From: utzoo!watmath!jamcmullan Newsgroups: net.singles Title: Re: Age Diff"s? Article-I.D.: watmath.4178 Posted: Tue Jan 4 15:45:50 1983 Received: Wed Jan 5 00:40:04 1983 References: ihuxf.168 i think it WAS "just beat into your brain" that the woman you date should be younger. i have dated many men my age or a year or two younger & we got along fine. if he was 4 or 5 years younger i found myself feeling a bit impatient because i'd already solved some of the problems he was going through (but one is unable to help with some things, despite having experienced them). in general, i prefer someone close to my age. i think the idea of dating younger women springs from the old notion of viewing women as more helpless & childlike. it's easier to do so if you are more experienced/mature than she. --Judy