A while back, Variations printed a letter from a woman who described the wonderful life she had with an older man. She made it very clear that she wouldn’t trade him for all the young hunks in the world. Lady, I’m with you all the way.

To be honest, I wasn’t thrilled when Woody started hitting on me, but then again I wasn’t all that surprised neither. I mean, a girl’s got to expect that stuff when she’s serving food at a diner full of rowdy, long-haul truckers. Woody was good-looking all right, and he had a real nice sense of humor, but he was, well, old. I just couldn’t see myself dating a man twice my age. Boy, did I have a lot to learn!

Eventually, Woody talked me into going out with him. Nothing fancy, just dinner and dancing at a nearby club. I figured one date and... Read More