I wonder if he was free-loading a bit. Saving money so that his daughter could spend it.

Agreed! The best part of the trip was her dumping his ass.

It's also because they can "mold them" into whom they want. Happened to me. My ex was 35 and I was 22 with 0 real life experience. He absolutely took advantage of that and it ended up completely ruining my life with all the verbal and financial abuse. He was a freeloader and it took 10 damn years to figure it out and could only leave when he died out of fear he'd hurt my family. Hopefully Dave wasn't like this ofc but the point is YES, it happens and an age gap that big is largely a horrible idea. They have that opportunity to groom the younger ladies that aren't even a full adult (25). After you're in your 30s a 15+ age gap isn't so bad. Still weird imo but not as f****d up. "My wife and I are happy" people, good for you. Was she young when you got together? If so, it could be that she wasn't done growing up so you made her perf for you or it could be that you happened to find someone mature enough. Hard to say, but from what I know from experience and stories from others, it's bad.

Not all of us men date via age groups. My wife is 21 years younger than me and I have never been happier than I am with her, and I have been married to women in my own age group. So how about keeping the age difference out of the picture and look at the person for who they are. I am glad the lady made the right decision rather than putting up with him. I know from experience how painful it could have been as my last wife, who was 3 years younger than me ruined 13 years of my life. I learned from the lady I am now married to that it isn't about age, it is about trust, communication and love. We have been together almost 13 years now and have never went to bed angry. That is the kind of relationship that we should look for in our lives.

Okay, I understand you may have had a bad experience but, older men don't date young women for that reason. You make it sound as if they turned to younger women after being rejected by older women. It is usually just a shallow physical beauty thing. I am 45 and I see it all the time. When I ask other men why younger? They look at me like I'm an idiot and say things like "tight butt", "firm rack", "put out more", or on rare occassion you hear, "they just have more energy" my ex was 9 years older than I. So don't call me one of them. I am just pointing out the flaw in your logic. There is also a society factor at play. Growing up most of us guys couldn't get girls our age to give us the time if day. Most of us had to date younger or stay home alone. From what I have seen, it is the same all the way through your 20's too. That establishes a patern and many see no reason to challenge it. Especially not when the age difference is finally working in their favor.

No ,I'm sorry to say it's a lot more simpler than that.we date younger women because they're beautiful . someone who is youthful an is capable of experiencing joy and not being miserable the whole time . Fyi not all men are the devil we want to enjoy life with a woman who is capable of laughing enjoying themselves .

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You're not a man, are you? Cuz that's the dumbest argument I've ever heard. Not to mention it's completely wrong, young women are fakking unhinged and bails out over the slightest inconvenience cuz they know they can find a new hook up in 15 minutes on tinder. No, guys date 20 year old women because they're hot, period. I'm thinking you might just be passed your prime and need to tell yourself this lie to make yourself feel better about men not approaching you anymore.

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No little miss "man hater" that is not why men date younger women. However, way to go, in turning this into a man vs. Woman hate fest. Older men date younger women because they have half the baggage of old crows like yourself. Which you pointed out with your post ("because women their own age would not tolerate more than 5 minutes of their b******t"). Younger women haven't started sagging and wrinkling, they still have some beauty and energy. You picked the wrong guy in the past, now ALL men are pigs to you. Maybe some men are tired of overgrown little girls like you, demonizong all of us because somebody else did you wrong. GROW UP!

I was 100% expecting this story to end there with "and I drove away in the morning, leaving them at the hotel." Shocking that it kept going after that.

I feel the same since she specifically stated not to take long as she needed to get dinner supplies. I'd have ended it with a bang right then though honestly I would never had let them join to begin with!

Agree. I might have dropped them off at the rental in the morning but most definitely their trip with us would have ended there either way.