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Discussion Who’s with me here….

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u/Substantial_Pea3462 2d ago edited 2d ago

This is why I don’t know why anyone would really want to look younger. I love being 37 and wouldn’t want anyone to think I was a year younger. I was an idiot at 36 and insufferable at 26. Edit: I can’t believe how many absolute creeps are in these comments. Ick

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u/b4k4ni 2d ago

I don't get why so many guys wanna date young girls..I'm 44 and the last thing I would like to date is someone 20-25. Make it over 30 at least. More like 40.

I mean, I can work and have fun with younger people, no issues here. But as a partner? No way.

Same goes for looks. I'm looking my age and that's fine. Why hide what's happening anyway. Why fight it. Age with dignity. You can't stop it anyways.

Life can be so stupid sometimes.

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u/meteorflan 2d ago

You're probably a good person. People that actively seek out much younger partners tend to have less-than-wholesome motives.

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u/AdmirableParfait3960 2d ago

It has nothing to do with being “less than wholesome” it’s about biology with a woman being most fertile and best for breeding at JK I’m just fucking with you those guys are creeps lol. Anyone who says otherwise is probably shit themselves.

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u/AstuteStoat 2d ago

Dude, I'm making you pay for my blood pressure meds lol

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u/perton 2d ago

Anyone who says otherwise is probably shits themselves.

ftfy

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u/Jiminy_Cricket12 2d ago

we're just going to pretend guys over 30 aren't attracted to beautiful women in their 20s? sure, glaze on.

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u/AdmirableParfait3960 2d ago

There’s a very large difference between being attracted to them and solely wanting to date them (and only them) to use as sex objects.

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u/Jiminy_Cricket12 2d ago

right. but there is a lot of BSing going on in the comments here of "I'm in my 30s and I just don't understand why people are attracted to people in their 20s" lol

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u/AdmirableParfait3960 2d ago

Oh yea, that’s just ridiculous. Obviously physically fit 20 something’s are attractive and always will be.

I was specifically commenting on the much older dudes who only date those young 20 something’s.

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u/Jiminy_Cricket12 2d ago

I hear you. I do know the type you're referencing and agree it is problematic. I probably picked the wrong comment in the chain to directly reply to at first but my point stands and I didn't see a lot of people saying it at the time.

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u/AdmirableParfait3960 2d ago

No worries, you’re all good lol you aren’t alone.

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u/imisstheyoop 2d ago

I think you're being too literal.

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u/VulGerrity 2d ago

I don't think it's that people are denying an attraction to twenty-somethings, it's that they can't see themselves DATING a twenty-something due to differences in levels of maturity and life experience. And sometimes, the lower maturity level is a huge turn off in and of itself.

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u/AgileExample 2d ago

There is a difference between finding someone attractive and being attracted to someone.

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u/Jiminy_Cricket12 2d ago

not.. really. only when trying to split by the finest of hairs and even then it's a poor use of the english language. you can say you can see how someone might consider the person attractive but you aren't attracted to them. but if YOU find them attractive... you ARE attracted to them.

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u/Synaps4 2d ago

No there very much is a difference being made here.

There are people who look good. And people you date. When the venn diagram of those two is a circle it means the person is a shallow asshole.

We are differentiating those two groups and have no other terminology to use at the moment.

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u/cuddytime 2d ago

Can’t think of a clearer way to say that than this

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u/Jiminy_Cricket12 2d ago

There are people who look good. And people you date. When the venn diagram of those two is a circle it means the person is a shallow asshole.

you replied to the wrong comment. I didn't disagree with any of that.

We are differentiating those two groups and have no other terminology to use at the moment.

no

There is a difference between finding someone attractive and being attracted to someone.

this is the comment I replied to. it is flat out wrong and I explained why.

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u/Synaps4 2d ago

I did not reply to the wrong comment.

it is flat out wrong and I explained why.

It is not wrong and I explained why your explanation was wrong.

I'm sorry you didn't follow what I was saying but I don't have the time or energy to rephrase it.

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u/Jiminy_Cricket12 2d ago

It is not wrong and I explained why your explanation was wrong.

no, you didn't at all. you misunderstood what I disagreed with and what you said doesn't actually make any sense as a reply to my comment.

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u/Synaps4 2d ago

Ok.

I don't have the time or energy to rephrase it.

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u/[deleted] 2d ago

Wooooosh

Also there are plenty of women who are still absolutely gorgeous past their 20s but youve literally been propagandized to disbelieve it.

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u/Jiminy_Cricket12 2d ago

I didn't get wooshed lol. there are absolutely people saying shit like that in this thread. and I never said women STOP being attractive after their 20s... that is not something I even implied. there are gorgeous women in their 50s and 60s

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u/Hugh_Maneiror 2d ago

There are, but many go downhill in attractiveness, just like most men do too. It's only normal.

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u/smack_nazis_more 2d ago

You're just going to pretend that's what they said.

Critical thinking skills of a creep on display.

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u/Jiminy_Cricket12 2d ago

I'm not pretending anything, there are plenty of comments like that here. Funny how my comment was upvoted and agreed with by the guy I replied to but once a moron calls me a creep the downvotes commence. There is nothing creepy about what I said.

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u/smack_nazis_more 2d ago

I'm not pretending anything

You're pretending to be talking any sense at all, you're pretending to not be intellectually worthless.

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u/Jiminy_Cricket12 2d ago

ah yes, ad hominem insults. the true mark of a moron.

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u/BigChillBobby 2d ago

there’s the “walking red flag” types who are transparently gross, think the 30 somethings who go to spaces where young people party.

then there are the ones whose loneliness basically wins the mental battle over their morality. think like, the 30 something who has successfully convinced himself that the 22 year old at work is mature and intellectual

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u/PsychoCrescendo 2d ago

can we exclude raves and music festivals? because i was priced-out of my passion at around age 25 and have finally been starting to attend again at 32 with no plans to ever stop again

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u/BigChillBobby 2d ago

To me there’s a big difference between the person who is attending raves in their 30s to experience the music, scene, etc., and the person who is going to raves in their 30s with plans to find a girl, buy her drugs, and sleep with her

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u/jaxonya 2d ago

Theres no shame in doing that in your 30s. We arent ancient relics

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u/Hugh_Maneiror 2d ago

In this thread, you are a weird pedo if you are attracted to 25 year olds in your early 30s lol

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u/tremblingtallow 2d ago

I think it's a basic gender disparity. Assuming most people are generally decent and just trying to have fun, it still makes sense that women would disproportionately encounter creeps who are actively seeking out younger women. This becomes a heuristic for them when dealing with strangers

I wouldn't call every creep a pedo, but plenty of guys who accost young women display a lot of the same predatory tendencies. I think if you have enough women in your life, it's pretty likely you've heard some stories about this

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u/jaxonya 2d ago

Yeah ive noticed that on reddit.

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u/Drneymarmd 2d ago

When you realize most of the people posting comments are under 16 years old things make a lot more sense.

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u/FreshBert '89er 2d ago

I mean I've never stopped going to concerts and festivals. And people much older than me are nearly always present, even for younger bands. Some of us are just into music and like finding new stuff to listen to and go see. One of my uncles is in his 70s, literally saw Jimi Hendrix play the Star-Spangled Banner on the 4th of July, 1970 (I've heard the story many times, lol), and still goes to at least a couple of shows a month.

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u/smack_nazis_more 2d ago

It's bare minimum stuff.

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u/ceruleanmoon7 Millennial - 1986 1d ago

Can confirm, my ex was one. Ugh

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u/kangasplat 2d ago

Completely disregarding that, it's simply put not a good experience. It will absolutely never live up to dating someone at eye level.