Why it's a bad idea to leave your wife for a younger woman

Mark McIlroy

15 September 2025



This will be personal to some however men do it, and women fear it, so here goes.



1. Once you find the right person, life gets better with each year that goes past. Only a fool would give up the only good thing that they had ever had.


2. If you do this, life will become very lonely. The greater the age gap, the lonelier it will be.


3. Because she is a young woman, she will want to have children. Do you want to be in your 60's, 70's or 80's and be getting up at 4:00am every morning, every week, to take your turn at feeding the baby and changing its nappy?


4. Your social circle will be her friends. They will be embarassed because there is an old person there, (you), and will have trouble thinking of things to say. There will be a lot of silence.