Fourteen and Twenty-One

Fourteen: I'm up a little bit early, to walk fourteen miles.  I think this morning is the only time I can do it this weekend.  I'm back into the marathon training; have picked a late January marathon in warmer climates to train for.  Last weekend I did my first long walk, a twelve miler.  While I was partway through a guy I don't know all that well, new to the area, called me up and asked if I wanted to have brunch or go outside.  I am outside, I replied, and invited him to join my walk.  So he walked about eight of my twelve miles, cheerily.  And he called me yesterday wondering if I was going to do another long walk this weekend.  I think I'll do five or six miles alone, then call him to see if he wants to join in for the remainder. 

Twenty-one:  Last night I was out with a 42 year old friend of mine, an engineer who's constantly looking for his soulmate.  When I asked how the hunt was going he giggled and confessed he'd spent the day in bed with a twenty-one year old young woman, after meeting her for a first date for lunch.  It mirrors a conversation I expect to have with another dear friend of mine, a little older than me.  He, too, is romping around with twenty-one and twenty-two year old women.  The phenomenon makes me feel like a spinster aunt.  My thirty-second birthday is coming right up.  Maybe I should get some cats.      

Comments

[SomeCallMeTim]

Don't get the cats just yet; there are 21 year-old men out there, too.

[boo]

Hmmm...a 42-year-old man who giggles while speaking indiscreetly. Sounds like anyone past their teen years would be too mature for him.

I second the first commenter. When I was 21, I dated a woman in her 30s, and I like to think we both benefitted from the relationship (albeit in different ways).

[B]

I was 19 she was 35 WOW. A 40 something guy is not going to find a soulmate in a 21 year old body. If your shopping for pears you better be looking in the produce section.

[cmc]

Mira Sorvino (who must be about 35 or 36???) just married a 21 year old. And don't forget about Demi Moore and Joan Collins.

(If you read People Magazine, you have all this information at your fingertips.)