[Hyman Roth]

I find older women more attractive. Just saying.

[central_va]

Benjamin Franklin, Advice to a Young Man on the Choice of a Mistress (1745).

But if you will not take this Counsel, and persist in thinking a Commerce with the Sex inevitable, then I repeat my former Advice, that in all your Amours you should prefer old Women to young ones. You call this a Paradox, and demand my Reasons. They are these:

1. Because as they have more Knowledge of the World and their Minds are better stor'd with Observations, their Conversation is more improving and more lastingly agreable.
2. Because when Women cease to be handsome, they study to be good. To maintain their Influence over Men, they supply the Diminution of Beauty by an Augmentation of Utility. They learn to do a 1000 Services small and great, and are the most tender and useful of all Friends when you are sick. Thus they continue amiable. And hence there is hardly such a thing to be found as an old Woman who is not a good Woman.
3. Because there is no hazard of Children, which irregularly produc'd may be attended with much Inconvenience.
4. Because thro' more Experience, they are more prudent and discreet in conducting an Intrigue to prevent Suspicion. The Commerce with them is therefore safer with regard to your Reputation. And with regard to theirs, if the Affair should happen to be known, considerate People might be rather inclin'd to excuse an old Woman who would kindly take care of a young Man, form his Manners by her good Counsels, and prevent his ruining his Health and Fortune among mercenary Prostitutes.
5. Because in every Animal that walks upright, the Deficiency of the Fluids that fill the Muscles appears first in the highest Part: The Face first grows lank and wrinkled; then the Neck; then the Breast and Arms; the lower Parts continuing to the last as plump as ever: So that covering all above with a Basket, and regarding2 only what is below the Girdle, it is impossible of two Women to know an old from a young one. And as in the dark all Cats are grey, the Pleasure of corporal Enjoyment with an old Woman is at least equal, and frequently superior, every Knack being by Practice capable of Improvement.
6. Because the Sin is less. The debauching a Virgin may be her Ruin, and make her for Life unhappy.
7. Because the Compunction is less. The having made a young Girl miserable may give you frequent bitter Reflections; none of which can attend the making an old Woman happy.

8thly and Lastly They are so grateful!!

Thus much for my Paradox. But still I advise you to marry directly; being sincerely Your affectionate Friend

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

I find older women more attractive. Just saying.

For me, age is irrelevant. I think the most attractive women (not just pretty, but those you are actually attracted to) are those who do not realize how beautiful they are. Vanity is off-putting.

[RinaseaofDs]

I’m with you. Under 30 and I can’t deal.

I just lived these observations in a divorce two years ago. No warning. She’s decided she wants to relive high school (she’s a high school math teacher). The kids have moved on from her. Totally different woman than the one I met.

You wouldn’t believe the tactics in the end game. Unbelievable, and with no thought to the kids at all.

I would settle for someone with a sense of humor who doesn’t take themselves too seriously, and Christian. Hate having to explain that or make allowances for that.

[Albion Wilde]

I find older women more attractive. Just saying.

Benjamin Franklin said the same thing. He said "they're grateful."