All about that perspective

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Recently a series of spirited discussions arose from older men with younger women and vice versa.  I want to give a shout out credit to @SonjaRae for starting this discussion and this is one that had me pondering.  I would like to share my own experience and perspective on the matter. As a 37 year old woman, I'm actually at the age where I'm in the mid of it all.  As a librarian, I get hit on quite a bit, both online and offline in real life.  I get hit on by the older 50 something year olds.  Let me tell ya, as flattering as it is, but from my perspective, thats just too close to my dad's age, who is in his early 60s, and his over all health is mediocre, at best.  Let's face it, while the stories are fascinating and we as younger ones can learn a bit, but theres just too big a generation gap to really relate.  That's not even mentioning getting physical, which I won't get into at the moment. Then, I get hit on by some of the younger ones.  Granted, some of those are quite cute, but, I feel like I'm being someone's mommy.  For example, last summer, I had a very short kind of a fling with a guy that was 13 years younger than me.  Nothing major happened, and not much really came of it, but it did provide a reminder, and shed some light on some things.  While there was the fact we were attracted to each other, but there was not much beyond that attraction.  It was mostly just awkward silence.  Plus i really didnt want to make him feel weird and uncomfortable  We are still friends, but we don't see each other much these days. The whole thing took me back to my years when I was just barely 18, back then I hung out with a couple of guys that were my age now. (37)  I now know why those never lasted more than a month. So yeah, this has been kind of a personal topic for me, and at least it has helped inspire some things.  I hope this has fueled at least some thought in a few of you as well.