So........last week I finally went on a couple of dates.....with a very very charming younger man (who was here from another country on vacation, he's gone home now). It didn't feel weird or unnatural at all - although I must say he was much more mature than guys here of the same age tend to be.
Then last night I was out somewhere with my mom and ran into an old friend of my ex's, a guy I have known since our twenties. He's exactly my age. I haven't seen him in a couple of years, he's one of the friends I "lost in the divorce". HE LOOKED SOOOO OLD!!!!
I thought "Gee, if THAT'S my choice, between guys that look like him, and handsome young men like the guy I just dated - NO CONTEST!"
Now - lest you think I am just going for the superficial - let me just say, the younger man was smart, kind, honest, considerate, affectionate, interesting, fun. A truly outstanding human being in all ways, really. And I wish I could find someone just like him who was closer to my own age, even if they did look old. Oldish.
