Older man and younger wife

I suppose there are many reasons why a young lady would want to marry a much older man. Some women may prefer older men because they are more emotionally mature than younger men. Maybe it is something to do with older men having more life experience, knowing more about the world, intelligence - things like that. Young women may find men their own age a bit immature.

well... for me i'd choose an older man to get married. Most probably 5 years my senior. Firstly, it's the maturity. As the saying goes, guys mature slower than girls. And besides, most of my guy friends who are my age, just seems childish in their thinking and the way they handle situations. If i were to marry, i'd want to marry a man who can give me security. From the rate my guy friends are going, they are only thinking up till next week. They don't even think about budgeting, expenses or even their education. As other mylotters have mentioned, financial stability is also another reason. An older guy, would be more mature and astute about his finances and i won't have to worry about living from hand to mouth. (i know this is in some cases...i'm talking about ideal cases.) And my mum has advised me that if you marry a guy your age (like my dad and mum), the guy will tend to treat you like his sister after awhile. And i don't want to be treated like a sister!! But i won't say ALL older man will definitely treat a younger lady better, but i would say the expectations of a younger wife is less than that of a more matured woman.

Interesting question. I believe that it is because from the age of 12... girls are more mature than boys of the same age. By the time they are 25... they are mature women who can cope with the responsabilities of life as a whole. Meanwhile the guy of 25 is still playing computer games like a 15 year old... and simply does not care about responsabilities. It is pretty much "easy come easy go". Women want to grow up and mature as quickly as possible. Men on the other end don't want to grow up. They want to remain teenagers their whole life and have a good time their whole life. Growing up means getting old for a man. Women take life far too seriously. While men don't take life seriously enough. But as I am a man... I have to agree with them. lol So if a 21 year old woman is looking for maturity and security... it does make sense that she would be looking for a man 5 years older than her. And as most men look for a younger woman... this work out very well for both of them. Women who marry a younger man usually do so because they want to be the boss in the relationship or marriage. But there is another group. The 40 year old divorced man. It has become quite common for those 40 year old men to remarry with a 25 year old woman. The 25 year old woman does it for the same reason. Maturity and security. While the 40 year old think that... if he has to re-start his life from scratch after a bad divorce... it is quite natural that he should do it with a young woman... like he did the first time around... 20 years ago.

My former boyfriend was 20 yrs older than me. It depends on what that person is looking. If a girl is looking for security or a father figure in her life then she will talk with an older man. I speak to this guy because I was no having a good relationship with guys my age. They said I act too mature for my age and so I went for a older man. If he was not an immature older man than things would have work out for us.

Im married to a man who is 6 years older than me. And my reason is that age was not even at the picture. I mean, when I met him, I knew that he is older than me, but despite that, I never felt that he is older or I am younger. The good thing is that we agree on a lot of things. We feel happy on the same little things. I even felt that falling in love with an older man gave me a sense of security in all aspect of the relationship. Being married with an older man keeps the maturity in the relationship, we are childish at times too, but having him there keeps things in balance. Also, he knows how to make me feel. Being married with an older man makes me feel like I'm always a princess.. I'm always the baby in the relationship, and I like it like this. Also he has that sense of commitment already... he knows already how he wants his life with me, and he finds a way to get through... always thinking about the best for the both of us. I love him too much... and I guess, being in love made us forget about the age... these are just numbers, what's important is how you build the relationship.

I doubt very much that women in general place age as a priority over other factors such as character, personality, or social status. Age has never been a strong factor of attraction for women because this does not guarantee that the man they plan to share a relationship with is emotionally mature or reliable. On the other hand, men are usually attracted to the physical features and this is considered one of the more important characteristics in deciding whether a woman is worth investing time and energy in, and in general the older somebody gets the less attractive the physical body gets, so age would be considered as a significant factor for a man. This is my two cents on the matter.

see in indian society early days people use to prefer young brides for their son. i don't know the reason. may be its the household duties that younger woman can bend easily and take care without much complaints. or they have the more chances of producing a healthy child to the family. so there must be some basic reason why our elders set that rule for us. but in the modern society as the time has changed so does the women. they are also working with men and competiting with them in every field. as they have the ability to prove themselves in the society and independent finacially so that they can chose what is better for them. since in early ages people used to think that a girl child child is burden to the family. so they prefered early marriages for them. but, now with women getting the financial support for themselves as well as the family,they are becoming well educated in the society. i am sure the early marriages of young girls to older men is no more a taboo .they are free independent and can choose the good for them.