Since high school, I never had much luck with girls my age or younger. I was often put off by their immaturity, so it didn't matter much. But as I got out of high school, throughout post secondary, and graduation from post secondary, I've caught the eye of women sometimes 1 year older and sometimes 10 years older. They have even asked me out.

I'm 19. About 6 months ago, I went to one of those "off the radar" clubs. I started talking with this woman who I thought was hot, and we ended up dancing and making out. I only found out after the fact that she was 38 years old.

I didn't get her number because she had a son that was older than me. I felt like I really accomplished something that night (if I can charm a woman twice my age, what can't I do?)

But I wonder why this happens to me?

Older women are more lenient and forgiving of looks while younger girls (ages 21 and below) base a guy's worth off of two things:

1. Physical attractiveness
2. Status (popular kid or not popular kid)

If you are mature and well spoken then older women will be attracted to you, I have noticed this in my experience as well. Younger girls are more shallow in how they judge guys so if you want to do better with girls your age I suggest hitting the gym if you haven't already, getting a nice diet going, and working on getting good style.

Young girls want the hottest guys around.
Women still want good looking guys but they will overlook a guy's appearance if he has an awesome personality.

All this PUA and Game stuff, it works on women in their 20s and up who have some idea of what they want and a guy who can push their attraction triggers. Younger girls (18-21) care a lot about social status and how their social circles perceive them, if their social circles perceive you as lowly then you are screwed unless you have some good looks to bail you out.

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I just come on here these days to give advice and read interesting threads. Gone are the days when I came to seek advice and validation.

from what I've seen older women tend to be a bit more secure and confident, a younger girl is more likely to play hard to get and want you to work for it so they literally have to take 0 responsibility and can maintain a social appearance of purity, where if some girl is going to grab you by the hand at a club/bar and more or less lead you on the dance floor and aggressively go after you, chances are she is 30+

in other words older women tend to know what they want better and are less afraid of what people think after experiencing more life, so if they like a guy they won't be afraid to show it, younger girls can be less confident in this way since they don't have the life experience, some to the point they would rather reject a guy who they like and find attractive so people think positively of them, rather then face social scrutiny for going after what they want, of coarse this is a broad generalization and can obviously have women that end up not fitting this mold completely, and in both cases the more confident you become in yourself and the better you get at being that guy that leads the way, rather then the guy seeking the way, the less age will become a factor for you, just another girl, just another adventure