Odd that. Personally speaking 49 and 50 (or even today's 60 for that matter) is neither here nor there.
It is odd though how sometimes people do seem to differentiate such 'close' numbers/ages.
My mum called my 47 yrs old sister "nearly 50" whereas my dad said "she's NOT nearly 50, she's ONLY 47!!".
I laughed, cuz 47 and 50 are abouts the same to me!

But then, a friend referred to me the other day (being 41) "on the wrong side of 40"?? What's that supposed to mean?

I think it might be more of a problem on the net Alice, because people set up constraints and tend to stick to the requirements when searching profiles.

I know its not a problem in real life, because when someone meets you and are attracted to you then age doesn't matter.

Probably one of the reasons why net dating doesn't always work for everyone, pictures and profiles don't always tell the full story. I go on a site where they have loads of meet ups, and its surprising the comments on the forums after the meets about peoeple, and the people that have got together after meeting at these events that probably wouldn't have done just relying on pictures and profiles.

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However, having read through lots of profiles (both male and female) on both this and other dating sites, I found that men are less likely to mention a specific age range (in their profile) they would like to meet than women do. In fact, many womens profiles specifically state 'No men over (age here)' - usually in capitals, therfore emphasising the fact, and the mentioned age being between 5 - 10 younger than they are.

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One of my pet hates is the arrogance of some [emphasising some ] women's profiles... 'I dont want thins'...'I don't want that'....'dont message me if'...

Obviously because they have the luxury of being in the minority

Maybe there's hope for my mum yet, eh Jeggae?

I wonder what she'd state she wanted?
More to the point, I wonder what she'd get?



(I'm thinking of a gorgeous photo of her from many moons ago.....her inbox would be inundated in a flash!).

No doubt she'll get loads of messages from curiuos 20 year old lads, so the women I know over 50 say they get anyway .

Well to be honest the most pm's I get (even though my profile says I'm just here for the forums) are lads under 25.....lots of saucy up-front ones that have had me in stitches too!
Obviously the age difference thing not-being-an-issue is still going strong in 2007...at least online!

Well after an 18 year relationship I'm a bit new to this dating business (and the internet wasn't even around then). In fact I'm feeling like a virgin all over again. At the moment I'm not looking for anything serious or long term -- a good time and hopefully some good love afterwards with mutual respect would do me fine.

I'm not the kind of man who would jump into bed with anyone (fair play to you if you are), I have to fancy the person and there has to be a spark. Now, whether that person is older or younger shouldn't really matter, especially for a short or even one night relationship.

Looking through the profiles on this site I've seen women I fancied then thought, no she's too young for me, she'd think I was a dirty old man if I sent her a message. Then I might see a profile of a younger woman saying that she's open to new things and just wants no strings fun etc, then I might think why not?

If I was ever to settle down with someone I doubt she would be much younger than me but in the mean time if the opportunity arises and we're both up for it, why not?

i am now looking for a nubile 16 year old that i can knock up and live off her child tax credit

^^yes kind of what I said but put more succinctly