Somewhere over the rainbow....

[johnny9fingers]

 

xkcd....brilliant.
For some reason or other this resonates.
However, I doubt I could date anyone half my age plus seven (which is 30). In general I prefer women my own age. Not that I'm excessively prejudiced against the young.

Comments

[vlion.livejournal.com]

I don't find women who are under 22 interesting as a rule of thumb. But I'm 24 and, in the US, there's a buttload of growing up that happens in those couple years.

[johnny9fingers.livejournal.com]

When I was 24 I went out with a girl who was 22, and brilliant. She's a professor now somewhere in Texas. I had trouble keeping up intellectually. Clever girls keep you on your toes, which is a good thing.
Points of similarity and points of difference combine to make people interesting. You split up with your young lady and are now single, from what I recall. At 24 the world should be the shellfish of your choice. I'm pretty certain there many nice young women out there. I'm not saying 'cut a dash' or be a cad, but you should get out there and try again if it looks like you and your ex-fiancee aren't going to get things back together. (But I may be teaching my grandma to suck eggs here.)

[vlion.livejournal.com]

The Ex and I will more than likely not get back together in the near-/mid-future.

There are many lovely and smart women in this town, but realistically serious commitments right now are tough- it's a college-only town, and I'm only going to be here maybe 18 or 24 months more. Regardless, I am open to interested women, but I'm not looking...graduate studies are demanding timewise.