The Age Differences

I suppose women still go for a man who is older and more established in his career. I was just talking about this to my sister the other day and she said, “ Young men are dumb!” She meant that men usually mature later than women.

Quite true. Of course that difference tends to diminish with age, which may explain why (for about 25 years, from college till I got married) I nearly always dated men who were about 30 -- old enough to relate to, but still physically young.

Hollywood has often paired up actors with younger women.

I think the main reason is that the men are seen as the actual "stars," whereas the women, even the big-name ones, are often seen as mostly decorative. Mercifully, I think that's starting to change (though, as with a lot of other things, I'd rather see the change being made because the respective stars work well together, rather than merely because "it's the right thing to do").

No one ever said to Ted that Georgette was young enough to be his daughter.

That was certainly true of the actors (with a nearly 25-year age difference). But of course most of the people we saw having personal conversations with Ted were men -- who were presumably thinking "Way to go!!!!"

Back some decades ago, a (female) friend of mine was acquainted with a well-known celebrity, who commented that his then-girlfriend probably had "a few good years left in her." My friend, shocked, pointed out that he was no spring chicken himself, to which he replied that with men, age doesn't matter. That actually does (still) seem to be true in some cases, at least when (as in that case) the man has status and/or money.

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