Cradlesnatcher

Why guys date much younger girls?
This was a question which puzzled me often during my college years when I would see 18-year old girls going with guys, actually men, 10 years or so older than them. I would feel disgusted at such irresponsible behaviour of the man, who would have better judgment than to woo a lil girl like this.
Today, much older and a bit wiser, I think I have found the answer *patted self on back*.
Once the guys cross the 25-year barrier, they become eligible targets for matrimonial union. The multitude which obliges to societal and parent pressure settles into his nest. What happens to the mondaine who still do not want to get married?
Free-willed, this man-about-town acquires himself a girlfriend or two. This causes further trouble a few years down the line when the woman also wants to ‘settle down’. Slowly but surely the market of young adult girlfriend-material also begins to dry up. Moreover, India has a stinky reputation of keeping the demand of she- population always high by rampant female foeticide.
Desperate times call for desperate measures. With his ‘experience’ he knows all the tricks to woo a woman; young or old. The monkey business never fails; the charm never fades. Plus, he has money to lavish on the girl.
With all this going for him, the pimple-faced, gawky college-boy stands no competition. Flowers, chocolates, expensive gifts…he can afford it all. He doesn’t have to burn the midnight oil pouring over books; that’s the time to party. Weekends aren’t spent drinking cutting chai with friends with bun-maska at the colony tea-stall when his can zip in your roadster can transport to the getaway resort. Very exciting and tempting for a girl who has just got out of her pinafores and is beginning to hem-up her skirts.
And she isn’t going to worry him about tying the knot. All she is looking for is apprenticeship in the love market, and being with the older man brings other bonuses too.
So is this unfair, unethical? Today, I think not. Both parties are using each other for convenience. If it materializes into a deeper relationship eventually, so be it.
Another unsightly question of life answered…the remainder continue to friskily toss about in my head till I can demystify their answers.