Preorgasmic????
 

Further proof that you must suck in bed bc you clearly dont have a clue about women.

Age Poll
 

Biggest older - 10 years
biggest younger - 7 years (he didn't get the "Flock of Seagulls" reference in Pulp Fiction - he asked me "what's 'Flock of Seagulls'?" It was weird)
now - my husband is 2 months younger. He knows who Flock of Seagulls was so everything is ok.

For Love or Money
 

This is bc the 23 yos were probably preorgasmic and didnt know how to tell you what they liked bc they didnt know yet or were too ashamed of their bodies to want to learn or just had been with a bunch of clods who coudlnt get them off. Like 23 yo men are so adept in the sack. If they came, I assure you they probably faked at least sometimes.

23 yo men= Long on juice, short on skill.

Royal Ascot - Fashionable or NOT
 

Since we only have the chin to go by, I was going to guess Frances McDormand. But the caption from the website of origin says "Tracy Rose."

Age Poll
 

So does V's dad. I'm willing to volunteer if he has other daughters.

Age Poll and Homely Friend Problem
 

Biggest difference is/was almost 6 years older than I and so far so good.

My parents are almost 10 yrs apart, married 37 years so far, btw - they married shortly after she turned 18. Different time, different culture.
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On an unrelated note, I have a friend who at 30 has had sex only once (yes - once, you read that right) - and that was last year on a catch and release mission. She keeps complaining to me about her lack of relationships etc. and wants me to hook her up with some of my friends (or worse - Mr. Lex's friends). I keep telling her they are not her type (too gay, too skinny, too cheap - any excuse!) but the truth is she's um, not um, real attractive and makes her self even less attractive than she is.

For example, I have commented that she looks better with contacts, but she still wears glasses which make her eyes look teeny and she wears um, old fat-lady secretary/teacher* clothes. I tried taking her shopping, but she gravitates to clothes that make her look older (and fatter) than she is. Any (relatively tactful!) advice or is she doomed to be an old maid?

-TL

*Not to offend - my mom is a teacher and doesn't wear stuff this bad and my secretaries are also much more stylishly dressed than this, but I know you know what kind of clothes I am talking about anyway.

Age Poll and Homely Friend Problem
 

I've gotten some great tips about what clothes are appropriate for my body-type from the BBC version of What Not to Wear. The TLC knock-off is horrible. Make an appointment with a Personal Shopper at one of the department stores. I discovered that this was a free service last year. Well, it's free at Macy's. A friend of mine went and got lots of great advice/tips.

Age Poll and Homely Friend Problem
 

Send her to consider the Miss Spinster pageant

"The contest is to show that single females who are old can live happily even if they don't get married," said Jetset Productions spokesman Withan Kamutchat on the pageant's opening day.

(from ABC News)

Also note: Last month Thailand held its popular Jumbo Queen contest, an annual pageant for large-sized women designed to highlight the plight of Thailand's diminishing numbers of wild elephants.

Age Poll and Homely Friend Problem
 

Take her shopping with you when you are shopping for new clothes, so that you can get her opinion. While there, have her try some things on. She'll immediately see how different she looks.

Preorgasmic????
 

We are assuming they are dating men their own age, yes?


You are so funny, the way you pretend to know nothing about women!

Sebby, dear, fire up those synapses and think about your two posts in tandem. Maybe the second post could help you answer the question posed in the first?

For Love or Money
 

I have "dated" women with up to a 12 year difference younger (31 to 19 when we met and 36 to 25 when I see her now) and 8 years older (30 to 38), and most of the generalizations expressed here are just that - something with an element of truth, but exceptions abound.

I couldn't date most college age girls for any length of time now because the cultural differences interfere - different music (though not as bad as most my age), different ideas of whether a big ugly tat across the entire small of her back is attractive, different drugs (give me coke and mushrooms, not meth and extacy) - and because of the level of maturity and life experiences. That said, I have met some over the years and continue to do so. A 21-year old I know through a political group has dated a friend of mine, and I would date her in a second - incredibly mature, intelligent, and self-confident.

Moreover, it is a no-brainer that the eye-candy is better on hot younger women. This is offset, however, by my continuing experience that the next generation is flabbier and wears unflattering fashions. I still don't know whether they are just fatter with more bad body art, or whether the thrity-something women are trying harder to look good. It is also true that older women are more comfortable with their sexuality, their bodies, knowing what they want and asking for it, and less hung-up about what their friends think and whether their number is going too high. On the other hand, I am finding that that is changing too. The next generation seems to have healthier attitudes towards sex that ours, because they grew up with porn as mainstream instead of AIDS and Nancy Reagan.

The upshot is I don't think dating up or down in age neccessarily means there are psychological issues, but I do think that women who get as pissy about it as purse junkie have their own issues. Face it - the younger ones are probably more attractive than you and definitely more fun to hang out with (at least based upon your uptight reaction here).

Age Poll and Homely Friend Problem
 

Tell her to sign up for Extreme Makeovers?

Age Poll and Homely Friend Problem
 

I note you didn't suggest hooking her up with some of your friends here. Probably a good move, though certain of the FB guys would probably be willing to take on the assignment...

Age Poll and Homely Friend Problem
 

Assuming that she is happy with her appearance and does not want to change (hey, one person's shit is another person's GQ), tell her to keep trying and re-evaluate her expectations. There are more "lonely" people out there who maintain that status only because, regardless of their own social status or physical appearance, they believe that they are entitled to the hottest guy/girl out there. This seems to apply to men because they are almost totally incapable of seeing their own flaws (like some balding fuck with a beer gut and hair on his ass should be commenting about the appearance of anyone) and women because at a young age they develop this vision of what "Prince Charming" should look like. I am not saying that she should seek relationships through the prison pen-pal system, but she should start looking behind the outward appearances and try to find a great loving guy who doesn't look like ___________ (insert cinema heartthrob here).

Age Poll and Homely Friend Problem
 

Are you volunteering? ;)

-TL