There is no future in loving an old man

I love a woman who is 26 years old; I am 61 years old.

I would give all I have to quench this fire that burns within my ***--- to douse the flame, even if I must sink into a sea of loneliness; to rip out whatever part of me that first kindled this hopeless and foolish conflagration; to end the gasps of pain with each grieving breath I take; to smother this unwelcome blaze that no torrent can reach.

My love of her grasped me like a mugger who took everything I had, leaving me naked and unsheltered in this wasteland of despair. This scorching love has left dust in my mouth, as my love for her must remain unspoken. This desire happened to me undesired, like a bolt of lightning setting my house on fire. The searing agony of being too old sends waves of pain down my arms and to my finger tips. I am the victim of Cupid, as most old fools are.

I long for the furnace of her kisses--- willing to be branded, claimed and marked. I ache to float upon the wind of her perfect voice, and never again feel the ground under my feet.

Oh, to be young! I would be in Stockholm now, begging her to share with me the light in her eyes, and to see requited love burn within her. For such a priceless gift I would risk everything and anything, even if she were to tell me "No."

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  • Hello, David. There is no future. Period. Only the one we create in our mind. And it's rarely a happy one. Have you ever come across the acceptable age calculation? Allegedly, by dividing one's own age in half, and then adding 7 to that number, one wind's up with the acceptable minimum age for the subject of one's romantic attention.  

  • i tend to do a range thing, probs a 5 year give or take, so for me at 31 i do a 25 to 35 age range which feels reasonable.

  • although as i get older ill be less accepting.... id consider that people didnt accept me when i was young and needed people, so why should i accept other people when they come crawling to me in the older years when they are old and lost everything and feel the loneliness themselves and they are needing people.... id consider a shut off eventually where i reject everyone completely and consider them to have missed their chances. and consider it to be karma perhaps. a womans beauty fades really fast with age, a man is always pretty much the same especially if he continues to lift weights and maintain muscle lol why should we accept a faded beauty that wouldnt have accepted us when they had beauty when they are old and faded and realise that we the man have retained our looks while they lost it. they can stay lonely and feel what we felt....

  • Camp as a row of tents.   But it's a classic and seemed very fitting.  Smiley

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