I've never barely given two shits about younger women, I've always been primarily attracted to women who are older than myself.
lack of interest for contact with peers.
It is amazing how much similarity I find between us, but those two statements (and some others from what you said) are very true for me. I also had a crush in high school for one of the teachers, who luckily was not a teacher in my class. She was 10 years older than me, and eventually one thing led to another and we ended up getting together (when I was not 18 ), but I guess our mutual cautiousness prevented anything physical from happening. She aged poorly, and I upset her with my belligerent behaviour later on that I'm not welcome in her life anymore, which is quite sad.
Anyway, I was with a woman 10 years older than me (not the same woman) for many years, and we had a very nice life together. And I always enjoy the company of much older women than me, but for psychological reasons - I just cannot stand my peers, who seem very shallow. I don't mind the old age as much as I mind stupid thoughts and overall behaviour.
For pure statistics, I'm not a very sexual person - I choose very carefully who I have sex with (I've only had 1 real partner - and 1 rape). However, I've communicated erotically/whatever with women as much as 30 years older than me. And my "sweetspot" so to speak is around 10-15 years older than me. There really is no prejudice against older women, and I've held hands with 60 year old homeless women. So yeah, the age difference is apparent.
It really pisses me off to see threads on internet forums where "concerned parents" tell that their 20-something son is dating a 10 years older woman and ask for advice on "how to prevent their son from ruining his life with that kind of an unnatural relationship"
When I was with my 10-years-older lady, my 60-something father was concerned about what I was doing. He thought that I was acting up or something due to heavy problems with my mother who is schizophrenic (yeah, like a 20-something person will act up like a child for years... sigh). Anyway, he thought that I never had a mother (in reality, I never had a father either, I feel like I never had any sort of family at all), which was why I was looking for older women. Quite moronic if you ask me.