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Age Gap Romance
Here’s The Reason You Seldom See Younger Men With Much Older Women
And why it’s much more common to see younger women with older men
When people see a wealthy older man walk by with a beautiful, much-younger woman, certain words might come to mind — words like “sugar baby” or “trophy wife.”
Sometimes, that assumption is ugly and unfair. Sometimes it’s accurate.
Most of these relationships don’t involve a poor older man with a beautiful and wealthy young woman. I’m sure some outlier exists somewhere, but I can’t think of one.
No, what we’ve all gotten used to seeing are older wealthy men with non-wealthy but beautiful young women.
Honestly, it’s usually not our business.
If two adults want to be together, it doesn’t matter what the rest of us think, even if we personally find it a bit distasteful to suspect he’s only with her for her looks and she’s only with him for his money.
It’s possible that they are truly wild about each other, and if so, that’s fantastic. It’s also possible that they’ve both decided to settle for an arrangement, but that’s their business.
