthday soon' ..... down like a lead balloon! x0 -
Jumping in because I've wondered this as well. I get slightly uncomfortable when someone younger approaches me (I'm 41) and always feel like I have to blurt out how old I am.:indifferent: Very smooth. :ohwell:
You look more like 21. I also love your hair.. Wanna trade?
mine is long (behind shoulders on avatar pic) it goes REALLY big and naturally curly but it never looks nice like yours lol xx0 -
I don't really think of myself as a cougar, but I'm 32 and my husband is 27. It just works of us. I'm definitely more aware of our age difference than he is. But I can agree that he loves the fact that I'm educated, I don't play games and I know what I want.
similar age gap to me and my husband im 27 hes 22....i very much noticed the age difference as he tells me how close to 30 i am! xx
Love it! 22! and that's not a big age gap, really...my hub is 2.75yrs younger, for the few months I'm 3 yrs older I get some slagging. Though I look younger than he does (in my own head), he will always be my boytoy!
Exactly about the boytoy! We're Star Wars nerds so I always say that I'm Padme to his Anakin since their age difference was the same.0 -
Jumping in because I've wondered this as well. I get slightly uncomfortable when someone younger approaches me (I'm 41) and always feel like I have to blurt out how old I am.:indifferent: Very smooth. :ohwell:
I do that, too!
This is the usual conversation:
Him: Hi there.
Me: Hello.
Him: having a good night?
Me: Yes, I'm married.
Him: Mary?
Me: No, married.
Him: Maureen?
Me: No, I'M MARRIED!! (just as there is a lull in music and or conversation)---cue me looking like a weirdo.
Him: Oh, cool. That works for me. Even better.
Funny, lads never fail to amuse me on a night out.
omg that made me giggle. Big time. I've so been there.
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All women of all ages rule.... especially YOU if you can run... it's something I would love to be able to do. Seems as unattainable as me starting to fly spontaneously.
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Just start running! I'm not going to try to fly today, but it's on my MFP to-do list.
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This thread got me thinking of when I was divorced at 30 years old and started dating a 21 year old. Never knew his reason why he would date me, but for me, I didn't want someone (at that time) who was so serious and stuck in their ways. He hung with a fun crowd and it got me out having fun again. Ever try dating again after being married for awhile? I forgot how to do it. So I had the fun and all that, but after awhile the fact that he really had no goals in life at that point, made me know that it couldn't be anything serious.0
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Love it! 22! and that's not a big age gap, really...my hub is 2.75yrs younger, for the few months I'm 3 yrs older I get some slagging. Though I look younger than he does (in my own head), he will always be my boytoy!
OMG! My friends called the guy I dated briefly 'my boytoy'.0 -
All women of all ages rule.... especially YOU if you can run... it's something I would love to be able to do. Seems as unattainable as me starting to fly spontaneously.
Just start running! I'm not going to try to fly today, but it's on my MFP to-do list.
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I'm reading the book Run Fat *****, Run! again. It didn't sink in the first time.
It's definitely a mental block I must overcome. It's like me telling you that you have to learn Mandarin Chinese.0 -
These, even though possibly untrue are huge cues to the male subconscious, because it screams to what most of the male population seeks... unemotional, no obligation, no investment, no responsibility, no cost, no attachment...SEX
Not only men think this way, by the by, I have female friends my age who are in the same place. In fact, it's the younger lads who got clingy/stalkerish. Not the other way around. Horses for courses.0 -
Jumping in because I've wondered this as well. I get slightly uncomfortable when someone younger approaches me (I'm 41) and always feel like I have to blurt out how old I am.:indifferent: Very smooth. :ohwell:
WOW! you look no whee near 41 I was guessing 250 -
Thank you. That's lovely of you to say!Jumping in because I've wondered this as well. I get slightly uncomfortable when someone younger approaches me (I'm 41) and always feel like I have to blurt out how old I am.:indifferent: Very smooth. :ohwell:
WOW! you look no whee near 41 I was guessing 25
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You may not get your full answer because it lies in the subconscious. Whenever you ask somebody, you will receive the answers you have already. That doesn't make them untrue, like finding experience sexy, but it is not all that there is.
Whether the cues men receive from older women are true OF the woman in question, is case by case and often they are incorrect. But, these are the cues...
She will not want to get married.
She will not want kids.
She will not need money.
She will not want to move in.
She will understand when I dump her because she always knew with the "age thing" it couldn't go anywhere.
These, even though possibly untrue are huge cues to the male subconscious, because it screams to what most of the male population seeks... unemotional, no obligation, no investment, no responsibility, no cost, no attachment...SEX
Hmmm...
I do not need to get married.
I do not need kids.
I do not need money.
I do not want to move in.
He'll understand when I dump him because he always knew with the "age thing" it couldn't go anywhere.
You may be onto something there...:laugh:0 -
Seriously loving this thread...0
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Got hit on by a 22 year old. Told him I wasn't interested in being his Mrs. Robinson. Then had to explain who Mrs. Robinson is.
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Im happily married to a man 10 years older than me. Younger has never ever been a turn on to me.0
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Shouldnt generalize when it comes to people's motives. Some prefer this and some prefer that & all for different reasons; but there is one thing that can be accurately stated, and that is a young guy is like a frog, he will instinctively hop on anything he can.....and so will some older guys! Ribbit, ribbit!0
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Got hit on by a 22 year old. Told him I wasn't interested in being his Mrs. Robinson. Then had to explain who Mrs. Robinson is.
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HAHA really tickled me x
im laughing but my husband doesnt know what it means either....0 -
A recent encounter with a fairly muscly (and muscle-headed) guy, approximately 22 years of age in a local drinking establishment on a Saturday night:
Him: Can I buy you a drink? (In Ireland this is basically an intro in young people speak that says, "Can we shag later?"
Me: Well that would be lovely, but I'm married and you've no chance of getting anywhere so if you still want to fork out nearly €8.00 for a drink, work away (over $10)...
Him: Really? Well, ah, erm..ehhh... maybe not. Anyway, if you were single, would you?
Me: You certainly have a very nice torso. (He was wearing a tight tshirt with rippling abs and protruding biceps, sure I'm human---I notice these things).
Him: (puzzled look) What's a torso?
Me: I weep at the loss of a generation.0 -
Got hit on by a 22 year old. Told him I wasn't interested in being his Mrs. Robinson. Then had to explain who Mrs. Robinson is.
LOL
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Shouldnt generalize when it comes to people's motives. Some prefer this and some prefer that & all for different reasons; but there is one thing that can be accurately stated, and that is a young guy is like a frog, he will instinctively hop on anything he can.....and so will some older guys! Ribbit, ribbit!
"Shouldn't generalize" then proceed to generalize. Keeping it classy I see!0 -
Back to the question at hand:
People who like older people of opposite sex:
How old is too old?
How young is too young?
Well, as I said in the OP, I'm not on the market, but if I was...
The formula for age is YOUR AGED divided by 2 + 7....
My answer:
Youngest: So mine using the above formula is 28/29. That seems ok age to me...If I were single, I could see myself going down to 26, depending on the guy.
Oldest: 52 (I'm 43) though I've seen hot 60 year old men...
You?0 -
confidence.... women gain their confidence in their 30s to 40s! They don't care so much about public opinion.
ps I'm 42, but remember being 20s
This^^
I'm also 42 and when I was in my 20s had a brief fling with an older woman.
The confidence was the biggest thing, other things (which may have been a by product of confidence):
Less likely to play games
A lot more up front about their intention/degree of seriousness that the relationship was i.e. a fling was a fling not a pretense to get a boyfriend
They knew how to end things without the fireworks and drama
They had a lot better understanding of both the man and woman's sides of the equation0 -
I'm 38. The youngest I have gone out with was 22 (different 22 year old than above) and I think my oldest would date is 48. I generally perfer to stay within a couple of years either way of my age.0
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Shouldnt generalize when it comes to people's motives. Some prefer this and some prefer that & all for different reasons; but there is one thing that can be accurately stated, and that is a young guy is like a frog, he will instinctively hop on anything he can.....and so will some older guys! Ribbit, ribbit!
"Shouldn't generalize" then proceed to generalize. Keeping it classy I see!
Well hello there Spanky! Generally speaking, people such as you lack fiber in their diet. Im certain it could do wonders for your nasty disposition as well. Feel up to a 2X4 suppository?0 -
Shouldnt generalize when it comes to people's motives. Some prefer this and some prefer that & all for different reasons; but there is one thing that can be accurately stated, and that is a young guy is like a frog, he will instinctively hop on anything he can.....and so will some older guys! Ribbit, ribbit!
"Shouldn't generalize" then proceed to generalize. Keeping it classy I see!
Well hello there Spanky! Generally speaking, people such as you lack fiber in their diet. Im certain it could do wonders for your nasty disposition as well. Feel up to a 2X4 suppository?
A now, come 'ere, tone down the testosterone levels in my thread all about loved up oldies like me and hot hunky lads! 0
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