Although a case can (and is) made that young women are attracted to older men based on other things than money, I've never, ever, witnessed a younger woman being attracted to an older man that didn't have money.
>>I’ve never, ever, witnessed a younger woman being attracted to an older man that didn’t have money.<<
When I was a senior in high school, my friends stepmom was 19. I thought she was pretty hot for an older woman. ;) They lived in a tiny, unkempt dump of a house.
An older man should never marry a woman that is as young as his children or younger. One reason is that it is a “father figure” sort of thing. And as her “father figure”, once you have sex with her, the relationship doesn’t work to her, on a psychological level.
When I was “cast out” myself at 43, a couple of “twenty somethings” stepped up to bat. But I just could not relate to them. No shared cultural experiences; they saw me as a sort of “wise sage” and there wasn’t the sort of “equality” that I would look for in such a relationship. They were older than my children, but not by much.
My wife now is six days younger than me (we’re both 54) and I am celebrating the beginning of the 11th year of our honeymoon. The last ten years have been the happiest of my life, even with the financial strains brought on by the costs associated with the dissolution of a previous life.
Young women are for young guys. They can have them.
Oh, a second reason a man should stay away from younger women is that, assuming a 20 year age difference, at 40 he can keep up with her physically. At 50 as well. At 60 he will definitely be slowing down, no matter how “fit” he is. And if he is fit, she probably is too, but she is only 40, which is almost 30, while 60 is almost 70.
And then he turns 70...