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What is attraction?

There were a lot of things I took for granted as a youth and young adult. Who I was attracted to was somewhat straight forward. I found a handsome man that very quickly became someone I couldn’t imagine not in my life. Fast forward 15 years and I am learning that attraction is not so straight forward for everyone. As a teenager who do you find attractive? Well other teenagers, young adults and an occasional just hot person, older…there aren’t many of those though. As a young adult who do you find attractive? Other young adults, hot young-ish people and an occasional really hot teenager or older person but those are few and far between. As a middle age person who do you find attractive? Do you actually find other middle age people attractive that you wouldn’t have given the time of day when you were a teen and just because they were middle aged? What about when you are 90? Who is attractive? Do you actually find other 90 year olds attractive? There seems to be a thought that at