Pretty much everyone prefers beauty, and of course, beauty's in the eye of the beholder and all that. The younger you start out with someone, the longer you get to bask in their beauty. Just guessing why it is that vampires generally love jailbait (I'm looking at you Edward Cullen of the Twilight Saga to your emo Bella Swan).
To be fair, this also applies to other immortal or long-lived types and not to the ones who prefer more mature adults (see Detective Nick Knight and Dr. Natalie Lambert of Forever Knight or Dr. Henry Morgan and Detective Jo Martinez on Forever). Some, of course, prefer comely younger women who are at least still adults (Dracula to Mina Murray, Bill Compton and Eric Northman to Sookie Stackhouse in the novels and True Blood, or Klaus Michaelson to Camille O'Connell on The Originals).
Yes, some vampires/immortals look like teens or young men but they're really hundred(s) or thousand(s) of years old. And generally, they go after teenaged girls which technically makes them creepy/dirty extremely senior citizens (eh-hem, Damon and Stefan Salvatore to Elena Gilbert of The Vampire Diaries, or Kol Michaelson to Davina Claire on The Originals). Sure, teen boys are usually soooo immature and there's something to be said about experience, but 100's or 1000's of years is a LOT of experience. Let's not forget angels like Bishop to Samantha in Michelle Rowen’s Nightwatchers series. Occasionally, some old girls get in on the act (see vampire Victoria and Aden in Gena Showalter's Intertwined series where there's also werewolf Riley and Mary Ann).
Other possibilities: Maybe these vampires are eternal manchildren. Or it really takes these guys 100's or 1000's of years to mature to the level of teenage girls (which is either an individual thing or a commentary on guys in general).
At least a few vampires actually don't live long lives and age more or less like humans so this whole thing doesn't apply. See Richelle Mead's Vampire Academy and Bloodlines series. Melissa de la Cruz's Blue Bloods series.
There's probably a ton more stories I haven't read yet and shows/movies I haven't seen yet. Please feel free to send some my way if you like. You know, just to prove me wrong / get my commentary / share because you're so awesomely nice or for any other reason at all.
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