A pair of articles in which divorced women lament that men can date younger women

[MatureDJ]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/d-a-wolf/postdivorce-dating-do-you_b_838440.html

http://dailyplateofcrazy.com/2009/09/29/the-age-issue-older-men-younger-women/

 

[wait_out]

News at 11:

Older man successfully dates younger women, older woman successfully writes reflective self-pitying article in personal blog.

See! I could work for The Onion!

 

[zekko]

This quote from the first article was interesting:

"We all concede that men remarry faster than women, and more of them do so. Second wives are frequently younger than the first. Could I assume from this that the starter marriage works well for men, but for women, not so much?"

I didn't know that men remarried faster than women, this actually surprises me. Considering women usually get over heartbreak quicker, and generally have a larger support system to encourage her to "get back out there".

But it's really surprising to hear women complain about starter marriages for men, and divorce being the natural order (for men), when it's WOMEN who initiate the vast majority of divorces. Divorce is usually what THEY want, not what the guy wants. So all this hand wringing about being traded in for a younger model strikes me as ringing rather hollow.
The fact that more men end up finding a suitable new partner just goes to show that maybe their first wives didn't appreciate the value of the guy they had in the first place.

That said, I don't blame women for being frustrated with men being attracted to younger women. Some younger women seem almost supernaturally attractive, so I'm sure it must be difficult trying to compete with that.

 

[Strelok]

Why cant they stop complaining? do they forgot that in our 20s it was us to be forced to compete with other 10 guys for any slightly average girl?
What's wrong they dont like competition when its them to work hard?

They see their self confidence being hurt when their ex husband marry younger women? what about their husband's one when they were engaged and she flirted with the muscular pool guy pretending to dont realizing in his intentions?

I mean you have culture, media and the law working for you, its not so bad if at least nature works for men.

B1tches please stop b1tching


Lol at this line

I didn't know that men remarried faster than women, this actually surprises me. Considering women usually get over heartbreak quicker, and generally have a larger support system to encourage her to "get back out there".

Translated= how dares being successful and happy while I am not, it should be him to be alone and me pretending to be emphatetic to him while secretly laughting about his condition with my friends and be told that I deserve only the best.

 

[sharkbeat]

When a man in his twenties complains about women, he's considered a creep and a loser. When a woman complains, her article is considered newsworthy.

 

[Mike32ct]

Women can F younger guys anytime. As an older guy in the game, I'm forced to compete with younger, better looking dudes. So I don't feel bad for older women in terms of casual relationships.

But an older woman getting into a serious relationship with a much younger guy is less common than the reverse. Most guys with F an older woman, but not give her a relationship.

 

[Nutz]

Why cant they stop complaining? do they forgot that in our 20s it was us to be forced to compete with other 10 guys for any slightly average girl?
What's wrong they dont like competition when its them to work hard?

They see their self confidence being hurt when their ex husband marry younger women? what about their husband's one when they were engaged and she flirted with the muscular pool guy pretending to dont realizing in his intentions?

I mean you have culture, media and the law working for you, its not so bad if at least nature works for men.

B1tches please stop b1tching


Lol at this line

Translated= how dares being successful and happy while I am not, it should be him to be alone and me pretending to be emphatetic to him while secretly laughting about his condition with my friends and be told that I deserve only the best.

This is a great example of "turnabout is fair play". Women in their 20s and 30s, particularly attractive women, have the world by the balls. The world is their playground and many have no frakking clue just how good they've got it. By the time they've got a clue it's usually too late in all actuality since they're becoming old women, many times wondering why men their age are dating women their daughter's age.

This was an outstanding read :

http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/c..._a_weird_question_but_what_is_it_like/c1920o8

 

[zekko]

But I also imagine that women initiate divorce because they already have Plan B lined up - another guy who floats their boat.

Right, and that's another reason I found it so surprising that men remarried first. We're taught here that the woman gets a firm grip on a new branch before releasing the old one. Of course that isn't always true, but it often is. As you say, those new affairs must not pan out as often as they'd like.

So the best laid plans of frustrated wives might not necessarily work out for them. But they've unleashed their husbands, who probably are considered more attractive at 40 than they were at 25 (unlike the wives).[/

Good point.