…So recently I happened to overhear two male acquaintances of mine shooting the breeze.
Let me describe them.
Male Number One: Mid-sixties, balding, thirty pounds overweight, no Brad Pitt, married forever to the same woman, grandfather. Let’s call him “Hef.”
Male Number Two: Ditto. Let’s call him “Bob.” (As in Bob Guccione.)
These two schlubs were discussing a third guy- who I also happen to know. Let’s call him “Larry.” (As in Flynt.)
So I eavesdropped. I admit it.
And now you can, too.
Hef: Did you know that Larry is dating a fifty-five year old woman? I heard she has just moved in to his house in Boca and he couldn’t be happier.
Bob: Fifty-five, huh? He’s got to be at least seventy, right?
Hef: Seventy-two. I’m so glad he’s found someone. After all, he’s been a widower since what…this May?
Bob: No, June. It’s been an awful time for him. You know he was devoted to Agnes. His kids were so worried that he was all alone for like …two weeks. He was so down. It’s a real blessing that Monique came along when she did.
Hef: Yeah, I hear Larry’s kids are really happy for him. But you know, I’m still a bit worried.
Bob: Why? Because Monique is a little young for him?
Hef: Nope. Because she isn’t young enough. Larry hasn’t followed the Magic Dating Formula.
Bob: What formula?
Hef: The perfect age for a couple is the guy’s age divided in half and then you add seven. So, like in Larry’s case, that would be forty-three. Monique’s a little long in the tooth for the guy. It will never work out. He can do so much better.
And that’s when I jumped in.
Ellen: Excuse me, guys, for interrupting. Is that dating formula for men only? Can women have a crack at it?
Hef and Bob (hooting in derision.) : Women? Are you crazy? What woman could get a guy half her age plus seven?
Ellen: It has been known to happen. I personally know of a case or two.
Hef: Dream on. No way. It’s a man’s world, Ellen, and you’d better face facts.
Bob: Good luck with that, Ellen. Why would any young guy want to be with an older woman? Better stick to baking your cookies, sweetheart. Leave the complex dating formulas to the experts.
Ellen: Ok. You guys know best….
The French do some things right!
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/french-president-emmanuel-macrons-wife-11004526
Très bien, mon ami! Merci beaucoup.
💋
Oh did I forget Mrs. Robinson and Benjamin?
Where have you gone?
That’s okay, Mr. Gladstone. I was looking for positive older woman-younger man love stories.
My mother told me her theory about the best relative marriage ages for men and women when my father, who was 6 years older than she, was well into his 80’s. She said that women should marry men at least 10 years younger than they are because men decline and become “decrepit” (her word) so much faster than women do! So, a 30 year-old woman should marry a 20 year-old (or younger) man. I suggested that the problem for women, then, is the immaturity of young men. 35 year-old woman and a 25 year-old man might be slightly better….Moving on up through the years, though, 70/60 definitely works!!
That makes a lot of sense. Thank you, Zelda. 😊👍
The one thing that these old farts forget… its not their big bellies or sagging chins that make them attractive… it is the bulge in their wallets. When women stop needing financial support, these guys will be S.O.L.
You got that right, Vivian. $$$ is the magic formula- not age divided by 2 + 7.