Old woman and young guy

Jason Momoa and wife Lisa Bonet made headlines last week when Momoa recalled how he was a "nervous wreck" when he initially asked Bonet out on a date. Momoa was just 26 years old at the time, and approaching Bonet, who is 12 years his senior, was intimidating. Momoa worked up the nerve and the two have been together since. What is it about older women? It still seems more common for men to seek out younger women, but one of TODAY's most-read stories continues to be this post on why younger men fall for older women. We've celebrated the long-term relationships between actor Hugh Jackman, who is 13 years younger than wife Deborra-Lee Furness.

Confident and successful women of various ages exist all over the world. They are capable of engaging or befriending men that are equal or older in age anytime they wish. Rarely understood, but often seen, younger men are attracted to this diverse group's older women. It's also interesting to note that many of the older women are returning the interest that men show them. The attraction that younger men have to older women is one that many people ponder.

When you're a woman dating a younger man, you become obsessed with the stories of other women doing the same thing. Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas Getty. You clock the couples who didn't work out and you regularly check in on the ones who are still together. You take entirely speculative notes about what's working for the latter and what didn't for the former. You search for similarities between your May-December romances and use them as clues as to whether you're doomed:.

LifeWire -- Older woman seduces younger man. Sound familiar? It's a scene from the coming-of-age classic "The Graduate.