Do Men Prefer Older Women?

Over in the Women Ask, MEN ANSWER forum, Bubbly wants to know why some men prefer older women and the excuse reason behind it.

After asking if some of these men are "insecure by nature" she received these responses below:

Faisal: Men generally don't prefer older women. In the off chance that some do its mostly because women are more experienced in certain aspects of life and / or are more mature than their younger counterparts.

Ali: older women find young men respectful and obidient, young men can listen to their painful stories, can provide a shoulder to cry on. So they can be connected very well emotionally. Rest is all natural.

Sameer (on page two): older women do not expect much from guys..young girls expect a lot from a guys..trully speaking guys get bored from their expectation...

Danish: Two kinds of guys go for older women. One's who need a 'mother' and ones who seek intelligence and maturity. There's a third category as well but thats more about turn on's than anything else....

From my experience, most of my previous dates have been older than me (by a month or a year) and they are generally more mature in wisdom as well as grace. Although other members saw similar reasons for an arrangement, few thought that such a relationship would lead towards marriage while others commented that relationships like these are only about "the physical."