Features Sep 25, 2019 at 4:00 am

It can be an important part of a lifelong education.

Youngbloods could possibly benefit from the tutelage of older folks. James Olstein

Comments

1

Curious -- if it's not just the sex but the young person gains from the older person's knowledge and experience, what's in it for the older person besides the sex. Also: How old are you, Dave?

2

An older man telling you to date older people for the wisdom... seems self-serving. I wonder if Dave is the 50 year old who hangs out with all the 20 year olds!

3

lol, save it for your hinge bio segal.

4

Is this a real or a satirical article ?

5

I think Dave meant to say people forged in the crucible of second wave feminism, as the first wave ended around 1920. Not many of those folks still around to learn from, sad to say.

6

May as well date someone who has a job. You'll need a sugar daddy or mommy 'cause that degree in outrage studies isn't going to pay you shit.

7

"It may behoove you to listen to and learn from people who blossomed in the crucible of first-wave feminism"

I ain't fucking your grandma no matter what you say.

8

Personally, I wouldn't touch anyone under 30 for dating purposes. Too much like baby sitting.

Having said that, @1, my dad recently retired from his teaching gig upon reaching the age of 80. He didn't have to keep working, but I'm convinced that being around students helped keep him feeling younger and more vigorous. So maybe that's what the December partner in these May-December romances gets.

9

Euw. Why, having finally reached an age where I don't give a shit what men think, would I want to date one of the youthfully arrogant little pricks? Sex? Yawn. A plate of cheese and crackers is more enjoyable than smelly awkward unrewarding sex.

10

You too can date manchildren your same mental age.

11

I somehow managed but I probably wasn't worth dating in my 20s either.

12

Counterpoint:

You can learn non-sex things from older people without boning them. Teachers, friends, mentors... none of these have to be boned.
You can learn about sex by experimenting with people your own age, and also reading/watching instructional books, videos, etc. if you want. Also, lots of older people are actually pretty bad in bed. They've kept all the hangups and ignorance of their youth, just lost the stamina, athleticism, and looks - plus now they have halitosis.
Your youth should be spent learning to live within your means and to exercise self-control when it comes to spending. Neither of those are helped by a sugar parent.

3a. Also, your dumb young ass won't really appreciate that fine wine, fancy food, opera ticket, expensive mattress, or whatever. You also will get too fat for the expensive outfit, which was really not as tasteful or classic as you thought it was. Go do shots of rail liquor with the other kids, then have a pizza while wearing tacky thrifted clothes and Forever 21 fast fashion, then sleep on a dinky futon. The opera will still be there in a decade, but your ability to party on crap while dressed like crap without looking and feeling like garbage? That won't.

Most importantly, while there are lots of decent older people out there, those decent older people aren't looking for teens and young adults to date. Older people look for younger people when a.) they only want a partner for their looks or show-off-ability (look at me, I'm so hot I bagged a much-younger person); b.) can't emotionally connect to people their own age because they're emotionally stunted; or c.) want a partner they can condescend to and manipulate, and that's easier when the partner has far less life experience.

13

Huh - why does the commenting system delete numbers? Oh well.


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