EMCAD80
05-28-2003, 04:41 PM
Till Death do us Part... and I'm feeling way too healthy
Marriage is the one subject on which all women agree and all men disagree.
~ Oscar Wilde
So I’m sitting in a bar contemplating Ms. Right enjoying a cold beverage when an older gentleman walks in and sits beside me. I was a little nervous at first until I noticed he kept looking at his watch so I figured he was waiting for someone. It wasn’t long before an attractive young woman walked in, looked around the bar, and headed straight for the fellow next to me. My luck is picking up I thought. His daughter is meeting him for a drink and if I play my cards just right… Wrong! It was obvious from the greeting kiss, which I think involved a check-up for tonsillitis, that she was not his daughter.
So I ordered another round and began to try and figure this out. The hottest, and youngest, female in the place draped all over this old geezer beside me. He was an older gentleman until I figured out he was doing a lot better than me. Now he’s an old geezer. I don’t get it. What is the attraction of the May / December relationship?
Sex, I thought. It must be sex… or maybe money. He wants someone young and hot who can do for him what Viagra can’t. She wants someone who’s loving, patient, who lasts more than 30 seconds and can still pick up the check afterwards. There is even a support group on the Internet for these ladies called Y.o.W. (Younger Wives of Older Men). Membership requirements are that you are female, married, and to a significantly older spouse! Just what qualifies as a significantly older spouse is left up to interpretation on the part of the applicant. Personally I’ve dated a couple women my own age that had we been married I think would have qualified as significantly older. Maybe I’ll start my own support group.
Just when I thought I had this figured out an attractive, though older, lady walked in with a considerably younger man. Okay, this is getting weird, I thought. Knowing I could never work this out in my mind sober I ordered another round.
I thought I understood the older man younger woman attraction but this blew my mind. Can it really work the other way around? I wondered. Apparently it can. These two were as giddy as seventeen year-olds on a prom date and probably just as horny. I guess the same reasons apply regardless of the sex of the people involved. The Los Angeles Times reported in 1995 that 23.5 % of American women married younger men and for women over the age of 35, the number rose to 41%. The times they are a changing. And all this time I thought only Cher got off on young guys – not that I wouldn’t be screaming “take me!” if she were trolling through town.
Jack Mumey and Cynthia Tinsley penned a book in 1993 named “Age Different Relationships: Finding Happiness with an Older or Younger Love.” It’s available at most of the Internet bookstores. It may be worth checking out if you are involved in a May / December relationship. I would have read it for research but there weren’t any pictures so I passed until the need for information becomes greater.
By now I’ve switched to water and am just beginning to get my head around this new concept of age doesn’t matter. Think of the possibilities. No wonder it’s so difficult to find a mate in this world – we are limiting our search too much. It’s just like searching for information on the Internet. If you don’t find what you are looking for, you change your search criteria, and try again.
Armed with this new knowledge I began to look around me with a whole new perspective on the potential identity of Ms. Right. Hey there’s a possibility. Uh oh, maybe not. They really should do something about the lighting in this place. Oh well, BACK, SEARCH AGAIN.
In this day and age people are living longer healthier lives than ever before. It’s safe to conclude that you can find love without using age as a major criteria or stumbling block. So the next time you see that older or younger woman whom you think is breathtaking, ask them out. The days of telling yourself that you’re too old or too young are just not relevant anymore. Realizing marriage is until death do us part, I’m feeling way too healthy to do otherwise.
© Mike Gowen
Marriage is the one subject on which all women agree and all men disagree.
~ Oscar Wilde
So I’m sitting in a bar contemplating Ms. Right enjoying a cold beverage when an older gentleman walks in and sits beside me. I was a little nervous at first until I noticed he kept looking at his watch so I figured he was waiting for someone. It wasn’t long before an attractive young woman walked in, looked around the bar, and headed straight for the fellow next to me. My luck is picking up I thought. His daughter is meeting him for a drink and if I play my cards just right… Wrong! It was obvious from the greeting kiss, which I think involved a check-up for tonsillitis, that she was not his daughter.
So I ordered another round and began to try and figure this out. The hottest, and youngest, female in the place draped all over this old geezer beside me. He was an older gentleman until I figured out he was doing a lot better than me. Now he’s an old geezer. I don’t get it. What is the attraction of the May / December relationship?
Sex, I thought. It must be sex… or maybe money. He wants someone young and hot who can do for him what Viagra can’t. She wants someone who’s loving, patient, who lasts more than 30 seconds and can still pick up the check afterwards. There is even a support group on the Internet for these ladies called Y.o.W. (Younger Wives of Older Men). Membership requirements are that you are female, married, and to a significantly older spouse! Just what qualifies as a significantly older spouse is left up to interpretation on the part of the applicant. Personally I’ve dated a couple women my own age that had we been married I think would have qualified as significantly older. Maybe I’ll start my own support group.
Just when I thought I had this figured out an attractive, though older, lady walked in with a considerably younger man. Okay, this is getting weird, I thought. Knowing I could never work this out in my mind sober I ordered another round.
I thought I understood the older man younger woman attraction but this blew my mind. Can it really work the other way around? I wondered. Apparently it can. These two were as giddy as seventeen year-olds on a prom date and probably just as horny. I guess the same reasons apply regardless of the sex of the people involved. The Los Angeles Times reported in 1995 that 23.5 % of American women married younger men and for women over the age of 35, the number rose to 41%. The times they are a changing. And all this time I thought only Cher got off on young guys – not that I wouldn’t be screaming “take me!” if she were trolling through town.
Jack Mumey and Cynthia Tinsley penned a book in 1993 named “Age Different Relationships: Finding Happiness with an Older or Younger Love.” It’s available at most of the Internet bookstores. It may be worth checking out if you are involved in a May / December relationship. I would have read it for research but there weren’t any pictures so I passed until the need for information becomes greater.
By now I’ve switched to water and am just beginning to get my head around this new concept of age doesn’t matter. Think of the possibilities. No wonder it’s so difficult to find a mate in this world – we are limiting our search too much. It’s just like searching for information on the Internet. If you don’t find what you are looking for, you change your search criteria, and try again.
Armed with this new knowledge I began to look around me with a whole new perspective on the potential identity of Ms. Right. Hey there’s a possibility. Uh oh, maybe not. They really should do something about the lighting in this place. Oh well, BACK, SEARCH AGAIN.
In this day and age people are living longer healthier lives than ever before. It’s safe to conclude that you can find love without using age as a major criteria or stumbling block. So the next time you see that older or younger woman whom you think is breathtaking, ask them out. The days of telling yourself that you’re too old or too young are just not relevant anymore. Realizing marriage is until death do us part, I’m feeling way too healthy to do otherwise.
© Mike Gowen