Life As A Senior Citizen By Barbara Krupa, West Hollywood
West Hollywood, California (Monday, September, 2008) - Last week I asked for suggestions, and you sure didn't let me down. Here are some of them
One suggested I ask for a dancing partner (which I have done); that one came from my friend in my dance class.
Another told me, "Don't go on the internet" – at all. Hmmm, I wonder what I should call the column, in that case.
My personal favorite, though, was that I should write on the overbuilding in WeHo, said this person. Maybe developers are mostly single and need to meet nice women to date.
It's been a wee bit on the quiet side this week.
Except for the Buddhist Monk (honestly) who is enthralled with me and a few young ,VERY YOUNG admirers, I have decided to reinvent myself.
I mean, over 100 men have viewed me (and that's only on one site), and only 2 have contacted me.
One of those had a bag over his face and the other one was all of 22 years old. I have carbuncles older than that.
I changed my heading, rewrote my profile and added some very good pictures.
My closest friend said I'm just larger than life and men are probably intimated by me. Thanks for the information, but on the Internet????
It is difficult at any age to find someone, and at my age (I'll tell you later - much later – how old I am) the pickings are really slim.
The 70 year old men want 40 to 50 years old I hate to tell them, but when I was 40 to 50, 26 year old men were after me. Right now I'm looking for a younger man – oh, say about ----60.
God knows what they're looking for.
So because of the lull, I've had time to recall some of the men that I've met and I haven't told you about.
One I went out with for about a month. I was so thrilled that someone wanted to see me again I neglected that nagging thought that we didn't have much in common.
One night, he calmly told me he was looking for someone to take care of him. Aha! So am I!! Finally I found something we had in common.
Needless to say, I don't see him anymore….
There was one who I kept waiting for about 10 minutes. He didn't let me forget it during lunch.
So I ordered the most expensive item on the menu plus dessert (I was eating desserts at the time), said I had errands to run and then I ran…..
Most of them have merged into one gigantic blur and my memory is fading as I age, so that's a blessing.
So you may be asking. Why in God's name is she still looking? Why doesn't she just give up?
After all , look at her age – look at her competition - just look. It's my nature, my friends.
I'm like that dog that clamped her teeth around the postman's leg and just couldn't let go. Or something like that. I'm still in search of someone wonderful (or just someone).
As soon as I finish this column, I'm heading straight to my dating sites.
And, I still would love some suggestions….about Internet dating, if you can, please.
Barbara Krupa has lived in or near the West Hollywood area since well before cityhood. She raised both her sons here.
She is a member of the Senior Advisory Board for the City and is involved with various organizations. PAWSLA is a particular favorite.
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