Cradlesnatching

[marcie dean]

My grandfather and his brother produced 7 children between them after that age, and it was the brother's first marriage. All the children were born after their fathers were 65, the oldest my father when my grandfather was 71.

See that is the only area where you can beat us hands down, I mean you can carry on producing even when we stop.  Men do not understand the menopause and arguments ensue, which i think is the greatest period in someones life when divorce is more common.  Men forget what it is like to have children running around your feet, and draining your pocket.  They then look to getting a younger womans attention without considering that her hormones are racing, whilst yours are settling and she will want her own family and there we start again.  A new family.
marjorie

[Redroger]

Only partially applies Marcie, in my grandfather's case he had no previous children, in his brother's he was previously unmarried. No second families here, good thing for me though!Now have a grand daughter "running around our feet" and pleased to have her too!

[Kevinshouse]

It always seems to be the men who are with younger wives.  I have a ggg uncle Henry who married a woman called Abigail Evilina Cooper,( it seems they both worked at the local stately home) aged 39 when he was only 20 years old, she died 6 years later aged 45 years. He then - married a widow  called Mary Ann Fox who had children from her previous marriage, they had son together called William Henry, she died a few years later - he then married a woman of a similar age to himself called Emily Farnsworth  and they had 3 children together.
Kind regards Susan

[danuslave]

It always seems to be the men who are with younger wives.

It has always been more socially acceptable, even now!  Older men with much younger wives/partners are considered rakish and somehow special.  Women with much younger partners are seen as rather sad cradlesnatchers.

Fortunately there are some exceptions.  I have friends who are 64 (her) and 44 (him) who have been together for over 20 years and are devoted to each other.  And the delectable Michael Ball seems to favour older women 

Linda

[Sloe Gin]

And the delectable Michael Ball seems to favour older women 

I wouldn't get your hopes up there 

[danuslave]

OK - I know he's spoken for 

[Sloe Gin]

[dudleylad]

The biggest difference I have in my tree is my gg grandfathers second marriage, his wife was 23 years younger

On my partners tree her ggg grandfather was 16 years older than his wife (which was his second marriage after his first wife died)

[Redroger]

"Toyboys" seem like the poor, to have always been with us!