Hey that's awesome - a hot young piece of man candy thought you were a hottie yourself! I'd be taking that as a compliment!

Awwww.....too bad he's just a sprout, but just think - he thought you were hawt! And *he called*....this is an excellent sign!

I quoteth from the movie "Must Love Dogs", " Well, eighteen. Eighteen's legal, right?" Hot 21-ish year old may not be long term material, but there is NO harm in looking and appreciating someone's attractiveness. Just don't serve him alcohol, to be safe!

A guy friend of mine met a girl at a bar and dated her for quite a while, met the fam and all that, before it came out that SHE WAS 17!!!! My friend was 32. I mean, geez, when you meet someone in a bar, you'd think you wouldn't have to check their i.d. When the truth came out, she asked him, "What are you going to do?" After my friend thought about it for a moment, he said, "Buy your Dad a beer!"

Yes, a most excellent sign! Wow, sigh, I'd be basking in the glory of it for awhile, heh. When I was in my late 30's I was still getting noticed by those of barely legal age. Now I'm in my late 40's and pudgy and well, sigh...self-esteem, where did you go??? Reality check!

AHEM, anyway! But YOU, dear CAP, you go girl!!!

Purl honey, you are just plain funny. Your sense of humor always makes me chortle, even on crazy days (which is more often than not).

Keep in mind, they tend to have more energy (ahem) when they are younger.... And then of course there is the "slim hip" factor. Most of the younger ones do have those ever so !!! slim hips....

Thanks for yesterday's horroscopes. I always look forward to them. You could give Rob Brezney and run for the money.

Er, make that "a run for the money." Nobody ever accused me of having good typing skills...

I think it's a thing with us Cancers and 2007. 15 days into January, I also attracted a 20 year old and a 22 year old. I'm 30. I really had a hard time with the 20 year old. But I tell ya what, it made for a VERY happy New Year. :)

AWESOME! I say go ahead and make him fix your plumbing. I mean, maybe you'll get to see jailbait in a wet t shirt. hee hee.

I'm agreeing with Allison - you're hot lady candy! You should feel very pleased, and also, hot! :)

Gee, even if you wanted to be all restrained and so forth, couldn't you have just had him over to fix something? Maybe something strenuous that would leave him wanting to take his shirt off because he was too warm?

Ooooh, this sounds so much like me. Only I went ahead and went through a time when I really enjoyed the attention from the younger guys. [I just turned 34 in December] Really, had I known that the much younger set liked women in their 30's, I maybe woulda looked forward to being over 30.

Now I'm dating a guy closer to my age. Those young guys are only fun for so long before what I'm looking for and what they're looking for completely clash. But still, flattered!

Oh, I wish you'd gotten his picture! I'd love to live vicariously ... well, even more so, with a photo. Great story!

mmmmm....I think hiring him as eye candy, I mean a handy man, might have been ideal...

If he's 21 for real that would make him only 5 years older than my son. Hot-looking men seem to get younger and younger every year.

I'll bet he still lived at home with his mother, too. I wonder if she knits??

15 years ago, I worked at a big ole' university and would get asked out by undergrads who, I suspect, were interested in an "experienced" woman (who was only a few years younger than their mother). Since I didn't consider myself part of their education, I routinely refused. And, looking back, it still feels like the right decision. So good for you, CAP.

Yes, but if he were aging himself, which I am 100% sure he was, then he could potentially even be 17. Which would be baaaaaad. Very baaaaad.

He's a handy man, so keep his number handy just in case. Everyone needs a good handy man and it's not illegal to watch them work.

Another smart-ass comment:

You know, seventeen will get you twenty-five. Years in prison, that is.

Didn't I tell you that you are gorgeous!! Rock on with your cradle-robbing self!! ;O)

Supposedly there will come a time when us older girls will appreciate some aspect of the younger man, but frankly, even guys my own age (42) seem a trifle immature, dare I say silly? Older men appreciate us & there's a lot more pampering and the required adoration going on!

What a shame. But at least you got a little voyeuristic pleasure out of it. . . a very little, to be sure, but better than none! and hey, a young hottie thought you were smokin'! What's not to like? :-)

LOL @ Liz!!!

I have to tell you I did get an ego rush. Then I remembered ... he was probably just excitied that I had my own car...

Dimples: Oh, I totally live *across the street* from my mom! I mean, I am gonna be *graduating* from...um... UCLA? in June. Totally! Whatever, we should party.

{Way to be persistent. Disaster averted, dude!}

Do you have his phone number? My stove is not as hot as it used to be.

When I was much, much younger, I was having a great time (making out) at a party with this guy I just met until I asked his age. He was 16! I stopped immediately and proceeded to call him "jail bait" the rest of the night. He didn't think it was very funny.

I should also add that I think the 17-year-old Daniel Radcliffe, he of Harry Potter and the nearly-naked promo pics for the play "Equus," is way, way, WAY hot. And I am, ahem, twice his age (and married, and mom to a toddler, but who pays attention to all that?).

But young Daniel will be legal soon. Oh yes. Soon. (LOL)

Would a 30-something-year-old guy hesitate to date a hot chick who was 18-21? Would most of them even stop to think whether or not she was "too young"? And maybe not just because they're horn-dogs, either. Maybe, just maybe, it's a good thing to get your plumbing fixed by a guy 10 or 15 years younger than you (as long as he's "legal"). Come on, what ever happened to feminism with its qual opportunity and all that?

I dated a 19-year-old for 2 months when I was 26 (no plumbing involved, though). It was fun. A friend of mine, who is 53, dates a guy who's 35. They've been dating for over 2 years (go get 'em!) -- and she's up front about the fact that it's ALL about the plumbing.

Maybe it's time that we allow ourselves a little fun every now and then. There's no law against it. And, there's no law that says you have to call the plumber the next day, either.

Oh, I hear you Marcia...good point about the "ahem" extra energy.

Yeah, you wouldn't look good in prison orange.

Laurie - If he really was adding years to his real age, then you made a great decision (in case he really is younger then 18 - no need for Dateline NBC to come knockin' at the door). But if he wasn't - I can see you having a great time with him! I mean, life is too short and you gotta live in the moment!

WOOO HOOO! Dimples! yea! I would just keep the nice ego-boost feeling.

Ya'll are so funny! I love you.

Trust me when I say I made the right, although wistfully somewhat sad, decision. He was cute, but I suspect he was 16 or 17 and lived at home with moms and got to borrow the family car on Saturdays. I totally agree with feminism and all that, but I don't want to have to wear one of those ankle bracelets for "monitoring" LOL.

That's awesome that you were hookin' a young catch! Well, maybe hookin' is the wrong word. Reeling in? I'm jealous. I have the opposite effect...I attract geriatrics. Short geriatrics.

Aw, too bad, though I'm awfully glad you didn't take the (jail)bait. But, hey, a cute guy WITH DIMPLES asked you out! Maybe you should see about his dad... :D

You totally should have gone out with him. There's a difference between Mr. Right and Mr. Right Now.

er...i was sort of that guy at one point. my ex (of 8 years) was 14 years older than i was.

believe me, you did the right thing. besides, anyone who uses the word "party" as a verb probably also says "sick" instead of "cool", and (again, quite possibly (especially in LA)) wears a hat slightly askew.

because it is "sick". and really, who needs that kind of pressure?

I bet it felt good to be hit upon by a young hottie! but then again you are SKINNY!

Woman, are you CRAZY?! Oh, right, I forgot your handle. Regardless, you should have taken full advantage of that willing youngster! Assuming he was 'of age' - no harm in carding, sister - you could have had a fine ol' time forgetting your recent bad man-luck. Besides, every young man should experience a 'cougar' once or twice in his life - they are burned into their memories forever. I'm happy to say I live on in one (or two) young men's memories - and they in mine.

I once knew a 42-year old lady married to a 24-year old (they're no longer together). I have no problem with dating various aged people, I've been up and down the spectrum myself, but to actually marry someone with such a wide age gap and different generational experiences? What is there in common?

But oh yeah, the DATING is fun!!!

look on the bright side hot delivery guy with dimples (who's age is suspect) ASKED YOU OUT> you GOtta feel good about that.

Wow! You can at least entertain date-fantasies with this hottie for awhile! While he way lyin' about his age, too bad he didn't say 29 or so. Then, you could have proceeded and claimed ignorance!

it is nice to be hit on, even if he is inappropriately young. And hey, maybe your streak of weirdos coming on to you is ending! The next one will be older, I'm sure!

And I'm glad I'm not the only one who flashes on those dateline shows.

You are so funny. Congrats on getting the Hot Delivery Guy to call you! Even if he is jailbait.

Great for the ego, Auntie! They really should be tagged or something till they are old enough. And I swear, I think that age is only a number thingy is a line they all use. Worked on me, oddly enough. *L* But he was 23 at the time.

All I have to say is: Aw, yeah.

Just curious....How old are you? I have read everything you've written here but I can't remember your age. It's nice to get hit on and even a phone call from someone that doesn't think you are as old as dirt!! I remember thinking 30's were old. Sheesh, I'm 35 and just beginning!!

Amy, if you actually knew me you'd realize how funny, and also totally bizarre, it is to have my name and "skinny" in the same sentence. My size 18s are laughing at me right now. But you're very kind. And apparently my photo angle worked LOL.

Monica, I'm 35, I'll be 36 in June. Go thirty-six!'

You should have heard the disappointment in his voice when I said I was 35. It was like I had just told him I was a grandmother of eight or something.

Too bad you didn't have any inappropriate hugging going on when you met Mr. Dimples.

He'd have enjoyed that.

I still am of the opinion, you should have jumped him when you had the chance (I think he was over 18)... Not as "Mr. Right," but for purposes of "Mr. Right-Now."

But awfully cute story! You go with your bad self!

I'm [only?] 34, but oh dear heavens...when did we get so old? I don't remember the part where I was done being young.

Holy crap. I had something like this happen with a bank teller over the summer. He was a mighty fine man who was mighty disappointed that I didn't date "21-year-olds".

OMG! Speaking of the whole To Catch a Predator series, did you happen to see the one dude who got caught TWICE! One was the most recent season, and the other time was one a prior season's episode. You know what his excuse was both times?!? "I guess I screwed up". DUH! You'd think he woulda learned after the first arrest. But no - 'cause we all know how hot those 14 year olds are. And I guess you could kinda understand, considering his head had a nice big scar where I'm assuming a metal plate had been inserted. By the way, nice move with the Hott Delivery Guy! We all need a little reassurance from time to time that we "still have it".

Oh, you hot perv you!! Ha ha... I feel the same way. When my little brother and all his 22yr old marine buddies were staying here I was soooo completely overwhelmed! And I felt like a dirty old lady... but it was fun :)

Awwwwwwwww....the story's kinda cute actually.

Anyhow, you should've taken a photo of him. :-p

...or better, send him over to Munich. *LOL*

Doesn't it make you crazy when an extremely young guy is totally hot? I'm chiming in anonymously to say that I have a severe old-lady crush on Daniel Radcliffe. How can he be 17? He is too good-looking to be 17. Life is so unfair.

Okay, yeah, bummer. But HE SO WAS INTO YOU AND THOUGHT YOU WERE YOUNG ENOUGH!!!! That's cool. :-)

I would be SO there, young or not. Besides. He was probably 18 or 19 :)

Too bad he's not legal. How about this to console yourself with?

http://www.stringyarns.com/koigu-cashmere.html

oooh, sorry! I don't mean to mess with your 3 month plan. hehehe

When I was in my 20's, I attracted handsome, "older" (40-50) men.

When I was in my 30's, I attracted younger ("18"-25) men.

Now, I attract OLD (65+), simple (IQ>78) men.

Enjoy it while you can. Sigh.

Leeny - My husband is thirty years older than I am, and we're very happy together and have lots in common. Actually, he likes to stay out later, drink more, and socialize more than I do. I'm the one sitting at home with my knitting, two cats, and a good book! I understand the instinct to question the motives of people in marriages with significant age differences, I truly do. But please don't discount the possibility that they can be very successful, loving relationships.

Oh, and Laurie - better to stay on the right side of the law, yeah :-) I myself once had to turn away a seventeen-year-old boy, and I was only in college!

You don't look good in orange, either. But, hoo boy, if he really WAS 21, you should have gone for it!

All ya'll talking about hottie Daniel Radcliffe? THANKS! I thought I was the only old-lady perv in the world.

You're having the same kind of week I am, apparently. I live in a college town, every male my age is married. The only hot single guys are 18 years old.

I take a class Tuesday night, there's a cute, smart guy...and he's a dorm-livin' freshman. He CAN'T EVEN DRINK LEGALLY YET.

There, do you feel better? I'm still kicking myself!

Btw, Laurie, you do realize that you used "party" as a verb in the previous post? (Spelling it "par-tay" does not matter.)

I wanna rock and roll **all night**
And party E-VER-Y DAY...
(sorry, I think my age is showing again)

You so should have invited him over for a "Weekend"!!! You would have had fun, he would have had fun, and you would have great memories when the young ones stop looking! You never had to speak to him again.

Well done, Laurie. You don't need the hassle of being "The Teacher". Good for you for putting yourself out there, tho! ;)

Oh yeah. Daniel Radcliffe is exceedingly hot. My friends and I are tempted to fly to England to see him in Equus.

But seriously - I just got myself a toy boy who is 7.5 years younger than me. My first post-divorce tryst. Now admittedly, mine is well on this side of legal, but still - he likes older women with experience and I like younger men with some stamina. My ex is 7.5 years older than me and time was taking its toll on his performance.

Oh yeah. Daniel Radcliffe is exceedingly hot. My friends and I are tempted to fly to England to see him in Equus.

But seriously - I just got myself a toy boy who is 7.5 years younger than me. My first post-divorce tryst. Now admittedly, mine is well on this side of legal, but still - he likes older women with experience and I like younger men with some stamina. My ex is 7.5 years older than me and time was taking its toll on his performance.

Hey, even if he was too young, you can still revel in the knowledge that you've STILL GOT IT!

If it were the other way around (you a guy and he a girl) no one would think twice about this. Unfair!
But then, when I was 21, I was sleeping with a 38 year old, and frankly, it was not the best decision of my life.

isn't it so nice though - that these young men still think us old ladies have got it going on enough that they're willing to lie about their age? what a great compliment! Enjoy it!

Listen to "That Summer" by Garth Brooks, and give Mr. Youngun a call back. :)

You just saved yourself a whole lot of trouble!

I got one for you. When i was 17, i had a friend who was 19 (Needed info: she liked to give the love away for free whenever possible). She met 2 guys one 16 and one ?, apparently she had worked out the scheme ahead of time and didn't tell me until the last min. She hooked up with the ? (later turned out to be 15) and I was left to chat up the 16. Really i was there as her wingman, to distract the one friend while she molested the other. She even sent us to the store while she sexed up the young one (in my parent's basement). in my defense i didn't find out his age or about the free for all in my parent's basement until much later when she was drunk and had decided not to be my friend anymore. I would have decided that but she was too drunk. Oh and she tried to sleep with my boyfriend too but he decided to cheat on me with someone else by that point so she was out of luck. Ok i am done now.

Tara,if you are 17, I don't think being with a 16 year old is molestation.

awwwwwwwwwwwww!

Honey, all this means is that he's old enough to, uh, "fix" your "plumbing." And sticking with Martinelli's means that you'll be able to very clearly remember every juicy moment.

Enjoy!

But what a compliment!!!

As someone in a relationship with a younger man I say accept the compliment and forget the rest!

Fan-freaking-tastic!

Woooo Girl YOU STILL GOT IT!!! And isn't it nice to know that??
As someone who got asked out by WAY younger guys in the old (aka- wasn't wearing a wedding ring) days, I gotta say- Good on you for both the compliment AND the walking away! Younger guys are really really fun, and once they're over 25, hey, some of them are keepers! But before that magic age of not using "dude" or "dawg" every few syllables, unless you're one of those girls who's just out for a good romp in the sack sans conversation, it's best to just "walk on by". 'Cuz eventually you're going to roll over one morning and want a conversation! (Or at least a conversation that doesn't involve a brief history lesson first!)

ok maybe it's just that I am a complete tramp and in total denial about my age and well Demi Moore is my new idol - but dude, I woulda found out how old he really was, and then gone out with him. And then taken him home to bed. Because people, you only get so many chances for that whole younger man thing, and it can be really worth it. But then again, you are probably not a tramp at all and want real love and we all want that for you so I'll just shut up now...but YAY you for getting hit on by the younger guy!!! sooooo jealous now...

When I was in my early 30s I had a 20 year old. It wasn't serious and it didn't last long, but while it lasted, it was awesome. When it was over we would just smile at each other in the hallway at work. It gave both of us really good memories and no regrets.

Too funny!! Something similar happened to me recently - BUT I didn't find out how old he was until I was sitting across the table from him at dinner.....I nearly shot Shiraz through my nose when he told me he is 30 !!!! I'm 44. I refrained from asking the waitress to bring a booster seat for my son. Strange mixture of emotions....wow, a 30 year old thinks granny's hot.....then ohhhhh my, someone is going to call the authorities and finally the realization I just look silly sitting here with this man - boy. The difference between men and women, we know we look silly with someone so much younger on our arm :-)

21 is only three years younger than me... you could send him this way...

That's really cute. What a nice compliment--I would've been tempted to go out with him anyway, just for kicks. But I'm sure it would end up like that Sex and the City episode where Carrie ends up waking up to empty pizza boxes, no TP in the bathroom, and coffee filtered through a paper towel. Better to dream. . .

You know, Demi Moore might be onto something...

damn.

Laurie. Do you realize how freaking hot you are?

Laurie, this was freakin' hilarious! I especially loved this line:

It's not good news when your potential date is adding years onto his age AND THE NUMBER HE ARRIVES AT IS TWENTY ONE.

It's obvious the guy really was interested in you. HIGHFIVE to you! Clearly, you are gorgeous and have amazing Magical Flirting Powers. =) Rock on, rockstar!

OK - whats wrong with a "relationship" with someone where you don't have to share your wine with him?

"honey can I have some?"
"I'm sorry, stud muffin. But that's illegal. I wouldn't want to go to jail. Here, have some milk."

Methinks you should have asked, "So, do you have an older brother / uncle?"

I have a lingering memory...

I was mega toasted at some random bong party at the unidentified ivy league school where I was a senior and some TOTAL hottie sat down next to me, talkin all aout the Throwing Muses, saying he was a junior.

In high school.

(It was 1994, okay?) Anyway, after much questioning I was left with this:

A) He is SO hot, yet 16. I am 22. Do I jump his bones?

B) Do I go back to my gay best friend's (aka my ex-boyfriend) place to talk about my missed chance and drop a tab or two?
Sigh...

Anyway, he was totally 16. I still miss my chance at being Mrs Robinson.

My friends and I have a formula for "acceptable" age when we are eyeing the fresh meat at Spring Training ... I think it used to be half your age plus 7 ... but somehow the formula keeps getting adjusted the older we get ... I don't think even Original Formula would cover Hottie Fixit Boy though, sorry ;-(

You still got it!!!

My 19 year old son says that most of the girls his age play mind games and act silly, so he and his buddies want older women. Unfortunately, the older women don't want them.

You're so lucky. I haven't been hit on in ages, and then it was by another woman. Which was okay because I was totally flattered, but I'm straight so it didn't go anywhere. But I felt really great because she was sooooo cute and it's nice to know that "I still had it."

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Awwwww! You should have gone anyway! Now I'm sad about all the follow up stories we'll never heard about.

Loved your story, Laurie. I'm 19, so send him over here! What an interesting older/younger thing you've sparked here...I think you should have gone for it and asked later ;) And I sooo agree about Radcliffe.

OMG that is too damn funny.
I wouldn't even know how to flirt with a 17 year old.
And you could pull off prison orange, if you wore the pom scarf!!

Well, if nothing else, it was fun for a bit, and how can you NOT feel good when a hottie that age thinks you're hot?! I say that's doubly as good as someone our age says so! I love your blog by the way, just found it (yes, so I'm a little slow sometimes, but at least I'm here now!)

WhooooHoooo! Check you out! You go, Laurie!! So cool that a hot, YOUNG thang flirted with you and then called to ask you out. You did what was right for you, so good.

BTW-my hubby's birthday is next week. He'll be 29. I'll be 38 this spring.

Yay younger men!

Scary is when you tell them your real age and they don't leave.

If only more men (at least the older, married ones) were in possession of one one-hundredth of the class you possess in the last joint of the pinky finger of your left hand, Laurie.

But do bask gloriously in the compliments. He thought you were a hottie ... and we think you're a class act.

I know you have a LOT of comments on this, but I had to throw in my 2 cents worth: some years ago, when I was 35, a handsome 19 year old made an enormous difference in my life. While it wasn't a permanent thing, he was fun and ... um ... energetic, and I had total strangers tell us we looked great together! (Which has never happened before or since.) So don't write the young'n's off ...

Ben Franklin (Yes, that Ben Franklin) said it best:

But if you will not take this Counsel, and persist in thinking a Commerce with the Sex inevitable, then I repeat my former Advice, that in all your Amours you should prefer old Women to young ones. You call this a Paradox, and demand my Reasons. They are these:

i. Because as they have more Knowledge of the World and their Minds are better stor'd with Observations, their Conversation is more improving and more lastingly agreable.

2. Because when Women cease to be handsome, they study to be good. To maintain their Influence over Men, they supply the Diminution of Beauty by an Augmentation of Utility. They learn to do a 1000 Services small and great, and are the most tender and useful of all Friends when you are sick. Thus they continue amiable. And hence there is hardly such a thing to be found as an old Woman who is not a good Woman.

3. Because there is no hazard of Children, which irregularly produc'd may be attended with much Inconvenience.

4. Because thro' more Experience, they are more prudent and discreet in conducting an Intrigue to prevent Suspicion. The Commerce with them is therefore safer with regard to your Reputation. And with regard to theirs, if the Affair should happen to be known, considerate People might be rather inclin'd to excuse an old Woman who would kindly take care of a young Man, form his Manners by her good Counsels, and prevent his ruining his Health and Fortune among mercenary Prostitutes.

5. Because in every Animal that walks upright, the Deficiency of the Fluids that fill the Muscles appears first in the highest Part: The Face first grows lank and wrinkled; then the Neck; then the Breast and Arms; the lower Parts continuing to the last as plump as ever: So that covering all above with a Basket, and regarding2 only what is below the Girdle, it is impossible of two Women to know an old from a young one. And as in the dark all Cats are grey, the Pleasure of corporal Enjoyment with an old Woman is at least equal, and frequently superior, every Knack being by Practice capable of Improvement.

6. Because the Sin is less. The debauching a Virgin may be her Ruin, and make her for Life unhappy.

7. Because the Compunction is less. The having made a young Girl miserable may give you frequent bitter Reflections; none of which can attend the making an old Woman happy.

8thly and Lastly They are so grateful!!

Bossy can totally relate even though she is "happily married."

Bossy doubles as an Interior Painter and last week, as she was giving a paint estimate, she ran Abs-first into the General Contractor. Who looked exactly like JFK Jr. After a quick flushed exchange with Mr Hottie, Bossy cornered her suburban client. "I will give you a 70% discount," Bossy said, "if I can begin work BEFORE your contractor is finished dry-walling."

There is a lot to be said for younger men; I should know since my husband is 7 years younger than I am! But I do see your point on the difference when it extends a little beyond that. Hello Mrs. Robinson! It is a huge compliment that a hot young stud was into you, didn't know your age until you told him, and only backed off after you gently turned him down. How cool is that?

Oh, I'm jealous. The only guys who flirt with me are younger too... like, 14 years old younger.

Ain't no way in hell! The idea of that is just... icky!

Whoo hoo Hottie McPlumbhotness! You go you hot sexy girl!!! Was your hubby, you know, David Beckham - was he at all jealous? ;o)

You're waaaay too young to be a Mrs. Robinson, so it's just as well... feller had a crush on you!
:)

Sweetie, how very flattering!! these young men are so very good at boosting the ego, i was totally battered and brusied by my ex who was 7 years younger than me and thought that i would never again feel like a woman again, however a wonderful man came alone (for how long i dont know but its been 6 months so far!) who is all of 26 (nearly 27!) im 44 (nearly 45) and he thinks i'm beautiful and sexy and I so am! he has been sent to give me back my groove! and he so has, so enjoy and never, never!!! think you are too old!!

That was so funny that my DH was amused as well!!

Laurie, my DEAR! I've enjoyed the comments almost as much as your post! Ladies, believe me when I tell you, you're not "over the hill" until you're 98 (and when I'm 98 I may revise that). You're darling, of course a hottie would find you appealing. Read Joe's comment, ladies, and then print it out and post it. In fact - his words ring true for the older men married to us older women as well. The summation: women are splendid, and like good wines improve with age. Write that down, girls, and post it inside your fridge, on your bathroom mirror, and inside your wallet so you see it many times a day.

You are funny and humourous. Back to reading some more.

oh damn, that's too bad.

Honey, younger is the way to go. I am 38 and my darling husband is 30. Doesn't sound so bad does it? Well, when I met him I was 32 and he was 23 - I about choked when I asked how old he was and he told me. I figured he was a lot older. But all's well that ends well - we've been married for 5 years and have two kids and we are as happy as can be. Oh and younger definitely has more stamina *wink, wink*.

Ain't nuttin' but a number, girl. Can be pretty disappointing though sometimes. But still! A young hot guy thought you were the business. That's always good news :)

I dated a 19 year old when I was 27. And a 21 year old when I was 32. Both hawtties...but pretty stupid though, hence only one date each.

'Course I also almost dated a guy who was 37 when I was 21. He was very immature. Imagine that!

I didnt read through all the comments, but I'm sure I'm not the only one to echo his sentiments....AGE REALLY IS ONLY A NUMBER.
It wouldnt have hurt to let him take you out to dinner or a movie, at least its getting out of the house. I met alot of guys "for coffee" before I met my boyfriend. It's all about taking a chance, putting yourself out there, getting out of the house and having a good time. Dont look at every date as a potential mate, maybe he has an older friend or brother or?????? Besides...he had dimples!!

PS....I will turn 50 this year, my bf will be 36, and if you would have told me 2 years ago I would be loving and living with a guy 14 years younger, I would have said you were NUTS!

This is a good blog. I too have lost weight, and when someone gives me a compliment about how good I look, I take it that they are really saying "you looked so darn bad before". I also know that everyone struggles with something. Mine is eating food for emotional reasons, which unfortunately there is no hiding from. Additionally, I'm nervous that you gave a GUY YOU HAD NEVER SEEN BEFORE - your telephone number. I sorta got a lump in my throat reading this, and glad it turned out OK. Read: no bad surprises !

Last summer, I met the most gorgeous man. H.O.T. hot in that way that men are only ever sexy on Prison Break or gay bar posters. Cowboy hat that didn't look fake. No shirt. Levi button fly, faded and clinging in just the right ways. And muscles, my God, the muscles. He was tanned and just a little sweaty because he was helping to build our new home. He had a little beard stubble. I melted when I saw him. I was being subtle, I hope.

Then, my sixteen year old son walked up and greeted him. They gave each other the "shug."

He's my son's classmate. My son introduced us. The dreamboat shook my hand and said, "Nice to meet you, Mrs. ____." Damn.

Too Embarrassed: OUCH!!

LOL!

Oh my gosh! Thanks for posting this.... I haven't laughed this hard in a while! What a fun story!!!!

Funny that you should post this on this particular weekend. I just had a very serious talk with my SO about something that happened to him back in his early 20's. Let's just say he thought the neighbor's babysitter was of legal age. He had to attend counseling and write diary letters to the court to get them to drop the charges. It may be affecting his ability to get security clearances. And we'd hate for you to not be able to knit top-secret yarn!

What a great story. Reminds me how just a few years ago when I was pretty newly divorced and acting like I should have at 21. At 27 I had to set an age limit of 21.. which by 30 I had increased to 27. Was fun for a bit but, man are they young and dumb at that age.

oh you silly woman!! 21 year olds are sooo yummy!! next time, go for it - what the heck - you might have nothing to talk about but who needs to talk?? - giggle ..... by the way, I'll be 50 soon - shhhh - LOVE the young boys - they keep me feeling young too .... and what an ego boost to know a hott young think is interested - wow mama - you go girl!!! Total Cougarrrrr ....

oh you silly woman!! 21 year olds are sooo yummy!! next time, go for it - what the heck - you might have nothing to talk about but who needs to talk?? - giggle ..... by the way, I'll be 50 soon - shhhh - LOVE the young boys - they keep me feeling young too .... and what an ego boost to know a hott young thing is interested - wow mama - you go girl!!! Total Cougarrrrr ....

Now this was laugh-out-loud funny! Been there, done that after my divorce. But the age difference was more like 20 years. Didn't need to raise another kid.