Civilian Women
Regarding the recent discussions involving "civies:"
Admittedly my experience may be skewed, but over the last couple of years I have had the occasion to meet over dinner and drinks with a not inconsiderable number of attractive, young civilian women, mostly in their mid-twenties, and all of them have said without fail they had no interest in dating the broke, knucklehead guys their own age, and that instead they were interested in dating a generous, respectful older man.


Yeah, who knows.
While everyone is different, I always thought MOST people liked/preferred dating someone who is in their own age-range. So if that many mid-twenties females actually prefer older men, I'd be surprised.
I could be wrong though, that's just the impression I've always been under.