I have a theory to that older women thing. We might see it as a weakness to not pick up on all social 'hints', but in this case I find it a strength. Women send all their.. signals.. to men, all the time, sometimes they do it to test them. They wanna see how easily they can scare, annoy or play them, so they see if the guy is a strong character or a weakling. Lets take it to the second point, getting back to this in a minute. The second thing is, we have something we care a lot about. Our special interest, man are we good at that. We could talk about it forever and we often revolve our whole life around that.
Most of my relationships were with older women, the first woman I picked up in a bar (man was I proud, seemed so normal for all others my age) was when I was 17 and she was 35. I never did well with women my age, but from that moment on I knew it was my game with the older ones. When I asked the women, what they see and like in me, i often heard 2 things. One being that I am a strong character. When asked what that means, they said, when they were testing me, I didnt fall for any BS or games. Thats what I meant earlier with the social hints thing. Did I ever notice any testing? Not at all. But they took that as a hint for a strong character, whatever that exactly means. Then, they say, that I have a strong goal in life. Well, my life revolves about my special interest and Im doing what I can to make a living with it because no other job really is for me. So they see that, as a goal in life and strong dedication. You see, they take things that are typical to us, and see them as a good thing.
Whilst same agers might see those thing as weird, with older women that plays in our favour, at least thats my impression from my own experiences and what I heard from discussing with others.
See, we make our "weaknesses" to strength. Yay!