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"I have found that younger girls are open to discussing anything and actually having new/fun experiences. Not to mention that most activities actually ARE new/fun for them and they aren't biased old hags who have constructed a series of specific expectations and likes/dislikes that they expect everyone to conform to.

I have dated up 3 years older and down a full decade younger (most recent ex was 18). I can tell you it's much more fun to have a highly sexually active partner that gets excited about everything then listen to older women whine and complain like they are post menopause (even though they haven't even started it). I hang out with crowds of all ages.

I'm 28 so I'm smack dab in the middle of this conversation bracket and I am finding that I cannot stand most people over 26. It's not even a maturity issue. There is nothing "mature" about desperately looking for a man that will provide your old used up self with expensive dates and a free mortgage, constantly repeating ancient stories or workplace gossip, or constantly making the same Facebook jokes about how you're such a wine-o and love your pet more than your own life. I get it, once a girl turns into a boring old woman she only drinks wine. Hahaha! Funny! New material please.

I'm a single dad (full custody of my only child) and I cannot stand single mothers. It has absolutely nothing to do with them having kids and everything to do with the "mom" personality and the fact that their emotional baggage/problems far, far outweigh their *actual* baggage/problems.

Older men are often not any better to hang out with either. Basically, everyone starts becoming the old annoying parent stereotype we all hated as kids. I highly doubt I will ever date anyone older than 25. I was engaged once, dodged that bullet. I never want to get married.

That said, there are some smoking hot 30 year olds... just remember, that same girl would look 200x better 10 years younger."

I first started online dating several years ago. Back then, I had a witty profile and would engage women with witty messages. Pics weren't a dealbreaker. Women would exchange flirtatious texts constantly even before meeting them. Dates were easy to get. There was far less flaking and ghosting.

Now, pics are everything. There's far less emphasis on one's profile and message content, and far more emphasis on pictures. If she doesn't like your pictures, she won't write you back. How did things change so quickly?

Back then, social media was still in its infancy. Facebook had just opened to the masses and Instagram didn't exist. Today, women are more looks focused due to the explosion of visual social media like Facebook and Instagram.

Back then, there were no smartphone apps like Tinder giving women instant access to hot guys they never would have had access to before. Today, women have immediate access to men messaging them constantly, unencumbered by the fear of rejection that comes with approaching women in person.

As a result, the looks bar for men to attract women has gone way up in recent years. If you don't meet her looks bar, you're not dating her. And the looks bar for men has been raised higher than ever before.

Thoughts?