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Context, I'm 30 now and i will find women my age and up attractive, but 15 years ago a 35 year old women would never have been attractive to me.

As I've aged younger women are less and less attractive (thankfully)

But when I'm 60 will 60 year old women be attractive to me?

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[โ€“] luthis@lemmy.nz 251 points 11 months ago (9 children)

It's personal preference, but basically edge limits that increase over time, like at 15 you're looking at +-6 months, at 20 it might be + or - 1 or 2 years. At 30 you're probably at looking at 5 years either side of 30.

Once you hit 500 the attraction window is so large it becomes mostly irrelevant, and you're judging more on aristocrical lineage and/or aristocrical diet.

It's only a few more years til 1000 (which usually turns out to be a very dull party with no surprise guests) and by that point you're lucky to find anyone attractive.

There's obviously the old 'hurr durr he's over 2000 so he must be gay now' stereotype, but as far as I can tell, attraction isn't cyclical.

Hope that helps!

[โ€“] IndiBrony@lemmy.world 53 points 11 months ago (2 children)

We're generally talking humans here, not Time Lords.

Makes it weird that the Doctor generally travels with people 1-2% of his age. Bloody cradle snatcher!

[โ€“] NABDad@lemmy.world 23 points 11 months ago

They are kind of stuck. They have to find companions who don't have children or responsibilities. The best majority of the people who land in those categories are younger folks.

[โ€“] Railison@aussie.zone 2 points 11 months ago

Pfft speak for yourself

[โ€“] grooving@lemmy.studio 29 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Im 6 million years old now, and im attracted to literal planets.

I remember at 2000 the hur due jokes. But honestly everyone's giblets are so shriveled at that age (unless enhanced through mummification etc) that gender becomes irrelevant. Kind of comes down to who has the best stories at that point.

[โ€“] MrFunnyMoustache@lemmy.one 12 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Wait till you're a billion years old, I'm exclusively attracted to supermassive black holes now...

[โ€“] zero_spelled_with_an_ecks@programming.dev 11 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It's hard not to be gravitationally attracted to them.

[โ€“] MrFunnyMoustache@lemmy.one 9 points 11 months ago

The problem is that they don't get hints at all... they are too dense.

[โ€“] Delta_V@midwest.social 4 points 11 months ago

I too like them thicc af.

[โ€“] Mothra@mander.xyz 20 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Wow, how old are you ( if you don't mind me asking)?

[โ€“] luthis@lemmy.nz 42 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Do you want to know how old I am, or which aristocrats I've eaten ๐Ÿ˜˜

[โ€“] Galapagon@sh.itjust.works 8 points 11 months ago

Can I come to your party,? Maybe drink some of your blood? Idk #justsillythings?

[โ€“] Iron_Lynx@lemmy.world 11 points 11 months ago

Cool to see the edge cases for Elves and Vampires. What would be practical limits for humans?

[โ€“] Hackerman_uwu@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago

Thanks for chiming in Laszlo.

[โ€“] morgan_423@lemmy.world 9 points 11 months ago

Be really careful, I couldn't tell which one exactly from your post, but as time goes on, you're going to have to watch out either for people trying to drive a wooden stake through your heart, or chop your head off with a sword to steal your power. Just wanted to toss out a helpful FYI.

[โ€“] BravoVictor@programming.dev 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)

That first paragraph..z then you really took off. lol

[โ€“] luthis@lemmy.nz 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

You might like this one too where I gave an explanation on what happens at parties:

https://lemmy.nz/comment/3128229

[โ€“] Pregnenolone@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

Looking forward to catching up with you at the Over 2800s party next week!

[โ€“] ryan@the.coolest.zone 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

On the other side, as someone younger it's hard to date people much older, as they start casually talking about what they did during various wars, or comparing the COVID pandemic to the black plague, and I've just got zero frame of reference to connect.

Everyone much older I've met has been just delightful (I assume the rude ones eventually get murdered by their local townsfolk) but it's just so hard to make that genuine connection when your life experiences are so different, you know?