I don't care how old a man is, as long as he's legal. If I fancy them, I fancy them. I have extremely negative experiences with certain age groups (of all ages), but I don't rule out one age group because of it. People are just people to me, whatever their details.
The slight majority of men that I've fancied (been attracted to) have been much older than me (in the region of eight to fourteen years older). What qualities have they possessed? They were kind, considerate, patient, dependable, gently challenging, encouraging, and very funny. I don't have much to measure them against, but if those qualities appear in somebody younger, then I would still find them attractive in the right circumstances, and so be it.
I briefly considered the possibility once. But I came to the fast conclusion that I was a sad enough act as I was, and paying for some sort of intimacy from a stranger who was only pretending to "like" me was even crapper than the current reality. I'd hate to make his "Crap Customer of the Day" list, and always know that the only way I could get laid was to fork out money that I didn't have to spare.
So, no. I won't ever pay for sex, but I understand many varied reasons why others would.
I have a long list, but my biggest lump of it is lack of experience. There's only so far an imagination and listening ear can take me.
Men in uniforms and suits actually scare me. I get even shyer than usual, even if I already know them. I don't find it attractive, I find it terrifying. It makes them somehow unapproachable, or unreachable. I'm happy to pass the time of day with anybody where I work, but bung a uniform or business suit on a customer (we get a few), and I'm blushing and nervous. It's like my work face runs away. I don't like it.
For me personally, a modern day "gentleman" is discerning, empathetic, humble and kind. He is tactful, but open and honest. He isn't afraid to admit mistakes, but learns from them constructively. He speaks positively to people, and accepts them graciously, no matter what they look like, or what their history.
He does not have his head stuck up his own bottom, or have to declare himself to be certain things, or put effort into making people think he looks good. A real gentleman shows what kind of person he is through his words and actions. There are very few of them about, and the small handful I have met are married. Damn it.
I'm a complete novice when it comes to sharing a bed with somebody.
Something I have often wondered about is, if you're cuddling somebody lying next to you, where do you put the other arm that's under you?! I've only done it once, and the arm that was on top went round him, but I was wriggling around trying to work out what to do with the arm under me. I just couldn't get comfy.
So, do you lie on the arm under you? Push it up under your pillow? Try to put it under your partner's neck to support them? Push it behind you? Something else?
Is there any way to lie face to face, without the arm under you getting in the way? I'd love a practical lesson, but theory is my only option. So I'm asking you... Please?