Thanks for reading. Since it seems that many of the women on this site are young (in the US anyone 30-35 or under is considered young lol) and many of them also appear to be interested in men who are older I wanted to share some thoughts about that. We each have a past. You can't avoid it. You can't forget it. Worst of all you can't undo it no matter how desperately you want to do so. The funny thing about being in this world is that time keeps moving forward but what is gone and behind us continues to be part of us. So what does that mean for the women here? If you're considering a man my age then you should be aware that, as with me, whoever you're talking to and interested in has been living for possibly decades longer than you. I heard a movie line that described it. The character was about my age and describing his life in light of a challenge he was about to face -."I've buried 3 wives, children and multiple lovers but my life goes on". I'm not saying that every man here has been down that particular road but they've all been down some road and it is probably one you've not yet experienced. I think that the ideal for many of the young women here would be a man who had been married to one woman or never married and reached his mature age with no blemishes and somehow no past. The reality will be that we will all have one. Whether we grew from it, became better men for it or turned into complete jerks is really the part that each of us deals with and you must learn. I've told many young women here to be cautious of older men for various reasons. Longevity of their lives. Facing widowhood in their 40s or 50s in exchange for 10-20 years with a man they love. But in the end it's more than that. It's dealing with the fact that, even if you're a virgin, inexperienced or never married that won't be him or his set of life experiences. Our pasts can haunt us or build us. What will do with his when the Knight falls off his horse and you're back in the real world?