32 myself. I'd feel creepy if I dated someone in their early 20's. I think mid 20's is as young as I would want to go.

Half your age plus 7. That's your lower limit. :-)

Dang -- so my lower limit does include my 27 year old friend! LOL

I look at younger guys, but would only be interested in someone over 45 - I like my generation.

i look young for my age and routinely get mistook for as young as 25.

some guys fall off the face of of the earth once i tell them i'm 40 :laugh:

the funniest was a guy (who was early 40's but looked almost 50) who kept going and on about how creepy he felt flirting with such a young girl. i was like wait how old do you think i am? once he found out my age he never called back, so i guess maybe he did like feeling creepy

I'm going to be 26 in a week and a half and I get mistaken for as young as 16 (depends on what I'm wearing).
Most of the guys that actually approach me are older (35+). They are shocked when they hear I'm old as I am becuase I sound very mature (their words not mine). I'd rather date 25-32ish. I'd say this age range just because I'd assume we be at similar places in life (young professional, ready to settle down, and start having kids).

It completely depends on the girl for me. Most guys would by lying if they said they didn't find college age girls physically attractive. However, I don't really have a lot in common with a 19 year old and I can't imagine we'd have a whole lot to talk about. I'm sort of over funneling cheap beer and passing out in parking lots. There are some younger girls out there who grow up quickly, but not a lot of them.

A couple of weeks ago, I went on a 2nd date with a 23 year old who was extremely intelligent and interesting. Next week, I'm going out with a 33 year old who is funny and interesting as well. (we'll see...).

I've got range.

its an issue of maturity, ahem. women tend to date older men to find someone who doesn't want to sit around and play video games. i would tell a 20yo woman to find a man 5-7 years older just to get a closer match to their own maturity. not sure it applies at every age bracket but it might be a social norm in general.

i was dating women up to 10 yrs younger a year ago. got serious with one my own age for about 8 months. now i'm back to looking. recently i started looking at match.com profiles and if the women on there are really the age it says. i remove my age restrictions..the women my age look pretty fine! i go clubbing still, but don't approach a woman in her 20s, they think its just creepy if someone who could be their dad's age approaches them.

i think its really hard to be at the same place in life as someone half your age.

something else to consider is that, women in their 30s available to date often have children involved..so you either go back to the 20s to find one without children, or the 40s where the children are going to be more on their own if not an empty nest. this might help explain part of the drought for 30yos. if I wanted to start a family I'd prefer to start from scratch. Its hard to be #1 in a woman's life when she has children by another man especially if that man is still involved int he children's life..its like being an outsider to their life. just depends on the people involved.

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Its hard to be #1 in a woman's life when she has children by another man especially if that man is still involved int he children's life..its like being an outsider to their life. just depends on the people involved.

I don't think it's a fair assumption to think you'd be an outsider. But as you said, it does depend on those involved. I sure hope that if/when I remarry, the man is able and willing to welcome my kids into his heart just as if they are his own. My kids don't NEED a dad. They have one. The see him every other weekend. But they do need a strong male role model in their life and most importantly (from my view right now) the example of a healthy and loving relationship. If I were to marry a man with kids, I'd do whatever I needed to do to be close to his kids and treat them the same as my own kids. If I remarry - I want it to be for life. I don't plan to be a temporary fixture in someone else's life so therefore I'd try my darndest to build a loving relationship with his kids and hope he'd do the same with mine.

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Now I feel bad.. I'm only 25 and I prefer to date men who are 28-35.

I'm in your boat but slightly older. I'm 30 and I'm more attracted to guys that are 35-40. I've come to realize this these last couple of months when I was checking out guys around my age and wasn't even getting turned on for the most part.