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I'm 26 and just moved into my own place with a mortgage (not rent) and I've been thinking about dating once I get settled in. I want to date women ages 18-23 because...
1) I'm a virgin waiting until marriage and I'd prefer to settle down with another virgin and most single women who are waiting until marriage are around this age.
2) I don't want kids until I'm over 30. I've always said that I will have kids when I'm 30+, but most women want kids before 30, so dating someone younger could play in both of our favors.
3) I heard that most women prefer older men so it could be convenient.
I'm not one of those predatory guys who prey on inexperienced teenagers I'm actually looking for a real lifetime relationship. I've already mentioned that I'm not after their sexuality. This is besides the point but I also make decent amount of money and I can support both of us and could probably make enough to support an entire family with my income alone by the time we have kids.

My parents are traditional and I’m at that age where they’re pushing me to find a girl and get married.

I’ve always wanted to get married but Lately I have my doubts. I’ve been on a couple dates with some beautiful women and that’s all they had, nice faces. My relatives/friends even warned me that there are some women that will want to be with you for all the amazing luxuries I have. My inheritance will go in a trust but I myself am ultra ambitious and determined to excel in my career and family businesses. Things like sharing my current assets I’ve worked hard for with someone else gives me a lot of anxiety. Prenuptial agreements don’t necessarily offer much security.

I feel like I have it all as a man. Yet it’s so hard to find the right girl, I’m already giving up. Is there any point? Should I just let it happen naturally? I’m a very ambitious guy, I want to succeed on my own/by myself. I’ve also seen men just mellow out when they get married.

I know I definitely want kids and I definitely don’t want to become lonely. It’s just that, I really hate the vibes I get off the majority of women I meet. The girls that tend to be really nice are just randomly walking about and I have a hard time finding them.

We all worry about whether we are being led on by someone or being used. With the ambitions/visions I have in life I can’t afford to have someone messing about with me.

Am I overthinking this? After all, the legal age of consent's 16 here, so it should be alright, right? There shouldn't really be anything wrong with it, not from a legal perspective anyway. And I'd be orchestrating this in the youngest locality in the UK (Slough), one which doesn't have a university any more, no more clubs or bars- there's literally nowhere in town for young people like us to socialize. But still, I dunno; of course, to avoid any potential liability issues, it'd be safer to go with '18-25', and leave it at that. But the thing is that, like I said, the university which used to be in our town relocated more than a decade ago now; and the overwhelming majority of single girls in town who're even remotely attractive, and possess the slightest bit of intelligence, are sixth-formers or college students, in the 16-18 age range. And without them, I know full well from the few singles events and single groups I've given a try in this town that it'd be a total sausage-fest- there's very little chance it'd be successful without "lowering the bar", so to speak. So, what d'you reckon? Should I go with the '16-25' age range? The '18-25 (or 18-29)' age range? Or just abandon the notion of orchestrating a dating event (or several) entirely, and just do what every other Indian guy here (who doesn't want to get involved in the criminal sex trafficking rings, that is) winds up doing if they're single for long enough- i. e, cave into to the pressure, and accept my fate, along with the arranged marriage my family's oh-so-desperate to line up for me?