"YOU'RE not stupid though," the twenty-two year old turned and added with extra emphasis. I work with many folks younger than I am, and this young lady was on the tail end of drama with a new ex-bf. She had come to the adamant conclusion that "all males are stupid." Except me. I guess to 22 year old female eyes I'm not a male anymore. On the upside, I gather I'm a "totally" wise eunuch.
I get that kinda thing quite a bit these days. The first time a lovely co-ed calls you "Sir" it's like a knife in the heart, the first time a gal sits down next to you at the bar because she DOESN'T want to get hit on, a little piece of you dies inside.
I don't know when exactly I ceased to be sexual being, I just know that somehow now I am in a life phase where women under 30 instantly read me as Uncle/Friend's Dad/Big Brother/Teacher/Holy Man, anything safe, anything but single guy on the make.
Maybe I can't catch the youngest, fastest gazelles in the herd, and I don't try, but a little respect for being in the hunt as long as I have would be nice.
I wonder if women have this issue. Ladies?
I get that kinda thing quite a bit these days. The first time a lovely co-ed calls you "Sir" it's like a knife in the heart, the first time a gal sits down next to you at the bar because she DOESN'T want to get hit on, a little piece of you dies inside.
I don't know when exactly I ceased to be sexual being, I just know that somehow now I am in a life phase where women under 30 instantly read me as Uncle/Friend's Dad/Big Brother/Teacher/Holy Man, anything safe, anything but single guy on the make.
Maybe I can't catch the youngest, fastest gazelles in the herd, and I don't try, but a little respect for being in the hunt as long as I have would be nice.
I wonder if women have this issue. Ladies?