Why are men generally attracted to women in their late-30s to mid-40s?

Is it the sexual experience? The age preference? I hear this a lot coming from guys who are 20-something who's mothers are in their early-late 40's and 50s. Its almost annoying to us younger women how we wish we were 15 years older and curvy. So what do you men find attractive about a 40-something year old woman over a 21-34 year old woman?
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  • It's a lot of stuff, some more important than others.

    1. It's exciting to play with fire. An older woman has more experience. She's heard the pick-up lines, she's chewed up players for breakfast, womanizers for lunch, and cheaters for dinner. You're just her snack in between meals. She's a master manipulator, and a desensitized lover. So the real question to every younger guy is: "why does she want me?" It's an ego-booster and curiosity trap the same way it is for younger woman and older men. K-fed & Britney situations aside, unlike women, men don't usually date women for their money. So, it's really a win-win for both. The woman feels hot and sexually powerful, and the guy is left confused and wondering why this woman wants him.

    2. The sex. Let's not beat around the bush. A guy can only take so much of hearing "I'm not ready yet; I think we should wait; I want our first time to be special; I'm not that kind of girl; etc." And, all of that waiting and effort only to go to bed with an inhibited prude that got her sexual playbook from Hollywood or Cosmo. When you're with an older woman, for the first time in your life YOU feel like the sexual novice, AND you start to realized that YOU are not quiet yet entirely sexually comfortable with things you thought you would be. It's a great feeling to have a woman be the one to PUSH YOU out of your own sexual comfort zone, rather than you being the one who has to feel like the sexually demanding boyfriend trying dragging an angry scared cat to the bathtub that is your bedroom.

    3. Insecurities? Okay, there are no absolutes in life. After watching "Real" Housewives of whatever, we can't safely say that older women have their emotional self together. However, we also can't say that about younger women either. Yet, by at least a certain age, SOME women DO eventually get over their irrational beliefs, let go of their firm convictions about men/women/love/sex/relationships/etc, and have cremated the last of their insecurities. They know they're not perfect, and are okay with it. They're done comparing themselves to other women, because they know they're hot and sexy. They're done demanding to look through your phone and personal stuff, because they respect you as a person. They're done creating arguments or melodrama just to get you to prove your love for them. They don't want Mr. Right anymore. They just want a man with energy, a functional penis, decent looks, a decent lifestyle, who genuinely likes being with her, and whom she genuinely enjoys spending time with. They look at men as people, not as idealized expectations of a childhood Disney fairy-tale trauma.

    So, if a guy is also as emotionally and sexually mature, and can look past the minor imperfections of aging, he can stop dreaming of Playboy bunnies & Victoria's Secret models and settling for emotionally and sexually immature girls, and he can start enjoying a relationship with a perfect and complete woman.

    • I agree. This one was good!

  • Most not all older women stop caring about the shallow superficial things young teen and 20 something girls seem obsessed with and that's attractive.

    The older women get the better her self esteem gets and that's attractive

    Older women tend to have careers and prospects for their future

    on the other side I know plenty of younger ladies with all these qualities.

    This is just a guess all people find things attractive or hit by their own eyes. Different strokes for different strokes

    When I was in my early 20's it seemed to me all the girls I liked were into older men

    • Good answer.

Most Helpful Girls

  • her experience and openness I guess. I haven't seen that so much, more like I have seen many older men lust after much younger women . I never heard a younger woman say she wishes she was middle aged and heavier. trust me, it will happen.

    there is that sexy mystique about someone older. I am a young woman and I am very attracted to much older men, like 20+ years sometimes, but I know that too much older (more than 10-12 years max) would probably not be a good life partner for me. But as a young woman in her early 20s they sound mighty appealing for a shortlived type of thing.

  • I would assume its the same reason that most women prefer older men. I certainly would rather have a limited dramatic relationship over a drama filled one.

    • Lets put aside relationship for a min. I mean attraction and sexual desire.

    • And I would have the same answer, flings are suppose to be even less drama than relationships. Plus when women get older their sex drives tend to go up.

    • ok

  • No wonder...i got it hahahaa, sorry didn't answer your question. But these young guys talking to me...

    • grrrr...lol

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  • Well, you know, women that age are nearling menopause, they know that their active sex life is probably coming to an end in a few years, so they aren't hesitatnt about sex, not like young women who use it to get what they want and generally, therefore, say no, thinking they have all the time in the world...

    • I think some older women use it to get what they want too...if they know what's good for them :-P

    • Ah well, sure, you're right, but they also are well aware..that this might be their last time! Totally a different situation from a young woman..

    • Yeah. That's the con in this situation.

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  • Not just sex experience.

    A woman that age got her emotional sh*t tied together. And excuse my expression, but a woman that age isn't afraid of d***s anymore. She starts to see how much time and pleasure she lost during her 20s.

    • Young women like myself are more stubborn. Gotcha...guys don't like a challenge aha.

    • Stubborn? Not at all. If anything, young girls are very sexual. It's just that they're being foolish about it.

    • I figured stubborn because they'd rather have a relationship, when older gals just wanna have fun. Get me? If I was 40-something married to one man for 15+ years, I'd get sick of the same old routine, I'd just wanna be a wild MILF while I still had my womanhood :-D I thought you guys knew that lol

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  • is this an odd troll question... like.. really?

    • why in the world would I .. want.. a .. 40 year old chick over an adorable hot young 20 year old.. pray do tell

    • nooo!

  • I've noticed that girls in their 30's are more open to trying new things in the bedroom than girls age 18-24 lets say. And they seem more mature about sex in general.

    • No kidding. I'm 20 and learning my alphabets when it comes to the bed...so I totally agree with you on that one. The more experienced the better. Everyone has to start somewhere.

  • Older women that are willing to talk to younger guys are usually not looking for any long term relationships, they just want to have fun and they know how to do it well. That is why younger guys like older women.

  • usually, the idea of an older woman is that they don't worry about things like "viginity"

    women are more confident in themselves, and it show in how they walk/move

    women ar DONE (or at least shoud be) with head games. girls tend to leave a guy guessing too much and he gets fed up fast.

    women KNOW what they want. girls always fickle.

  • Several reasons.

    More experience, less inhibitions, less likely to be looking for a baby...

    Generally, women in their 40's tend to be less concerned about the sort of bullsh*t that younger women still get obsessed by.

    They are also more appreciative of the attentions of a younger guy, than younger women are.

    • Blah blah...all the same. You can't underestimate us young girls that's for sure :-D

    • It may be "blah blah" to you, but I think you should appreciate the fact that the bulk of the male answers are telling you the same thing. It means we're not lying to you.

    • I know it has some truth to it no doubt, but at the same time it doesn't stop you guys from hooking up with younger ones either. I agree opposite to you when it refers to men, but at the same time it does not apply to all :-) C'mon smile a little.

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