[AZLiberty]

Evolution might have something to say about it. Men who preferred older women were likely to have fewer offspring, because of lowered fertility and fewer years to make babies. Or, men who preferred younger women would have more descendants than the ones who preferred older women. After a few hundred generations of this, the pattern would be well-etched in DNA, and there would be darn few guys who prefer older women.

[pissant]

see the previous post about older gals

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1355849/posts

[PistolPaknMama]

Look at the polygamists. At age 50, they do not marry 48 year olds. They already have a brood of 30 - 50 year olds. They marry 15 year olds.

I don't know a thing about the psychology of polygamy and won't purport to, but from the outside it seems the first time they marry is for love and everything thereafter is just sex. I've seen several exposes on polygamy that support this where the 20 yr. long wife is jealous of the 15 yr. old new wife. Like, duh?

And to me that proves that 99% of the male species are just perverts. And the other 1% belong to Free Republic. (in hope of redeeming myself....lol)

[Nowhere Man]

Evolution might have something to say about it. Men who preferred older women were likely to have fewer offspring, because of lowered fertility and fewer years to make babies. Or, men who preferred younger women would have more descendants than the ones who preferred older women. After a few hundred generations of this, the pattern would be well-etched in DNA, and there would be darn few guys who prefer older women.

I think society has a factor too. In many ancient and not-so-ancient societies, men generally had to learn a trade or career, move on up a bit and acquire wealth and a position to be able to support a wife and family before jumping in the pool and getting married. Plus this give the male time to burn off the youthful energy and learn some good judgement. I've heard stories that in the Bible, many scholars do believe that Joseph was around 30, 35, or even 40 while Mary was around 15 or 16 perhaps. Ancient Greek and Roman society was similar in this practice as well.

Of course there are always exceptions to the rule and so on, plus character counts so to the woman who wrote the original article we are posting to, maybe it is because of her attitude and not her age that is hampering her. I mean if I wanted to hear constant whining, I would have kept my 1977 Pontiac with the whiny fanbelts, at least in the long run, it would have been cheaper even with gas, insurance and upkeep. B-)