A confession: I have a long-distance crush on an 18-year-old young man. And I have acted on it.
Now, it's fairly cute for a 26-year-old woman to look at such a lad and think, "Aww. He would have broken my heart had he been around before the first grey hair sprouted." That's the sort of sentiment that makes people giggle and move on with the conversation. It's a different story, though, when a 26-year-old woman actively e-mails, telephones, and spends time with the teenager in question. People look at you funny. In all fairness, however, a dear friend has met the lad, and she thinks he is very sweet and very foxy. So I'm not a weirdo. Not that I'm defensive.
So far, my favorite exchange between me and Long-Distance Crush is as follows:
me: You know, Long-Distance crush, I kind of feel like Mrs. Robinson around you.
ldc: Who's Mrs. Robinson?
Now, it's fairly cute for a 26-year-old woman to look at such a lad and think, "Aww. He would have broken my heart had he been around before the first grey hair sprouted." That's the sort of sentiment that makes people giggle and move on with the conversation. It's a different story, though, when a 26-year-old woman actively e-mails, telephones, and spends time with the teenager in question. People look at you funny. In all fairness, however, a dear friend has met the lad, and she thinks he is very sweet and very foxy. So I'm not a weirdo. Not that I'm defensive.
So far, my favorite exchange between me and Long-Distance Crush is as follows:
me: You know, Long-Distance crush, I kind of feel like Mrs. Robinson around you.
ldc: Who's Mrs. Robinson?
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