Women: Have you ever had a crush/dated/loved a much younger man?

I watched a UK reality show recently (it was archived) called “Regency House Party”. The participants were to come together for a summer long sojourn at a manor house in the English countryside. It was to copy the famous “house parties” that were thrown during the era of Jane Austen mostly to bring together genteel women of marriageable age with gentlemen who were looking for a wife. The people who participated in the program had to eat, dress, sleep, wash, live, entertain themselves exactly as one would during the late 17th/early 18th century. This was to be a very old-fashioned reality dating show (so to speak.)

The young women (looking for a husband) were chaperoned by an older woman (as they would have been back then). The older women were usually wealthy aunts or cousins who wanted to marry their relative off to someone of means. So, what you had were a group of attractive girls being chaperoned by older women while the young women were attempting to find a husband.

In the most interesting twist of story…one of the young men found none of the pretty girls interesting at all. This handsome young man of 33 fell in love with one of the chaperones! He was quite handsome and it was a scandal (in the show as it would have been back then). I thought it was fantastic! :) She was (I found out later) 58 and was not at all botoxed or lifted…she was attractive, but not stunning. She tried to push him away, but he was persistent. Get this…in the end…none of the girls that were paired off ended up with any of the young men. But this couple…stayed together and dated for a good while. He wanted the relationship, but she felt he needed to have children. It was definitely a deep soul connection. He pursued her. You could see it.

We see Demi Moore with Ashton and Madonna with Jesus Leon…have you ever dated/been attracted to a much younger man? Do you feel that age doesn’t make a difference? Do you sometimes find that younger men are more open emotionally? Yes/No? If you have, what did you like/not like about it?

When Michael Douglas married Ms Zeta-Jones there was a bit of a hubub, but acceptance. Why is it so different for women when they do the same?