A lot of women I know, dating younger men, are sometimes enamoured by older men as well. I'm no exception to the rule, but there are just fewer of ‘my sort’, and even then, the equation has always been rife with conflict. As a rule, I prefer simple men, who believe in romantic love and mush more than egoistical, power-driven hedonism... I don’t intend to date Einstein, even though I respect all forms of knowledge. I prefer gender-sensitive men, who are more up-to- date with social changes, and I prefer men I can build and contribute constructively to, via my own distinct identity (and vice-versa). Most of all, I prefer lovable men, and so obviously, my vote goes to younger men.

 The older men I meet are often repulsively weak and chauvinistic, with petty insecurities which they intend to rain onto their partners. Their power is so flimsy that they feel threatened by their own spouses. Mostly, their lives revolve around petty incidents of male dominance and sabotage. The company of an older man, who’s attempting to thwart my growth, repulses me too much to even consider a romantic future.

 However, I have been intensely drawn to the rare older man who is in a position of power, is supremely intelligent, enormously confident but unfortunately, still very dominating. What sets him apart from others of his ilk is the noble impression of strength and the awareness of responsibility that he gives, and one respects that. I respect power and strength and know that not everybody is responsible enough to be strong, or strong enough to be responsible.

But I’d still choose to spend my life with a man who star-gazes with me, and then, lets me use my female intuition to tell the future. As Fiona Sera said, I live for romance and mush.
 

Love and Kisses,
Purple Fairy