Age

So the more I get out and about in NYC, the more I am meeting people of a variety of ages.
I started high with those Korean cougars in L.A. but things have gone progressively uphill/downhill (depending on your outlook).

Am now meeting 22 year old women and even 21 year old guys. WTF?

I don't think of age as an issue, and that comes from the fact that I would hang around people in the same age vicinity as me. I still think the same way. However, for some of these young'uns, there is some surprise and the "why aren't you settled?" question has indeed come up. I'm tempted to reply, "because life doesn't always work out you the way you think it does at the ripe old age of 21."

Trying to remember back to when I was that age, I would think the same way as them. However, that was Sydney where no-one goes out beyond 26 and this is NYC where older people party just as hard, so I do feel I'm not that much of an outcast!

I did hear once a friend of a friend lied about their age when they first met a girl (I think he's around my age) but he told the truth later and now they are all good as a couple. There's a part of me that thinks, surely putting a lie out there that early is not conducive to a good relationship?

Thank goodness for the Asian gene :) Most people think that I look younger than I am. So maybe the key is to avoid the topic altogether!