Yes, I attach myself to older women and see them in a maternal way. I've done this since I was a teenager. I would have thought though, for me, I would have looked for father figures since my father left when I was 10 and when he lived with us he was having an affair so was emotionally absent.

The only thing I can attribute the 'mother' thing to is the fact that his girlfriend (the affair) who I grew to love like a mother, died when I was 16 from cancer. Also I have strong feelings of not being protected by my own mother when I was little.

Confusing stuff.