Dumping women before they hit 25?

Leg End Reject

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119561703#Comment_119561703

Ha! I've often said he looks like Jack Nicholson as he ages.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119561846#Comment_119561846

I need a film with Jack Nicholson and his two sons played by Jack Black and Jack from Titanic.

Mister Vain

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119561733#Comment_119561733

Exactly. You'd swear he was Epstein the way some people are going on.

Yeah I don't see an issue when she's a consenting adult, even if very young. She knows what she's doing too. She would NOT be going out with a regular dude aged 47 who's an I.T. manager!

It's not the stuff of a fulfilling relationship but that's not anyone else's concern. Dumping someone for turning 25 is as shallow and obnoxious as only dating for money though.

Generally speaking, large age gaps can be a problem because of the differences in life stage. Patrick Stewart is 38.5 years older than his wife. Now that he's in his 80s and she's still a few years off 50, she's gonna be a carer... and a widow early in life.

evolvingtipperary101

Isn't it just classic child-star fucked-upness? There'll always be a part of him that will never grow up. He never had to.

Also, who can identify with what he is going through? Unless he talks to Lindsay Lohan or someone similar.

evolvingtipperary101

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119558395#Comment_119558395

What's the betting that they look like his mother?

thecamcam

fair play to him, keep it up Leo ( giggidy )

Annascaul

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119562125#Comment_119562125

Keeping it up can get difficult with age.

And if the woman is under 25 she might have different expectations.....

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119562023#Comment_119562023

Lukas Haas.

Mimon

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Mimon

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119561654#Comment_119561654

Not saying you are wrong but your whole post is pure speculation and very judgmental unless you have actual evidence that a power imbalance is why he pursues these types of relationships.

We can all speculate, maybe he doesn't want to commit, maybe he doesn't want kids so moves on when his partners get broody. In any case I won't judge based on speculation which is what your post suggests you do.

riclad

The rich live in a different world, a rich man will always find a young beautiful woman to be his girlfriend, I, d have no interest in going out with a woman under 35, I presume most 22 year olds are obsessed with social media or tik Tok, I'd prefer an average looking woman

than a beautiful young woman. I think any age gap over 10 years is creepy, what would you talk about, young people have different taste in music, TV than most 40 year olds. That's a big age gap

Of course his newest flame pays for nothing, she ll stay in 5 star hotels, go to expensive restaurants, travel in limos, or even private jets. Not a bad life Just because you are rich does not mean you have an awful personality, you might be just not well connected with real life. Celebs seem to mainly hang around with other rich or famous people , they call ordinary people normies or civilians. They only go to expensive restaurants or hotels. Some women like arrogant rude men , alpha males as long as they have money. Rod Stewarts girlfriends were all blonde model types before he got married

I think his girlfriends know what he's like before they meet him they are not naive i think it must be tough to be that famous you are followed by papparrazzi all the time you can't go to your local mcdonalds for a burger

topmanamillion

They're all adults so can do what they want. It's public knowledge he does this so they all know what they're getting into. Presumably the women are in it for the increased public profile they get during and after the relationship has ended. So where's the harm. All of the men in their 30s and 40s on here saying they wouldn't date women in their 20s because they wouldn't be able to relate to them are full of sh1t especially if those women happened to look anything like DiCaprios exes!

Yeah but while men do look for beauty in a woman (of course, it's nature) they aren't all just interested in that alone. They can value personality, character, shared interests, as well as physical beauty... thinking of all guys as just interested in looks and sex and not caring about anything else, is a negative stereotype. It's like saying women are only interested in money.

JupiterKid

More power to Leo and these young ladies. If no one is getting hurt, it’s not really our business.

I’m 47 myself and sadly have no luck with the 23 year old lads... 😁

growleaves

Famous actors probably talk about how difficult it is to be famous, what's this director like, oh wow I had this really difficult audition yesterday, yeah I know what that's like etc., etc.

I don't see anything wrong with age gaps between girls in their 20s and older men in general. Some girls are mature for their age and some are not. The mature ones can get along well with older men. Sometimes they will have common interests (ie the acting example above).

The 'power imbalance' rhetoric does not ring true to me because many young women are aware of their sexual power, regardless of whatever faux-naivety they or others ascribe to them, and able to wield it to get what they want. This is always left out of the discussion.

Older women whose sexual power has faded are not more powerful but less powerful! They are trying to use feminist rules to bridge their own power gap and they have managed to create a situation where you have grown men saying they are creeped out or disgusted by seeing another grown man dating a 25 year old women!! This is a purely socialised response if it is anything.

He's a famous actor who has done this over and over. Any woman going into a relationship with him goes in with her eyes wide open. Personally a string of 20 something year old girlfriends sounds like a complete nightmare to me. I think he's probably gay.

Princess Calla

Interviewer: So Miss uprising new actress/model, what attracted you to the multimillionaire established actor Leo?

Leo has form, his dating history is public for all to see.

So maybe the next girlfriend will think she's "the one" and she'll change his ways but the reality is she probably won't. However she will benefit from a raised profile, a nice lifestyle and maybe even bring her career up a level.

After the first few high profile break ups I thought Leo was "hiding his sexuality" but being gay /bisexual is so "now" there really is no need.

Generally speaking when I see an older man with a much younger girlfriend I think, a woman of his own age wouldn't put up with whatever quirks he has.

However famous actor with arm candy, it really has been done to death that it is now a cliche.

is_that_so

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119558213#Comment_119558213

It's not super creepy yet, nor uncommon in the US or elsewhere but he has set a pattern. He may be finding spiritual peace with these ladies, for a while anyway and he's not entirely to blame here. They are signing up to the ever ageing DeCaprio train! Rich and famous does that for some people.

As to the OP question, not to say that such relationships can't work but there are reasons why we tend to stay in our own lanes age-wise, mostly down to interests, world experience and a desire not to be just a babysitter!

Loafing Oaf

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119563695#Comment_119563695

So maybe the next girlfriend will think she's "the one" and she'll change his ways

Yep that's what I reckon. It's worth rolling the dice anyway. Even George Clooney settled down in the end...

Princess Calla

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119563714#Comment_119563714

Yeah but he married a woman who was extremely successful in her own right. She didn't need him to advance a career or anything like it.

Their relationship is more "equal", the relationship didn't really benefit either of them career wise/publicity wise etc if anything you might think she married "beneath" her depending on your perspective.

I wouldn't group her in with an aspiring model/actress .

Brid Hegarty

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119558327#Comment_119558327

I've nothing against women over 25, apart from the fact they tend to put on a lot of weight between 22 and 30.

Jim_Hodge

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119564112#Comment_119564112

I'm sure many of them are relived to hear that.

Don't really see what he'd have in common with some young wan,I'm fair bit younger than him and I wouldn't have much in common with that age group

Whole thing has a strong whiff of yacht girl off it tbh,which once it's all consensual between adults,what of it

Brid Hegarty

None of this can really be discussed without mentioning the pareto principle. In the context of dating, men aren't as choosy about their sexual mate. Therefore they top 10% of men are more likely, to not only shag women of equal attractiveness, but to also shag down below their level. It means the men in the percentile below this are confused why women of their own attractiveness have no interest in them until they are ready to settle down.

I've heard on PUA websites, that the top 20% of men (presumably between 16 and 35-ish) are shagging the top 80% of women... presumably within the same age range. Now I doubt it's that extreme, but to a greater or lesser extent, something of this effect is taking place out there. But in order for this to be occurring, it can only mean that there's a lot of men in the top percentile who are cheating... and that the women they're cheating with, would rather keep shagging such a man in the hopes that he'll leave his partner.

Sardonicat

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119565871#Comment_119565871

"The top" according to whom? I wouldn't touch Leonardo with a stick, and he's younger than I am. You really need to stop applying economic principles to human beings.

dontmindme

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119565921#Comment_119565921

Indeed...it's pure genetical impulses at work regardless of how you want to slice it statistically.

Sardonicat

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119566095#Comment_119566095

Add in a drop of reason or irrational thinking, social conditioning, cultural norms, and the weird and wonderful thing that happens when you find yourself magnetically drawn to someone you wouldn't even consider on paper.

Sardonicat

Imagine the little blue pills he has to take. Imagine her disappointment....

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119564112#Comment_119564112

That's the age when women are at their slimmest.