Flutterby™! : In praise of the older woman

Paul Theroux writes in praise of the older woman: Here's to you, Mrs. Robinson.

The classic situation is nothing long-term; indeed, she might not particularly want to see you afterwards. The preliminaries, the half-truths, the confidences, the wooing — all these are dispensed with. There isn't time; she comes straight to the point and then goes back to her life. She is doing to you what older men do to younger women.

What I find interesting as I hang out with a few friends who are retirement age is that younger women seem to be seeking the same thing that Theroux sees as so desirable for the younger man.