Between the lines of age. Yep, I made it through another day, and here I am to tell you about it. Nope, nothing worthy of note happened, but that’s never stopped me. It’s not wasted time if you get some enjoyment out of what you are doing. Yes, I’m still struggling with the implications of the impending milestone of seventy, but one thing I’m sure about–getting older beats the alternative.
I’m happy to report this blog has some value as grist for the mill in Kevin Kim’s new Substack site, Tasty Grammar. And least this time I wasn’t the bad example he used, he just found it here at LTG. Go give it a read and subscribe if you like it.
The Friday group hikers, all four of us, decided to Jeepney out to SBMA for a wet day walkaround. Despite some sprinkles, I never felt the need to open my umbrella. I mentioned in yesterday’s post that some fucker almost killed me with his crazy driving on the wrong side of the road (so much for walking facing traffic), but other than that, it was a pleasant hike.
We opted not to attend the SOB this week. It seems pointless with only four bars competing these days, and some of those put forth little effort in their performances. We just did our own thing, hanging out at Sloppy Joe’s for a bit, then having dinner at Jewel Cafe.
We did our nightcap at It Doesn’t Matter and had a pleasant visit before bringing another day to an end.
Back when I was living in South Carolina, Cracker Barrel was one of my favorites, especially for breakfast. It was a little sad to read about them going down the woke pathway that ultimately leads to failure.
Speaking of the internet, I’ve reached March 2012 in my journey through the LTG archives. In this post, I talk about how blogs I started reading after 9/11 changed my perspectives and opened my eyes to the lies of the MSM. I haven’t voted for a Democrat since.
Facebook memories reminded me of the night ten years ago when I was taken by Storm.
In today’s YouTube video, Reekay talks about age gap relationships, focusing on the one he shares with his wife. Now, meeting a woman in her twenties (or, yikes!, late teens) is one thing. I have a thirty-year age gap with Swan, but she was nearing forty when we got together. She’d pretty much figured it all out by then, and there are not many lessons for me to teach. I learned something new today: Reekay believes learning something new every day is essential. Well, I don’t adhere to that doctrine. At this point in life, I’m trying hard not to forget the things I already do know. My old line about “I’ve forgotten more than you’ll ever know” may be coming back to bite me.
Let’s close the gap between funny and not:
Alright then, let’s keep moving forward between those lines of age.
By the way, today’s song is from the album “Harvest,” one of my favorites back in high school. When I took over as editor of the high school paper called “The Scroll,” I convinced my fellow classmate journalists to change the name.
Re: video
I think that most/all relationships are transactional, and this is even more true in a developing country where there is a large age gap.
In a “traditional” western relationship where both sides are close in age and relatively close in economic status, the initial transaction is more likely to be love on both sides and then maybe moves to security (financial and otherwise). In a developing country with a large age gap, I think it generally starts with one partner thinking of security and financial gain first and then possibly moving to love/attraction.
That is not necessarily a bad thing. Both sides are getting what they want.
(Back to the video. I have to say that some of Reekay’s examples were kind of face palm. “I want to encourage my wife to learn new things, so when she said she was interested in cooking, I bought her a wok!” LOL. But his point is well taken. I think you need to let your partner grow and whatever happens, happens.
Always the joke that a girl goes into a relationship thinking, “my boyfriend is really good, but once we are together, there are some changes I need to make to him so that he is perfect.” The guy goes into a relationship thinking, “my girlfriend is perfect. Once we are together, I dont want her to change at all!!”
Of course, what happens is that the guy never changes and the girl does.)
Brian, I agree that most relationships have a transactional foundation. I don’t think there is anything wrong with fulfilling the needs of one another. Back in the states, women are attracted to healthy and handsome young men. Here in the PI many women find older men with financial stability to be the most attractive. In my view, that is less shallow than going for beauty and youth.
It took me a while, but I found a good one with Swan. She’s mature, smart, and organized. Loves to travel and has become a hiking enthusiast. She is also very generous by nature and looks for opportunities to do charity projects. She was in a stable relationship for seventeen years before death took her man away. I came along at the right time to fill that void. Her goal is to make me comfortable and keep me healthy for as long as possible, even if that means pushing a wheelchair and wiping my ass. Yeah, I got lucky!