As men get older, they can seek mates closer in age. They would life happily together for the same amount of forever after. Alas, it's not happening. In fact, as men age, they tend to marry younger and younger women, exacerbating the longevity gap between the sexes in the golden years. Nearly 90 percent of grooms aged 50 and up marry younger women, according to 1990 government data.
Men are wiser when they are younger.
Until age 30, about three-quarters of men marry women within a few years of their own ages. But once they hit 55, nearly half of them marry women who are at least 10 years younger. These guys are living in the past. The throwback biological argument is that to carry on the species, men are programmed to look for women entering childbearing age, while women are wired to seek out men who will provide for and protect them and their children. There are benefits of marrying someone who has the same level of maturity that you do.