''The question must be, what can young women see in much older men. They themselves have an entirely different outlook on life...''
That's not strictly true actually AOG. My very first romance (and it really was) was when I was 16 with a man in his 40's, who was a bit dull and dry and country life on the surface, but utterly lovely, warm, and fascinating once you got to know him. We had a grand old time ranting about to things as exciting as picnics, point to points and the usual parties and holidays etc, until one day it occurred to him that when I was 45 he would be the same age as his mother was, who because of old age and infirmity and generally just being curmudgeonly was an utter tyrant when he could remember her in her 40's being perfectly lovely. He put the brakes on massively after that and after a few long chats we very sadly called it a day. We remain absolutely firm friends and see one another quite often socially, and I'm now with someone 8 years older than me, who I think the world of, but I wouldn't have been the one to call off my first relationship. Yes he had a ton of money but that wasn't the attraction,I have enough of my own for what I want and need. I don't need to go clubbing every five minutes and he was just a fabulous human being, and maybe Mick Jagger is too to his new lady and maybe they share similarities too.