Okay so recently I have found myself stuck in a bit of a rut...being that for some unknown reason I have been more attracted to the younger sort than the older. It all started last night when I was playing Who'd you rather with Lauren, naturally this evolved around the guys we see on regular basis and after she used the same person against 3 inferior guys I had no choice as to my answer, this led to a lot of laughing about his age but then it got me thinking...
At first I thought it was just the hot 16 year old from the X Factor but apparently not, on further thought I realised out of the last 3 hook-ups I've had 2 have been substantially younger. Now this is where I have a problem, I am 20 and for me to hook up with younger boys it's quite gross in that they are pretty much still a child, they may not look or act it but it's still known fact.
The idea bugs me, and looking back on all the dude's I've taken a liking to in the past it's usually the older types but this year completely switched. Kind of gross really when you think about it, but I still can't resist haha.
A funny coincidence is that my entire immediate family have taken a liking to the young sort as well, maybe it just runs in the family?
Then you have to take a second to think about Grave Robbing, personally I think it's gross but then I know plenty of people who would much rather that than go younger. I used to believe that if you were a girl you would naturally go for a guy who is a couple of years older because girls are supposed to grow up quicker than boys, well that point is clearly void for any person over the age of 18. Maybe its not that you like one way or the other, it's just that special someone and whatever age they are doesn't matter.
Even looking at the celebrity world, you are more aware of who is a cradle snatcher than who is a grave robber, you never hear about Ashton Kutcher being one to like the older ladies but you always hear about Demi Moore being the Cougar. Maybe nobody wants to admit that they are a grave robber, but then why would you admit to being a cradle snatcher when really its quite gross.
I decided to google this topic and what I found was sometimes quite disturbing but other times makes perfect sense. The top celebrities partaking in these kind of relationships are (according to msn entertainment):
- Robert Redford and long time partner Sibylle Szaggars (19 years) Married after living together for more than a decade.
-Mickey Rooney and his 8th wife Jan Chamberlin (19 years) Have been married for 31 years, I guess it's 8th time lucky?
-Harrison Ford and Calista Flockhart (22 years) Engaged after 8 years being a couple.
-Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher (15 years) Married for 5 years although rumours of cheating on Ashton's part have plagued the marriage.
-Bruce Willis and Emma Heming (23 years) Married 1 year and quite gross but Heming and Kutcher were born less than 6 months apart.
-Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones (25 years) Happily married for 10 years with 2 children.
-Rod Stewart and Penny Lancaster (27 years) Married 3rd wife after dating for several years.
-Celine Dion and Rene Angelil (27 years) Married for 16 years although he did launch her career when she was 12 years old.
-Clint Eastwood and Dina Ruiz (35 years) Married his first wife 11 years before his second wife was born!!! Although they have been married for 14 years.
-Anna Nicole Smith and billionaire J. Howard Marshall II (63 years) Does this really need an explanation?
Okay so lets take a look at this, the majority of the relationships above are all second wives or what not, the main thing I can see is that it is the male who is the cradle snatcher, with only 2 'cougars' above and most seem to be happily married, of course we are just counting down the days until Ashton divorces Demi and Rod finds the next eligible leggy blonde and of course what sort of person would not go out with Indiana Jones no matter the age. What I don't get is that the majority above are the guys, and this is deemed normal so why do we focus on these age gaps when it has clearly stood the test of time as the norm.
After all this research I still don't have an answer to my problem, I have decided to put a limit of 4 years on it, which is perfectly normal and means 16 year olds count (let's never repeat that sentence haha) but it means next year when I turn 21 it will be 17, but who knows by then I could be dating a 30 year old! (Gross!!!) Maybe I'll just leave it to perving and nothing more until they are 18?
Feel free to post your thoughts below, however if it's any derogatory comments in regards to 16 year old X Factor contestants watch out! :D
Feel free to post your thoughts below, however if it's any derogatory comments in regards to 16 year old X Factor contestants watch out! :D
