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That trait is common, possibly ubiquitous. I think that wealth may be the more important discriminator here. Without it, a man might find it difficult to attrac
by romaaeterna 7y ago
That trait is common, possibly ubiquitous. I think that wealth may be the more important discriminator here. Without it, a man might find it difficult to attract a woman half his age late in life.
- simonh 7y agoMaybe statistically, but there was a case here in the uk a few years ago. An old fellow in his 70s at a nursing home got one of the care assistants, aged under 20 IIRC, pregnant in a consensual relationship.
- larrywright 7y agoI’m a little grossed out, but also impressed.
- eesmith 7y ago"Wealth" comes in many forms. Widows of civil war veterans received benefits. Some young women married old civil war veterans as a result. Maudie Hopkins died in 2008, perhaps the last living widow of a Civil War veteran - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maudie_Hopkins https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maudie_Hopkins > "It was not especially uncommon for young women in Arkansas to marry Confederate pensioners; in 1937 the state passed a law stating that women who married Civil War veterans would not be eligible for a widow's pension. The law was later changed in 1939 to state that widows born after 1870 were not eligible for pensions." Or Alberta Martin - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alberta_Martin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alberta_Martin > On December 10, 1927, the then-21-year-old Stewart married the 81-year-old Martin, primarily to get help raising her son and because his $50 per month Confederate pension check guaranteed her a degree of financial security.
- dreamcompiler 7y agoMy great aunt was one of these. She was from Arkansas and married a much older Civil War veteran. She lived until 1979.