why would a 35 to 40 year old man have an advantage over me at 47 when it comes to attracting a 32 to 35 year old woman?
There's far more likely to be personality commonality there. There's some value in having more in common in the personality aspect of seduction.
You might have more resources than when you were 37 and you might have more resources than many 35-40 year olds. Generally, it won't matter. While money can help in achieving an age gap relationship, most men simply don't have enough money to make a difference.
Men's money in general matters less to women now. More and more women have been getting bachelor's degrees and have careers. Millennial women are ages 28-43 in 2024. Millennial women were raised after Second Wave Feminism of the 1960s-1980s. Even the earliest Millennial women born in the 1980s and whose formative years occurred in the 1990s grew up expecting to work, be independent, and make their own money. Men's money doesn't matter much when women have spent the entirety of their formative years preparing to have careers and spending ages 25-35 trying to make good on the promises of the bachelor's degrees. Some women are even getting advanced degrees, which compounds everything I mention here.
Millennial women have also received preferential hiring treatment in both the private sector and for government jobs. In the private sector, companies make a big effort not to lay off women when layoffs are necessary. Millennial women aren't hurting for money due to their degrees and preferred hiring/layoff status.
There's an important social consideration as well.
In the short term, there is a social stigma in big age gap relationships. Both sexes can feel it but the stigma is more pronounced for women.
In the long term, a big age gap relationship means that a woman is guaranteeing to spend a larger part of her senior citizen years alone and uncoupled. This is not a fun experience for women. It also means she is likely to be a caregiver earlier in life. This is not an exciting idea when women think about the longer term. Most romantic interactions will fail long before this becomes relevant but this can be a consideration for women.
She is a very chill chick we met at wendys and took a walk, and after went home had fun and watched anime she was cracking up, she was very easy to talk too but it was just like a fun vibe and not desperate vibe you get form women in their late 30s or 40s
That's great that you were able to go on a date at Wendy's. That's something that's not going to happen with a 30+ woman.
Less expensive dates are more possible with women up to 22-24. Women then start to desire more expensive dates somewhere in their early to mid 20s.
The typical big city dwelling female with a bachelor's degree who is 25-34 is less likely to consider an inexpensive date acceptable. When going on early stage dates with women in this age range/life stage, there are some inexpensive dates that might be acceptable. I've been able to get away with some scenic weekend afternoon type walk dates at the right time of the year.
The biggest difference is the energy the 21-year-old is just so much better than a woman in her 30s or 40s. The girl says I was the 3rd guy she's ever been with. I belive it, the coochie was very tight, I could feel all the walls! I think I'm falling for her
There's something magical about 18-27 year olds as compared to late 30s/early 40s women. The younger women look, feel, and smell better, even compared to childless late 30s/early 40s who have stayed in good shape.