re: #79 wheat-dogghazi

I have a female friend (Chinese) who’s 33. She’s been living with an American, 53. Her previous live-in BF was another American expat, aged 56. In my opinion, he was a pig and looked like one, but he acted like he was god’s gift to Chinese women. Anyway, she’s told me she prefers older men for two reasons (1) they’re more mature and (2) they fill in for the father she never had. Her mom and dad, you see, only had two daughters. Dad was emotionally distant from his offspring. She’s honest about her motivations, and the current arrangement seems to suit her. It’s hard to tell from where I am, since they live in Beijing.

I gathered that that was the case with my girlfriend who dumped me for the man twice her age: her dad was an airline pilot who was never at home.