Dumping women before they hit 25?

He's an extremely wealthy film star known by billions of people, I'd hazard a guess that the young ones ain't there to talk about their star signs or favourite colour. I'm gonna bet she likes expensive things, experiences and clout and he can provide it - probably all the commonality they need in the short term.

And I'm sure whatever Leo says she will agree with, I'm sure they have plenty in common!

It boggles the mind - why would a man who can have a young, fit, very attractive female with no baggage and have the ability to swap them out like changing his socks and choose to not do that and instead go for someone of similar age who has crested the hill.

He's nearly 50, how many women in their 40/50's are drop dead smokeshows with no baggage?

Women that young certainly wreck your head, just not the one you're thinking of.

She's getting the obligatory private jet photos for her Instagram so she's happy.

I don't believe that anyone genuinely believes these young women are actually naïve, it just suits their agenda to infantilise them. There's a growing, and worrying, trend in modern feminism to push the narrative that women should never be held accountable for consequences of their own actions. You even have politicians calling for women to receive no jail time when convicted of crimes ffs (despite already receiving shorter sentencing and having far better prison conditions than male criminals)

I don't know about Ivana Bacik, but certainly in the UK a Labour politician some years ago, I heard her say it live on TV, Dawn Butler, called for women not to be imprisoned due to the fact their crimes were committed in collaboration with men. That was the argument* anyway. Thankfully when Jeremy Corbyn was ousted she has been seen as a liability for the Labour party, and has been made less prominent in their opposition government front bench since.

*so what about men who commit crimes in collaboration with men, then hardly anyone would go to prison.

That anyone can think a 22 year old in on the same level as a monstrously wealthy and famous 50 year old is either intellectually lazy or naïve in the extreme.

ooo the older ladies must be jealous. Come off it, of what? Some wrinkled ould sack taking advantage of youngsters? He'd have a different woman involved with him every week if it was just about looks. Men are as into their own looks and aging as women. Have you never seen a man in lycra out on bikes, or in the gym trying to get that bod. Wanting to look your best is universal.

In leonardo dicaprios case these are long-ish term relationships spanning years, it's clearly about much more than aging physically. Women are very much still young women at age 25.

This guy has an ego the size of a planet. Those ego's don't deal well with anyone who isn't a sycophant. That's the problem some men like that actually have with women getting older when there's an age gap or wealth difference. The women gradually stop behaving obsequiously, being grateful, overwhelmed and pleased with everything showered upon them. They start expressing their own minds more, expecting to behave as equals in decision making, making strides in their own careers and start challenging that galactic bulbous ego. That's where it breaks down.

I'm not familiar with your relationship history, so this isn't a comment on you personally. (And I'm married to someone from another country myself, so I get what you're talking about on differences in experiences). But perhaps you've noticed this...

Isn't it odd that it rarely seems to be men trying to manage a relationship outside their native country in their non-native language with an older or similar age woman. Usually seems to be an immigrant, poorer, younger, woman, expected to manage the man's language in his local country.

If the 22 year old woman isn't on the same level as a wealthy, famous 50 year old man perhaps her vote should count for less than his? Or perhaps we can just accept that she's a grown woman who's reached the age of majority and is responsible for her own decisions.

In regards to the jealousy remark, my exact words were "There's probably an element of jealousy of the youth of these women involved too", not that those women were jealous of the actual relationship with what you charmingly describe as "some wrinkled ould sack" but that perhaps a jealousy of the youth itself (or the ability to attract a famous billionaire) could be a contributory factor in why some women are so keen to dismiss the agency of younger / prettier women.

I'd suspect that you mightn't be that far off the mark with your speculation as to why Di Caprio's relationships fizzle out after a few years (of what are realistically part-time relationships) but not knowing the man or the women he's been involved with that's all any of us can do here is speculate. Let's not forget that this being a news story is just stemming from the judgement of some columnists and those on social media, as far as I'm aware there haven't been any public allegations of impropriety levelled at Di Caprio by any of his exes which would imply that even if they now consider it a mistake to have dated him (and that's a big if) they're happy enough to accept responsibility for their own decision to have dated him.

Wow, possibly the most bitter and toxic post I have ever read in AH.

Nothing to do with fame and the great big wodges of cash he has... like flies to shite.

Oh gosh, what a worthwhile contribution you've made here. We can all feel truly enlightened by the depth of thought, and the eloquence with which you express those thoughts.