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"Guys get married at 28 because they are dating women who are 25, and those women have decided its time to get hitched and start having kids."
There's a reason young women date young men and why your May/December theory falls apart. When I was in my 20s and had "older" guys hitting on me (when I was that age, 40 to me was really old), it really didn't matter to me what their bank account was like. Because when you're in your 20s male or female, your libido is pretty high and just like you want the female hotties now, I wanted a male hottie then. And I didn't think a 40-year old man was really going to cut it sexually. I didn't give them the time of day for that reason.
Maybe there are young, nubile women who like older men, but as I see it, it's usually for financial security not because they're so "into" the guy. And heaven help them when the women are 40 and they have a 60 year old on their hands.
Not to mention the fact, do you want to be the old dude trying to throw your kid a baseball? You might hurt something.
Now that I'm in my 40s I have 60 year olds hitting on me. Do you think that looks at all interesting to me?
