Dating older women is a very common fantasy for young men. A study by AARP discovered that 34 percent of all women over 40 in the survey were dating and married to younger men, and 35 percent of them preferred it to dating older men. So, statically speaking, if there are 100 women, 34 of them wants to date with younger men and only 35 percent of them are opposite of that. There is also a term for this relationship–cougar (slang for an older woman looking for a younger man)
Older women dating younger men relationships are not always represented in a positive light. Most of time, great social pressure on the couples, especially on women, from friends, relative and family members, who will find the relationship difficult to understand or accept. This often forces couples to discreet for some time, which can also put damage on the relationship.
In the Journal of Couple and Relationship Therapy, Caron says that even though the number of older woman-younger man dating appears to be increasing, society has far from embraced the idea. Furthermore, the volume of disrespect still seems directed unfairly at the reputation of the older women. If he or she permits the outside factors to distress their relationship, it is not likely to survive.
Although there are some difficulties and social pressure, these older women pairing with younger men relationships can work as long as the couple is happy with each other. Like all the other relationship, if they can find common ground to keep each other’s interests, then nothing else really matters.
I prefer dating older women. There’s just so more to them sometimes it seems. Fewer games, more comfortable with themselves, they know what they want. I wrote a post about this myself.
And I don’t consider all older women who date younger men as cougars, just the ones that are on the hunt for nothing more than the kill; they’re the cougars.
I wonder why people don’t like the idea of older women and younger men. Seems like if anything, people would be more concerened about older men dating young women. Do you think celebrities who are on the going-out are dating younger men for the spotlight?
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Thanks for your comments. I need to mention in my article that the financial situations of couples have a huge impact on how people look at them and approval or disapproval of the relationship. Traditionally, men are the head of the households and they have ability to lead their family to right direction. However, this will be a big question and big challenge if the men are younger and financially unstable in the relationships.
For the celebrities who are dating younger men/older women, I don’t think they do this for publicity stunt. Marriage is a big commitment and they have a lot of other crazy things to do if they only want spotlight or media attention. I think that this is just their fantasies in choosing love partners.
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