Why do many men think that a young woman would choose an old man over a young hot man?

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Before you say women like older men. The average age gap for couples is 2-5 years. So no women in her 20s like 35+ years old men or it is very unlikely that this happen. Some of you would mention that old rich guys can get young girls but you guys dont understand that anybody with money can get a model. So a rich old woman also can get a hot young man.

Answer 1

loveslongnails | 1.7K opinions shared on Dating topic.

Guru

I believe you've answered your own question within your question. The average age gap is indeed 2 - 5 years. However, that doesn't change the mind of an older man with tons of money from thinking (and knowing) he can find a girl in her 20's who will choose him. There will ALWAYS be women who'll choose the lavish lifestyle and older man, at least for a while, especially if he gives her a fair amount of "freedom".

Answer 2

_SOARER

Xper 7

This is very true
A lot of young guys blame lack of money to explain notbeing with women. ihave been living a very modest life and I have had no problems attracting women. Sure if I had more money I might be able to get a super hot model, but I wouldn't even want that.

Answer 3

jennifer_bloom | 3.2K opinions shared on Dating topic.

Influencer

I like guys a little older than me because they are mature and educated and have wisdom and life experience e

Answer 4

nathanp97 | 182 opinions shared on Dating topic.

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Because women like to date men older than them. Very few would date someone over 20 years older, but my uncle and aunt are 14 years apart. From most men's experience women will term men down if they are the same age, because they want someone older, so when those men get older they want to date younger because they missed out when they were younger. It is the same logic behind why women lose their sexual value as they age. They don't necessarily get ugly, but any man left on the market by that age would rather date someone younger because they now have the options.

Answer 5

Celtero | 946 opinions shared on Dating topic.

Guru

There are many stats that back it up. I once was arguing with a lady on here about a graph she posted, she was angry that 21 was one of the most desired ages for women. I took a closer look at her graph and there are many more women who find 60 more desirable than 18 in men. There were as many women who wanted early 20s men as early 70s.

I'd argue that an older rich woman will still rather go for an old, richer man.

Also, the average age gap doesn't represent the data well, I'd much rather see the median.

hi_it_is_me123

4 mo
The median is this average age for couple. I also find some well known men in their 30s desireanle but that does not mean i would date men in their 30s
hi_it_is_me123

4 mo
"There are many stats that back it up. I once was arguing with a lady on here about a graph she posted, she was angry that 21 was one of the most desired ages for women." I can understand her. I mean 2 years ago she was a teenie. People expect young women who has no real life experience make life decisions when it comes to dating just because of some men who would not like us when were 30.
hi_it_is_me123

4 mo
"I'd argue that an older rich woman will still rather go for an old, richer man." I just wanted to say that any rich person can get a hot young person and the gender does not matter
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Celtero

4 mo
Hun, it's not, they're completely different stats. Average is adding all the data points up then dividing by the number of data points. Median is ordering the data points from least to greatest then taking the data point in the middle. Median can be useful because it isn't likely to be affected by extremes on either side.
hi_it_is_me123

4 mo
Is median not the number in middle of all numbers or something like this? If yes, you only consider this number in middle, which does not help you to see what the majority of the people like or not. Can you elaborate on
hi_it_is_me123

4 mo
I dont know but almost all random sources on google show me that the average age gap is 2-5 years. You can look up on wikipedia
Celtero

4 mo
Like I said, it helps eliminates extremes skewing the data.

Let's say we have some age gaps...

1 year, 3 years, 3 years, 4 years, and then 20 years.
The average would be 6.2 years, and the median would be 3.
hi_it_is_me123

4 mo
"Age difference in heterosexual married couples, 2013 US Current Population Survey[1]Age differencePercentage of all married couplesHusband 20+ years older than wife

1.0

Husband 15–19 years older than wife

1.6

Husband 10–14 years older than wife

4.8

Husband 6–9 years older than wife

11.6

Husband 4–5 years older than wife

13.3

Husband 2–3 years older than wife

20.4

Husband and wife within 1 year

33.2

Wife 2–3 years older than husband

6.5

Wife 4–5 years older than husband

3.3

Wife 6–9 years older than husband

2.7

Wife 10–14 years older than husband

1.0

Wife 15–19 years older than husband

0.3

Wife 20+ years older than husband"

-from wikipedia
hi_it_is_me123

4 mo
en.m.wikipedia.org/.../Age_disparity_in_sexual_relationships
Celtero

4 mo
From what I see in that is in marriages 52.7% the man is at least more than a year older, 33.2% the man and women are within a year of each other, while only 14.1% of cases the woman is more than a year older than the man.
hi_it_is_me123

4 mo
The median is then one year with 33.2 %
hi_it_is_me123

4 mo
76.7% percent of the couple have an age gap of 1-5 years
Celtero

4 mo
I suppose it's safe to say people typically marry near their age, so then the next step is to look at the extremes. The cases where people find partners decades older than them.

Is it more common to find older men and younger women, or older women and younger men?

And I think it's easier to find data regarding married couples because of the census and what not... So we're likely in the dark regarding unmarried couples.

Why do many men think that a young woman would choose an old man over a young hot man?

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