I decided to take a second chance on someone, as I realized that perhaps I was judging him too harshly. Maybe I was. But I realized that the problem was not him; it was not me. It was the age difference.
I knew I should have trusted my gut instinct and walked away right from the start, but it seemed we had so much in common and, maybe this could work? I discovered, though, right away that the biggest issue with men who are much younger than women is that women start off ahead in the race in terms of emotional maturity, and, generally, they stay ahead in that race.
And, so, at my age, I have little patience with the games that seem to be so much a part of being in this younger age group. For example, I no longer want to play "Guess what I am mad about?" or "Guess why I am not speaking to you?"
Age brings experiences that someone younger cannot comprehend, And those of us who are older (and emotionally mature) know that there are others we can meet who don't play games. And those others generally come into our lives at those points when the game-players are still playing their games,still pouting, still feeling that all the fault falls on us, and, eventually, we will come around and understand that. Because, after all, they are younger, and isn't that all that women my age would be interested in?
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