Can a Much Older Woman Date a Younger Man?

It's become much more acceptable for much older senior women to date younger men. Women live longer than men and many baby boomers suddenly find themselves becoming divorced in middle age or widowed. Married couples used to stay together for the sake of the children and just put up with each other.

Today things are much different, many women are much more financially independent and no longer rely on a male provider, they are not happy just to stay at home cleaning the house and bringing up children. They have full and busy lives outside of the home and are much more confident.

After the children have left home and gone to university or got married a woman may start to re evaluate her life and relationships. This is often the stage in life where many divorces occur. By this stage in her life a woman is usually in her mid 40s to late 50s and a break up of a marriage heralds a new phase in her life.

A confident, attractive and intelligent woman in the middle years of her life finding herself suddenly alone due either to divorce or the death of her husband may well enter the dating scene again to find the companionship and intimacy she once had with her partner.

She doesn't need a man to provide the material things in life, but she does want some excitement and adventure.

Many women like the sense of adventure and spontaneity of younger men and many celebrities such as Joan Collins have husbands several decades younger than them. Women live longer than men and reach their sexual peak later.

Younger men are often attracted to older women as they have much more life experience than a younger women and are more confident, independent and have more depth. They can also provide for them financially as well as cook!

A relationship doesn't have to be based on age and providing that you have similar interests and have the energy and stamina to keep up with a younger partner it can work. There may be generation gap issues though from time to time and you may not have the same taste in music.

By Kathy Joyce Copyright December 2007

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