It's a Man's World Baby, and You're Just a Girl..With Morals

    So recently I found myself face to face with a moral dilemma as old as time itself. A guy I was somewhat interested in at work seemed almost too involved with an 18 year old girl. At first I just thought it was just jealousy, I'm kind of known for that, but the more I observed the more I sensed something odd. Well today it was revealed that he was hanging out at the local mall with her and a bunch of other teenaged girls we work with. The dude is 49! Talk about a fall from grace, I lost all respect for him in moments. As a parent this absolutely disgusted me, did these girls parents know about this? Holy shit, I would have the dude's balls and scalp in my purse if any of those girls were mine. Which brings me to the age old dilemma, why do some older people date or find interest in much younger companions?

   I have dealt with it myself; recently a younger person I know expressed interest, and even though he is a great kid, he is a kid. Younger than my own chidren. I feel it is improper for me to have any kind of romantic relationship with someone that young. Had an experience in college where a fellow student asked me out, he was 19, I was 35..I just couldn't go there either. The thought of just chilling at the mall with a bunch of 17 and 18 year old boys would never even occur to me. Yet men have been having it occur to them for centuries. Why is that?

   To misquote someone I can't think of, "It's a man's world"

      Men for generations have always liked the young "chippies". "Barely Legal" porn exists for a reason folks. I get it, they're cute, impressionable, all their body parts haven't been introduced to gravity yet, and they are into some freaky shit. I know my old ass can't compete with an 18 year old girl, and I really don't want to. Shit even Roy Moore was chasing 14 year old girls at the malt shop in his 20's, he claimed it to be biblical. Does it really go that far back? YUP!

     In many religions child marriages are actually seen as holy. Mormons, Muslims, and some sects of Christianity are all known to let young girls marry much older men. They claim that religious doctrine says it is fine and dandy. I am no theological scholar, but I know that there are passages in the bible that depict this..Moses comes to mind. Yet one would think that a more modern society would be less accepting of Bronze age values, but unfortunately this isn't the case and young women are quite often taken advantage of for dowrys, or to even just be a trophy. More modern non-religious men do it for the ego boost, and these are the ones I find most reprehensable.

   To put this into perspective, my friend who is 44, has a daughter who is almost 12. He is 32 years older than his daughter. The dude at work is 49 (50 by the end of the year), the girl is 18. He is also 32 years older. My friend would have to date one of his daughter's current friends in 6 years to maintain the level of douchebaggery that exists here. The dude in question is a total schlub, never married, no kids, an Atheist, totally blue collar Irish, and also very awkward. (My usual dream man..FML) In my opinion he is using this girl to boost his small ego. He must feel like he won the lottery the pathetic bastard. I won't even go into the psychological defects that exist within a person like this...Narcissistic Personality Disorder comes to mind. As for the girls in these ridiculously co-dependent relationships, most of them have serious Daddy issues. These men replace the father figures that either abandoned them or didn't love them enough. They seek validation, and are often more than willing to be used to get it. These are totally parasitic realtionship from both sides, and they disgust me. Yet I was called "crazy" today for openly saying it. I think the crazy ones are the ones that are in these relatioships or enable and excuse these behaviors. Once again we ask why?

It's a man's world baby, and you're just a girl...With morals.