Caveat: I'm painting with a broad brush here. Yes, exceptions to what I'm saying exist

I keep reading posts/replies by TRPers saying that men hit their SMP peak later in life ... 40 to 45 seems to be the most common age bracket that these guys claim

I've been thinking a lot about this claim lately, because my friend group is solidly in that bracket (or fast approaching it, in my case). There have been a lot of conversations among both men and women that seems to challenge a fundamental part of this argument: that men of that age are really that interested in "drowning in pussy" (or however you want to put it)

It's the old "men peak sexually at 18, women peak in their mid-to-late-30s" theory

By and large, all of my single guy friends (in the 40 - 45 age bracket) have been complaining lately about the sex drives of the girls they date (all in the 35 - 40 age bracket). Similarly, the conversation at our girls' happy hours have touched on this - that guys don't seem to have the drive that women expect in men. Suddenly, it seems like both genders have reached a particular age and the horniness factor switched genders

NOTE: Despite all the replies I'm sure I'll see, this has nothing to do with the looks of either gender. I live in a town with multiple universities, there's ample opportunity for the guys to hit on college chicks. They choose not to, as a general rule

Additionally, the guys seem much more relationship/commitment driven. The only ones interested in prowling the bar to hit on chicks are the newly separated/divorced guys; and even they tend to lock down the first appropriate (for lack of a better word) girl they can - the cycle seems to take 6 months to a year, at most. Anecdotally, I've noticed that the guys who hit on me when I'm out have gone from straight up pick up lines, to things like "I want to take you out, buy you dinner, treat you right" and "I love your hair" (although, that may be a bad sample, bc those are the guys who are ignoring the rings on my finger. But it was still a sudden and kind of jarring shift in pick up lines)

The separated/divorced girls, on the other hand, tend to enter into a slutty or cougar phase. They don't seem as interested in relationships immediately

So, I'm having a hard time understanding the enthusiasm TRP has for the delayed male SMP with what I see happening IRL. What good is peaking later in life if you don't want to take advantage of it?