TRUMP has told Kate she is ‘beautiful, so beautiful’. Making uncomfortable comments to younger, uninterested women is a popular pastime for older men, so here’s how to go about it.
‘Have you got a boyfriend?’
Ambiguously creepy, as it might just be nosiness or could be a prelude to offering to step in. It also implies you can stop wasting your time on them if they are already the property of another male, a view women strangely find offensive.
‘Older men are more experienced’
Often just a bit of mindless sauciness, but unpacked it means: ‘Older men are better at sex, which would be a benefit of doing it with me.’ Whether this is true is highly debatable, but it doesn’t matter because no 25-year-old woman has ever thought: ‘Hmm, fractionally better sex definitely outweighs the paunch, bald patch, lower libido and wife and two kids.’
‘You look great in that dress’
Firmly in the creepiness grey area. It could just be a casual flattering comment on a woman’s overall appearance, or it could mean that an older male colleague or acquaintance takes a close interest in their tits and arse. Hopefully not with the aid of hundreds of surreptitious photos on their phone.
‘If I was 20 years younger I’d go out with you myself’
This suggests that a younger woman would automatically date the older man when he was in his 20s, which misses out the ‘consent’ and ‘attraction’ elements that are good to have in a relationship. It also implies he was able to simply order women to go out with him in his youth, which is a lie unless you’re talking to Kim Jong Un.
‘You’re very beautiful’
This is the sort of bold compliment made by men who fancy themselves to be distinguished appreciators of beautiful women, ie. twats. But the main problem is that once you’ve explicitly said you find someone incredibly beautiful, from now on you may as well be wearing a t-shirt that says ‘Wanking over you frequently’.
‘Has anyone ever told you you look like [insert actress]?’
Being compared to Scarlett Johansson or whoever is flattering, but it’s not as if men fantasise about a chaste evening of Monopoly with her. So it’s problematic once you think about it, but you get extra creepiness points for using a dated example like Raquel Welch then mansplaining who she is.
‘You’re younger than my daughter’
Could be said in all innocence, but it’s a phrase that usually refers to banging someone much younger. So you’ve not only highlighted the fact that you’re way too old to go out with whoever you’re talking to, you’ve also made it incredibly creepy by mentioning your daughter. What woman could resist your suave older charms?
