Yes he is a great friend, unfortunately he is not the best
person to get advise from regarding women.
You don't go to a beggar and ask for financial advise.
I have many friends who married spouse with big age gap. Many
have kids, many are happily married. The comonality in every cases
, All the older men are able to provide SECURITY to their younger
wife. The older make spouse, look good, lived a healthy life and
took care of their body.
That's why the younger women choose them over younger
men.
All I am saying is , know your limitations, think about what u
can offer and consider the long term implications.
Your friend probably think he stands a chance because that lady
is kind and do charity. Is your friend a Charity ? No.
If she is truly that wonderful, then your friend better be
prepared to have some fierce competition with other men.
If she likes older men, your friend won't be the Only old guy
going after her.
Your friend helped you get better, you should help him shape up
and live a healthier life. That's what friends are for. You help
him, you also helping yourself.
I went out to drink with my friend again. He told me he just
gave me a recent update.
It looks like he is facing tight competition.
He told me, last week, his company was having a treasure hunt
outing, in car convoys. So he was in the same car as two younger
guys in their late 20s and his direct boss. Don't know how they got
news about my friends interest in this girl but the direct boss
started to tease the two younger guys, that they are so handsome
and why they didn't bother to go after the 24 year old girl?
My friend was dumbstruck, he could not say anything as it was
coming out of his direct boss. His boss was apparently trying to
matchmake the two younger guys to this 24 year old girl and talking
in the car as if my friend is not existing.
So in his mind, he was thinking, is this office politics? And so
my friend decided not to go after her because he didn't want to
risk his office career.
But in his mind, he wonders why his boss would say something
like that?