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Approaching an older woman is pretty much the same as approaching a younger woman except she might mention the age gap. Dating expert, award nominated entrepreneur, matchmaker, dating and lifestyle blogger. Lover of travel, luxury goods and services. Total foodie. Passionate about connecting people in love and in business.

Relationships

I was about 25 and we would go the movies and stuff like that. You see, I didn’t quite understand what love was, because growing up, we didn’t have a lot of love in our household. My grandmother, who raised me, had very old school practices.

We didn’t have time to think or prepare; we just left as older women dating fast as we could. We went to London and started over.

• She eventually got engaged to a man who was eight years her junior.
• It’s a shame that this is still the norm, but it most certainly shouldn’t deter anyone from starting a relationship where there’s a sizeable age gap!
• Their sentiments represent a very large proportion of the opinions we heard expressed.
• Ever heard the saying that age is just a number?
• Similarly, if you dream of having children of your own, a mature woman may not want to revisit that part of her life.

But, often it’s the younger woman/older man combo people are interested in. When it comes to younger men dating much older women, there’s a whole different set of power dynamics at play. Of course, dating older women is not only about sex. Experience endows people with wisdom.

It’s the wave of the here and now. By now, you’re convinced that dating an older woman, despite its challenges, is pretty great. She may not want to have children (or be able to). An older woman has probably already raised young children and doesn’t want to do it all over again.

Apparently, on the Feline scale (yes, I had to Google it), I’m a puma. You know, because categorizing and labeling women as cats is sexy. Even if the man an older woman is dating is well into his adulthood, she is criticized for being either some old maid looking for a temporary fix or a sexually-charged divorcée who wants a P.Y.T to add a little excitement to her bland life.

We had nothing and no one, really. But eventually, we got used to it.

Don’t change too much for her. You may feel like you need a complete personality makeover to have a successful relationship with an older woman. However, if you change too much, then the woman will lose sight of the man she was attracted to, at first.

You might still be establishing your career, living in shared accommodation, or saving up to go travelling. She, on the other hand, may already be settled, financially secure, maybe even a mother.