I never thought I’d say this but I met the love of my life on a Tinder date.
The thing was it wasn’t with my Tinder date. It was with a rather shy, spectacled guy with a man bun, gazing at me over his VB. Romantic huh?
As I waited patiently for my dropkick date to finish chatting up every female in the vicinity, this new player in the game of my affections had sneaked in and asked me out. Slight problem, he was 23 (later revealing the truth – he was actually 21) and I was 36.
Our “date” a week later, was a takeaway coffee on a brick wall in a park. He was nervous; constantly untying his hair and man bunning it back up again. I was silly and told hilarious and inappropriate stories, which to me felt like yesterday but in reality they’d happened when he wasn’t even born.
What on earth was I doing? I mean as I’d been tapping away on my word processor, finishing my Uni thesis on female empowerment, he was busy trying to keep his Tamagotchi alive. Had I finally cracked it?
It was never going to happen.
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But for some reason, it did happen. I somehow began to see a life with this guy and took up residence on this love bubble where age was of no consequence and we could survive on pure pheromones and passion pop.
Not everyone felt the same as I did. I ignored informative statements about underdeveloped frontal lobes of the under 25’s and I zoned out of long winded speeches on why it wouldn’t work. My marriage hadn’t worked either and the two years of singledom that followed certainly didn’t reveal my Mr Darcy. My biggest issue was that he’d never even seen (let alone heard of), Top Gun.
Top Comments
Farts ARE funny...
My wife's 16 years younger than me. Literally the only time it ever comes up is when someone new to us finds out about it. It's not work, it doesn't affect our relationship, it's just a number.
YES! Thanks b2!!!
I absolutely loved the article!! It resonated with me as I am too in the same position as Katy. I am 32 and my partner is 23, he is a student and I am a professional ( and guess what it absolutely works). The article to me was thoughtfully written and saw raw. Thank you so much for sharing Katy and showing that love is love despite the age gap.
It's always disappointing that women always seem to get somewhat ridiculed for dating younger men?? I suppose over the years it is becoming more common. Big shout out to Megan Gale aiding women like myself and Katy by showing us that you can live a happy, full life of love despite the age gap!!
Thankyou so much for your support and understanding Sarah. Yes it is disappointing that we get ridiculed. I swear if I see "cougar" written one more time...grrrr.
But thats ok, every one has a right to an opinion and I enjoy reading and listening to others, as long as they have something to say, not just a derogatory comment for the sake of it.
At the end of the day I shared my story because I wanted too. In the process Ive come across negativity but also positivity where I feel a community of us "oldies" haha can breathe a sigh of relief. We arent the only ones and guess what everyone, its hard- but we are happy!!!
Thanks again for reading and I hope you'll like my new articles coming soon on my page!