I seem to fall victim to this a couple times a year and it usually happens to me at the gym.
I will see a woman who looks 10, 12, 15+ years younger than me look in my direction a few times.
I'll get all excited in my head. Oh! Does this girl find me attractive? Maybe, I will finally get my lucky break!
I think most of us older guys 35+ find it a lot more of an ego boost and dopamine rush when a much younger woman finds us attractive (or at least we think she does) as opposed to a woman closer to our age range.
Next thing you know I end developing crushes around these women and building up these women in my head even though I have never even spoken to them before and know nothing about them.
I will feel real nervous if I am working out in their presence thinking they are watching my every move (e.g. how confident my movements are)
I know this thinking is irrational and I tell myself to just stop it with such thoughts:
1.) You know nothing about this woman, she can be an airhead or a *****
2.) She's probably 15 to 20 years your junior, you are not being realistic!
3.) She probably has a serious boyfriend and is home sucking him off right now. She isn't thinking about you
How do I stop this non-sense? I think scarcity is the issue, but maybe there is more to it
I will see a woman who looks 10, 12, 15+ years younger than me look in my direction a few times.
I'll get all excited in my head. Oh! Does this girl find me attractive? Maybe, I will finally get my lucky break!
I think most of us older guys 35+ find it a lot more of an ego boost and dopamine rush when a much younger woman finds us attractive (or at least we think she does) as opposed to a woman closer to our age range.
Next thing you know I end developing crushes around these women and building up these women in my head even though I have never even spoken to them before and know nothing about them.
I will feel real nervous if I am working out in their presence thinking they are watching my every move (e.g. how confident my movements are)
I know this thinking is irrational and I tell myself to just stop it with such thoughts:
1.) You know nothing about this woman, she can be an airhead or a *****
2.) She's probably 15 to 20 years your junior, you are not being realistic!
3.) She probably has a serious boyfriend and is home sucking him off right now. She isn't thinking about you
How do I stop this non-sense? I think scarcity is the issue, but maybe there is more to it
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