Sunday, March 30, 2008

Coo coo ca-choo: In defense of dating the older hottie

1. "Hot" is not just a symptom of menopause! While being single is not without its stresses, older women without kids don't have the chance to grow all doughty and dumpy while shuttling pesky kids around, using their income for kids' clothes, activities, etc. Instead, they've spent that "kid-less dividend" on spas, retreats, wine tours, etc., where their wrinkles have been smoothed, if not removed.

2. It's more about stages than ages. Age is more about life cycles than years. In fact, some older kid-less women may act as young and immature as 20-somethings. Sure, there's a chicken-and-egg thing in there, but who cares.

3. More hip than hippy. While not being burdened with bearing and caring for the fruit of her womb, the childless hottie has often had the time and income to really develop interesting hobbies, friends, careers, etc. They've usually traveled extensively, often living in other countries for a time, and now are back to care for parents or see their nieces and nephews grow up.

4. "He's not dumb, just young." Older women may be more forgiving of a younger man's foibles. Stuff that would cause her to accuse a man her age or older as insensitive, stupid and rude, might be more easily excused as just ignorant, silly and cute coming from a younger dude.

5. "Want some candy, little boy?." A younger man may bring out the latent mother in an older woman. OK, maybe the GI Generation was pretty messed up with their "wife-as-mother" marriage model, but I for one think the world could use a little more of this old-fashioned goodness!

6. (Older) girls just wanna have fun! As women get older, maybe they just want the companionship of a good man. And if not that, maybe just a guy who can still get it up. Maybe they've fallen one too many times for the "success symbol", only to have him move on to younger fields, and now they're just OK with someone who can carry in bags of dog food!

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