Woman and marriage to an older man 19 Articles

by C.V.Rajan

Older man? How much older? That's the crucial question. If a woman marries a man 7 to 10 years older than her, can it be termed as marrying an older man? In present day standards, many women seem to nurture such a view ...read more

by Trudi Buck

I suppose in order to give an opinion on this topic one must first specify a certain age difference. Let's look at an age difference of 8-10 years; thought in all actuality the numbers don't amount to anything. It's been ...read more

by Shaheen D.

When you fall in love you do not ask a person their age or their religion, the realization comes afterwards but it is too late and your hearts have spoken. You are in love and that's all that matters. You both want to give...read more

by Pixie Bartlett

Women and marriage to older men! Older men are more distinguished and seem to have a better handle on life in general. An older man loves the attention younger women gives to them. When they get to be middle aged, or ol...read more

by Violet Fortune

My mother married a man who was many years her senior. While she was madly in love, she was but a kid, newly arrived in this country with English as a second language, not yet mastered. My dad would be her father-figure an...read more

by Kenzy England

I have to admit, I never thought it was a good idea for a woman to marry a man more than five years older than she is. What could they possibly have in common? I figured that at some point, you enter a generation gap and ...read more

by Phronesis

Is there any big deal in a woman marrying an older man? Marriage is union and equality. A man may assume leadership role, but he is still subject to his wife, just as his wife is subject to him. No matter how smart and st...read more

by Rosa Hayes

Being married to an older man has it's ups and downs but there is something that you must understand, no matter what you hear you can not take it to heart since it does not determine how your relationship is or how it is g...read more

by L. Beall

While it's not a new trend woman marrying older men still seems to turn heads and start people talking. Why is it that it's so widely gossiped about? She's a gold digger or he's desperate, why can't they just be in love? M...read more

by Holly Haverstick

Age is mind over matter. That's what I've always heard. But ask the parent of a teenage girl who wants to date an older man, and I bet they'll tell you differently! I know, because I was that teenage girl. And now at t...read more

by Stephanie Samaras

Sometimes a girl wants to be a girl. Call me old fashioned, but I want to be cherished, I want to be looked after and to feel cared for, protected. I am intelligent but I do not know the answer to everything. I need hel...read more

by James Lynne

Contrary to urban legend, the concept of marriage as a response to cupid's intervention is a reasonably modern convention. Prior to the Twentieth Century marriages were more often arranged than not. Dating, as we know i...read more

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by Corina B

A man married to a younger wife and a younger wife married to an older man has its advantages and disadvantages. However if the woman and the man keep an open mind, open heart and an open line of communication then it wil...read more

by Ginger Voight

Older men and younger women. This is a scenario that plays out with such frequency no one really bats an eye at the phenomenon anymore - unlike those relationships with older women and younger men. Men are supposed to be...read more

by Rachel Bennett

I think that there are many reasons a women would marry an older man.In this day and age I think it has alot to do with security,and responsablity.I am 26 years old and my husband of 10 years is 34 years old.I married him ...read more

by Trenna Sue Hiler

Are women really looking for father figures? Do men just take longer to settle down and mature? What's the attraction women may have for the older man? There probably isn't a universal answer, but lets see if we can i...read more

by Apadharna Sivakumar

I guess that what is meant by this title, is a woman getting married to someone much older than herself. I guess the difference is something like fifteen or twenty years older than herself. Yes, I have seen such marria...read more

by Gabie Nic

I am one lingering advocate for women to settle for men older than them, for I believe there is something rather childish about men when they are nearer your age. There is the school of thought that says that women grow up...read more

by Ted Sherman

Hey, what's so wrong with a younger woman being married to a younger man? No one made big a fuss when mid-40s Demi Moore married mid-20s Ashton Kutcher. To coin an old cliche: age is just a number on the calendar, and ther...read more