Btw, where did you hear this -from your husband, your friends or did you learn this in school?
okay. maybe i deserve this sarcastic comment – i didn’t learn it in a gemara. a 40 year old woman i know had asked a shaila (of some rav, i don’t know whom). anyways, i’ve always learned that it’s the guy who is supposed to look for the wife, as it’s not the way of the world for women to go pursuing men.
anyways, i did not have 80 guys lined up at one time – i was just like all the other posters here.
of course, both men and women should periodically re-evaluate what they are looking for and decide which areas may or may not be so important to them.
nowadays, when every few years is practically a new generation, a 15 year age gap is no small deal. No matter what age, most women i know are looking for companionship, that they feel comfortable with.
although many girls are desperate to get married, that doesn’t mean that they are desperate – they do want to be happily married. many would rather marry a previously divorced guy, someone from a different background than they previously were looking for, etc. before considering a huge age-gap.