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Old 08-18-2007   #43 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by SassySpy View Post
gosh. not so long ago I would have said "age doesnt matter" I find the older I get, the more it matters.
I have always gone out with younger guys, I think the biggest gap was when I was 33 and he was 21. We had no difficulties with our age difference, tho it may have played a part in our breakup I cant say for sure. But now I find myself wondering "what about when HE gets to 'that age' that he wants younger women?" It'll happen I'm sure, doesnt it always?
Maybe I am gun shy and insecure cos a recent b/f who was 31, made no secret of the fact that he would give just about anything to have an 18 yr old. No matter MY experience or ability to carry on intelligent conversation, he was looking only for the still tight skin and pert bits.
I wouldnt want to be 18 again, but I do wish we werent, as a society, so driven by our fascination and need for physical beauty.
THis brings to mind the story "The THornbirds" . The tycoon Mary Carson a woman who had lived by her wits and tamed the outback with money in the bank to show for it. Had survived by marrying a much older man as a young woman , a man who she didnt love. At the time the story starts she is in her 70's and has to her heartbreak fallen in love with the young priest of the parrish. No matter how much money, intelligence, wit , sophistication she possessed she could never have his heart. The most heartbreaking scene is where she tells him that her exterior may be 70 but inside she is still young with all the same needs and desires. It has been a major learning experience the older I get.