First and foremost, condolences - Lost my wife after 17 years together.

She happened to be 10 years younger, while age was irrelevant for us, it's now a matter of probability, there's just a greater probability someone my age is going to be more compatible.

That aside -

The whole premise of "mid-life crisis" baffles me, men my age intentionally reverting back to an age/lifestyle that experience should long since left a healthy sense of fear of.

Being with a woman solely based on physical attraction, to me, is terrifying, so much so that just talking to a woman who overplays her attractiveness makes me feel depressed.

do young women really like older men