Age & Love
Embracing the 'Toy Boy' phenomenon
Wow, I’m just back from a brisk dog walk with a dear friend, I’m still grinning whilst I get to the page, our topic of conversation for the majority of the walk was ‘dating much younger men in our midlife’.
My friend, who is freshly divorced, was now ready to join match.com. good on her! After enduring two long and exhausting years of dealing with a marriage breakdown, she had a spring in her step this morning. I wanted to hear all the juicy gossip!
Whilst discussing the highs and not so lows of match.com, I must admit I was wincing at the thought of going on a dating app, it’s probably the one thing in my midlife that I’m SO glad I didn’t have to get involved with. Bumble and Tinder were certainly not on my midlife bucket list and I pray to god it never ends up on my ‘to do’ list.
Whilst sitting at my desk wondering what to write today, I actually thought age has long been a subject of fascination and discussion when it comes to my own personal relationships - I am 49 and my partner…