There's a certain type of attraction that surrounds a woman who knows who she is and what she wants.  Yes, age is only but a number, but when does the threshold between age and wisdom exponentially increase?  I think that over time, both men and women date, we figure out a little about what works and what doesn't, who we are and what we're not, both personally and relationally - and that sort of... maturity... if you will, doesn't flourish until later.  Perhaps i've described a stage of metamorphasis from girl to woman, boy to man. 

Many say that i'm a bit of an "old soul" - and perhaps that's a direct result of my siblings (10 - 15 years older), and of course my peer group.  But yes, I feel I am.  Those close to me have always reiterated that I should be dating older, not younger or same.  I agree.  In the last several months, I've found that I just cannot connect, that chemistry and subsequent reaction never occurred with woman of the same age and/or younger. 

With that, I am happy to say I've found someone compatible.  She's confident, beautiful, worldly, intelligent, and of course - older.  And in that sense, age is but a number; but because we are on the same page there's no ego speaking, nothing to prove to one another in our conversations.  She has lived life to her fullest, as have I, and we're successful in our own ways.  There's no convincing of any ideas, ideals, what we deem as right or wrong - but rather, we simply are, if that makes sense. 

It brings me back to the sandbox, being happy and enjoying life - drinking wine, talking, and soon...dancing.