If The Skin Fits…
January 26th, 2010I remember the joke my dad used to always tell and re-tell, over and over, just to piss off my mom – it was a true story. George Burns was this amazingly clever and insightful comedian. He was also old – as in, “in his nineties” old. And he was always doted on and surrounded by a bevy of beautiful and much younger women – as in “in their twenties” old. So he’s on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson one night , and Johnny asks him, “So George, why are you always with women that are so much younger than you are?” And George responds, with a twinkle in his eye, “Because their skin fits.”
There’s a lot to be said about dating younger – and just about all of it is good. Call me shallow, but anybody who contends that smooth skin and body parts pointing north, as opposed to south aren’t 1000% more desirable is clearly blind. Either that – or they have neither smooth skin, nor do they have north-facing body parts. There’s a reason our society worships youth. There’s a reason we still call women, “chicks,” and men, “douche bags.” We ALL wish we were younger. We’d ALL choose energy and a bright smile over napping and veneers. Anybody who says otherwise is completely full of shit.
You know I’ve dated younger women before. I’ve had long-term relationships with younger women. Some would call them, “much” younger women. The first of these “much” younger woman was 17 years my junior. I wasn’t seeking a younger woman at the time. I wasn’t seeking a woman of any age at all. It turned out to be a great relationship – until it ended, that is. Did it end because of the age difference? Probably, but I always said it wasn’t so much the difference in age, as it was the difference in baggage, the baggage that only with age one can accumulate. The second of these “much” younger women turned out to be almost as much younger and an equally enjoyable period in my life. Was it because she was younger? I never thought so then, and I still don’t now. Did we hit an occasional misfire in communication or conflicting taste in people, most likely due to our age difference? Uh, yeah. Did I mind the personality and sex appeal that could only come from a woman that much younger? Uh, no.
Of course, we all know it’s different for a man to date a younger woman than it is for a woman to date a younger man. I hope he’s at least five years younger than you. Otherwise it doesn’t count. I hope you’re better in bed than he is. Otherwise, you’re going to be hooked. I hope you meet his friends one night and feel as if you’re at a frat party, because trust me, he still has those friends. I hope he cooks you dinner before you cook dinner for him. Otherwise, he’ll start treating you like his Mom.
Mostly, I hope he continues to be a gentleman and put a smile on your face. There should never be an age limit on that.
