I must preface this by saying that I'm well aware of the concept known to this community as 'the Wall.' Men age like wine, while women age like bread/milk, as the analogy goes. It's a concept that my brother has drilled into my head for the past couple years.

It also kind of dovetails into another TRP concept known as AWALT, where a good deal of women want to play the field and get the best of both worlds (e.g.: I could imagine one of them saying 'I was really wild back then, but those days are behind me now. I just want to find someone to settle down with'). In short, a lot of girls will engage in hypergamous activity in their prime, and when they find that their time has come to an end, they'll find a beta to lock into, and even in their marriage, she'll probably not even give him the love he wants.

In spite of knowing all this, I'm attracted to girls that are older than me. As I myself am 25 now, this means I might be setting myself up for a huge uphill battle. I am a little bit weird about it, as I'm not into cougars per se, but I'm kind of interested in girls born between '87 and '90. Could be because I'm always used to being around older people, could be because there is a subconscience that desires to conquer something that is perceived as superior.

Either way, am I setting myself up for failure and risking a return to my beta ways with this attitude? Of course, if there's a younger girl who is pretty cool and is interested, I would be open to that, but my prime attraction is towards older girls. Thoughts, anyone?