I'm flattered by all the attention I'm getting from the 20 something guys.

But I don't understand why I can't seem to attract anyone closer to my own age. ??

I don't want to be mean or reject them, but I can't date someone who is around my own son's age (26)... it just doesn't seem right, moral or realistic.

I'd prefer someone who has already gone through his mid-life crisis and wants to enjoy the best years yet to come.

Anyone have any idea why I only seem to attract the young crowd?

No idea dear, I personally get no attention

Good luck in your continued search though and keep on being flattered

Thanks for the encouragement. My best to you as well.

u r kidding right? well I guess we all don't get the attention we would like on here...lol

Trust me...all men our age haven't gone thru the mid-life crisis...yet! Nothing worse than seeing an older guy, acting half his age...but only making it halfway there! *Que ducks to dodge the old fart's responses!*

I'm sure that most of those young puppys think that you should be honored and jumping out of your panties at having such a young guy showing interests to you.

No, I am dead serious. I had a sweet young man of 28 contact me by IM last night. Wanted to know if I was gonna be his... etc. I almost felt sorry for him... he seemed so lonely and in need of love and attention. A little spooky too.

Well I luv it when I get matched with 30 year old women.

I have had a few of those...they want your money, your fully paid for house and possibly a good pension due...not trying to be nasty to you, just telling it as it is

I think he was smarting off to my comment, not yours. It's ok.

Oh, I hate when I get confused like that.... Sometimes with these nested (multiple) quotes, I get confused who's talking to who.

Oh well, a little clarification never hurt anybody. Thanks again.

And lets not forget...have you any pictures of grandchildren etc on your profile? its a horrible thought...lets keep it real people

I fully agree with this....I even had one tell me he could come and "crash at my crib for the summer"....18 years old

Nope, my son is in college (after his 6 years in the Navy) so I am still waiting for grandchildren.

I think I'd have told him, "Sorry, I've moved from a crib to a great big bed and I share it with my 6 dogs and 3 cats." (I don't have any pets) I just thought it might be a deterrant.\

But seriously, I don't want to hurt their feelings. I've had some get very upset when I said no. I could feel the insecurity in their messages. It was rather sad. I told him I could be his friend and he could IM me if he wanted to chat, but I'm not romantically interested. And I refused to give him my phone number.

I would advise never put pictures of any children on any site...I have just discovered gross gender profiles and what attracts them...it blew my brain cells to the moon...

I've been trying to figure out how this works for 2 years now.

My profile gets a lot of views. Obviously, I can't evaluate the ones who are using Stealth Mode, since I can't see them, but of the ones I can see, they are almost always 18-24 or over 50. I guess I'm invisible to 25-49. And that's OK, it's not a big deal, I just don't understand why that is....?

Awww, manO!