When we\u2019re in our teens, it\u2019s really easy to believe that everything we like right now is what we\u2019ll always like. We\u2019ll always be listening to pop music, wearing bright red lipstick, crushing on boy bands \u2013 and digging blonde-haired skater boys.<\/p>\n
But our tastes in pretty much everything change as we get older \u2013 even our taste in guys. What we might find attractive today is certainly not what we might find attractive in a few years\u2019 time.<\/p>\n
And indeed, it might even shocks us when we find ourselves falling for a bookish, short-haired, bespectacled librarian who looks nothing <\/i>like Brad, the skater boy with the tattoos.<\/p>\n
We mature as people, and just as a person\u2019s tastebuds swing from craving sugary energy drinks to vintage wines, a woman\u2019s taste in men changes. So let\u2019s take a look at 10 ways in which it does just that as you get older.<\/p>\n
When I was younger, I was hugely attracted to the bad boy mysterious type. I liked guys who looked suave but impenetrable. They would sit there, mostly in silence, until they\u2019d pop up with a complex aphorism on life that made me go all gooey inside. Just what was behind those dark, sultry eyes? What secrets were they hiding?<\/p>\n
But as I got older, and had dated a few of these \u201cmysterious\u201d types, I realised that mysteries quickly get old once you\u2019ve dug a little bit deeper. And most of the time, the mystery wasn\u2019t all that mysterious to begin with.<\/p>\n
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Moreover, mysterious bad boys are not really the type of guys you can build a genuine future with.<\/p>\n
Your interests have changed<\/b><\/p>\n
Maybe when you were younger you were into heavy rock music, and as such you dated dreadlocked mosher\u2019s who took you to Metallica gigs.<\/p>\n
These days, though, you\u2019re into swing music, vintage clothes and guys who appreciate the same finer things in life. As such, you\u2019ll turn your nose up at the dreadlocked, sweaty rocker and instead plump for a charming, well-dressed gentleman.<\/p>\n
You don\u2019t care about abs anymore<\/strong><\/p>\nMaybe when you were younger you pinned posters of hot, topless men to your wall. Your bedroom was lined with Adonis\u2019 who nobody <\/i>could match up to.<\/p>\n
These days, though, while it\u2019d be perfectly cool to date a well-built man, abs are certainly not the be all and end all. Indeed, abs that are just too big are even a little ghastly. Yuck.<\/p>\n
You can\u2019t change people<\/b><\/p>\n
Girls have it in our heads when we\u2019re young that we have some sort of magical powers and can change guys. We think it\u2019s okay that we\u2019re dating a man with a haunted past who drinks a little bit too much right now because we\u2019ll just overpower him with our charm.<\/p>\n
Unfortunately, as you get older, you begin to realise that things just don\u2019t work like this. If a guy has a strong personality, there is no way you\u2019re going to change him. So, why waste time even bothering?<\/p>\n
These days, you look for men who are already your type, rather than rough diamonds who, with a little tweaking, can be reshaped.<\/p>\n
You think about your future<\/b><\/p>\n
When I stumbled from boyfriend to boyfriend in my late teens, I wasn\u2019t thinking of my future at all. As such, I casually dated lots of losers who I shudder to think could ever be a part of my life now.<\/p>\n
These days, I only date men I can see fitting into my vision of the future. I don\u2019t have the time to waste dating hopeless guys anymore, and instead only invest energy in relationships I know could work out in the long-term.<\/p>\n
You\u2019re done with the player<\/b><\/p>\n
Young girls like to give the players\u2019 the benefit of the doubt, probably because they\u2019re hot while we\u2019re vain and think we can calm them down.<\/p>\n
The truth, though, is that players can never be tamed, and all that inevitably happens is we get played, too. We become yet another notch on his belt, and we end up really hating him and ourselves.<\/p>\n
As a mature woman, you know that the player can waste his time with someone else. You\u2019re way beyond those days, and if a man ever starts playing with you again, he can hit the road.<\/p>\n
Cars don\u2019t matter anymore<\/b><\/p>\n
It made you shiver whenever Brad rocked up at your school in his dad\u2019s Cadillac, but as you get older, you realise that material objects such as cars don\u2019t actually matter that much. What you prefer is a guy who is well-travelled, worldly wise and experienced. It doesn\u2019t matter how much money he\u2019s got; what\u2019s more important is how he spends it.<\/p>\n
You now have higher expectations<\/b><\/p>\n
When you\u2019re young, it doesn\u2019t really matter that Brad doesn\u2019t have a job, eats loads of junk food, goes protesting at the weekend\u2019s and smashes his bottom lip because he falls off his skateboard. You\u2019re both young, anti-authoritarian and you don\u2019t want to work anyway because work sucks.<\/p>\n
As you get older, though, you want a little bit more ambition from your partner than throwing eggs at the general store\u2019s window. You want him to have a solid career, and you may even expect that one day he\u2019ll ask you to marry him.<\/p>\n
You now go for personality<\/b><\/p>\n
When you were younger, you of course liked a good personality. You and Colin the eccentric genius from math were even best buddies. You\u2019d never have dated Colin, though, because dim but handsome Brad was better looking. You liked personality, but looks made you go weak at the knees.<\/p>\n
As you get older, though, you realise that personality actually matters so much more than looks. You now want someone with brains who is humorous, quirky, protective, and generous. You want someone who will always be there for you and who loves you for who you are.<\/p>\n
You have a strict criteria<\/b><\/p>\n
Maybe in the past you were prepared to give any guy a chance. What was there to lose? As you get older, though, you\u2019ve realised that you\u2019ve wasted a lot of time dating no-hopers and that it\u2019s time you set a specific criteria.<\/p>\n
And if the guy doesn\u2019t meet it, he\u2019s not getting in.<\/p>\n
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Source: Beauty and Tips<\/p>\n
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