In the past, I have been guilty of assuming most younger men to be "immature" - or just simply not there yet. Now, I'm running into older men that make younger men seem so much more wise.

I'm discovering older men that are actually immature?

Maybe they don't realize that its okay to be mature and older. That some women actually find that attractive.

More times than I expect...I see younger men that surprise me sometimes. They have wisdom. They have strength, assertiveness, and direction.

On the flip side, fellas, have you witnessed this in women? I know when I was younger, I used to hear these crazy stories from the males in my family about older women doing foolish things behind some love affair gone sour....It would amaze me and as a teenager I secretly wondered if we women got stupid after 30. Or maybe desperate after 30...not sure. I just prided myself (or tried to) on not being one of them.

The more I live...I see that its true...Age ain't nothing but a number...when it comes to adults and dating.

your thoughts? experiences?

coming from an older man, i don't think you can categorize individuals. people are people. it's all about yuour preferences and taste. there are older women who are gold diggers, groupies, materialistic and immature, just like there are younger women who have those charecteristics. on the same token, there are younger women who are mature, independant, responsible, and grounded, just as there are older women with the same qualities. the trick is to not limit your involvement with anyone based on a generalization. if there is an attractuion or interest, at least give the person a chance without any pre-conceived notions of who they might be or what they might be like or how it might turn out based on previous experiences with someone else who may be around the same age, live in the same neighborhood, or went to the same school. if you remove those bariers, you'll see that whole new world will open up to you where you can just date without that kind of pressure or expectations, and then you will discover that person once all of the pretense is gone. crazy people come in all shapes, colors, ages, and levels of education. after all, immature oldheads started off somewhere, right? but, just because that's what a person is or was doesn't mean that's who they'll always be. give the brothers a chance without judgment or labels and see what happens.

coming from an older man, i don't think you can categorize individuals. people are people. it's all about yuour preferences and taste. there are older women who are gold diggers, groupies, materialistic and immature, just like there are younger women who have those charecteristics. on the same token, there are younger women who are mature, independant, responsible, and grounded, just as there are older women with the same qualities. the trick is to not limit your involvement with anyone based on a generalization. if there is an attractuion or interest, at least give the person a chance without any pre-conceived notions of who they might be or what they might be like or how it might turn out based on previous experiences with someone else who may be around the same age, live in the same neighborhood, or went to the same school. if you remove those bariers, you'll see that whole new world will open up to you where you can just date without that kind of pressure or expectations, and then you will discover that person once all of the pretense is gone. crazy people come in all shapes, colors, ages, and levels of education. after all, immature oldheads started off somewhere, right? but, just because that's what a person is or was doesn't mean that's who they'll always be. give the brothers a chance without judgment or labels and see what happens.

immaturity is somewhat tolerable.

It could be a lot worse. But its just amazing...to find it at a certain age group.

i don't think age matters anymore. it's all about experience. and lots of people are being picky...male and female...i'm seeing it a lot more.

There's a noticeable difference between immaturity due to inexperience and immaturity due to refusal to learn from experience. Younger people generally have less experience and are therefore not as mature. All generalizations have exceptions - many youner people are very experienced and very mature. With older folks, it's harder to generalize. Even though you know they probably have more experience, you don't know that they applied it.