i think splash has encapsulated the issue very well. most kids aren't particularly lookist or ageist. every situation is different, of course. an effeminate 13 year old gay boy might be physically attracted to a muscular young athlete in a way he wouldn't towards an older man - but i see no reason why, in general, sexual and/or erotic components of m/b relationships shouldn't be expressed, age-gap notwithstanding. if there's love, caring and respect then most boys wouldn't object. your advanced age - i get the impression you might be nearly 100 years old - could even work to your advantage. some boys feel safer with older men where testosterone-fuelled, simmering aggression has moderated. i know i felt that way. not in a pedo-sense - but as a teen, i felt more comfortable with, less threatened by, men in their 50s and 60s. some notoriously promiscuous paedophiles who appear in police mugshots reprinted in newspapers are ugly. i often wonder : how the hell did such dubious-looking characters manage to pick up boys? they evidently did - so it can't be looks which lure boys into peds' lairs. money helps. |