As someone said on another board, I think a lot of it may have to do with the parents/children thing.
I am in my late 20's. My parents are in their 50's. I have no problem with older couples in their 30's or 40's, but when they start getting into my parents' age range, it gets kinda creepy to me. NOT because I don't find them attractive physically or because I find them less worthy. In fact, there was one man a year or 2 older than my dad who I thought was VERY hot. But he *talked* just like my dad. He thought in many of the same ways as my dad. He wore the same types of clothes as my dad, etc. etc. It ended up being just too creepy for me.
I think it may work the same in reverse. A couple in their late 40's, or in their 50's or 60's might have children the same age as us. While they may find us physically hot (as I found the guy my dad's age), the fact that we talk the way their children talk, dress the way their children dress, etc. may also just creep them out too much. Which I understand.
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