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[missdaredevil]

If you haven�t tried dating up the* age chain*, you don�t know what you�ve been missing. Mature women have been places, seen things, and have a sophistication and wisdom that you, ...

Why is that like a chain?
Thanks

[bud]

This is obviously a play on the phrase food chain. The food chain goes like this: Very small animals eat tiny animals, somewhat small animals eat very small animals, small animals eat somewhat small animals, etc., etc. Humans are at the top of the food chain. Plankton (perhaps) are at the bottom.

So this is an amusing way to refer to dating a woman who is considerably older than you. It goes up the "dating chain" by several years, instead of the more usual couple of years (older or younger). It goes up the chain, skipping a few links, instead of going to the next link in the chain.