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Joan Ganz Cooney | 09/24/2008 12:00 am

Joan Ganz Cooney: Real Men Aren't Afraid of Women Over 50

Joan Ganz Cooney
I don’t think real men are afraid of women over 50. I married my second husband at 50 and he didn’t seem the least bit afraid of me. Certainly some men, probably most, want younger women but that’s probably at least partially biological. Nature is nature and it is finished with women who are post-menopausal and that’s not true for men. But many grown-up men, the second time around, marry women in their 40s on up.

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Cindy S
Younger women can be trophy wives and have babies. It is a harsh status symbol and can create a shallow relationship. What do the kids learn about that?
By Cindy S on 09/24/2008 7:00 am
Diana T
Real men want women equals in their relationships, Joan. They enjoy relating to women that have something in common with them just like we do. If a man is “afraid”(I prefer to say intimidated) with me, I stay as far away from him as possible. Perhaps they are just immature.
By Diana T on 09/24/2008 8:54 am
Bobbi Heenan
I’d like to share a writing from my book, Moments. “A man falls in love with his eyes, a woman falls in love through her ears” Speak to me, make me feel my world through words. Help me to laugh at both of us. Tell me sweetness, let your heart talk. Don’t think, don’t measure, don’t be fearful…speak to me. Words can warm a room, brighten the light, touch my heart and make it skip a beat. We hold those words too close, not opening them up…giving them wings to fill our lives. So maybe love looks different to men and women…youth looks good to men, but older women have better hearts. Bobbi
By Bobbi Heenan on 12/17/2008 4:16 pm