Getting old

[Oliver2]

Paying for some goods in a local store here in London, I took out my wallet. It contains a photo of my beloved, taken (sorry, Scottish) in Tarntawan not long ago. Somehow, the elderly sales assistant caught a glimpse of it.
" Oh, what a handsome young man," she said. I smiled; how reassuring that she should be so supportive of an interracial and inter-generational gay relationship .And quite a compliment to a guy who's now thirty-five.
"Yes," she continued, " He's very nice. I've got two grandsons of my own, you know."

[arsenal]

Haha. It could be worse Oliver. You could be one.of those pensioners who visits a messageboard daily only to repeat the same thing again and again. Thankfully there's no one.here like that. Don't you agree Nirish?

[Nirish guy]

Haha. It could be worse Oliver. You could be one.of those pensioners who visits a messageboard daily only to repeat the same thing again and again. Thankfully there's no one.here like that. Don't you agree Nirish?

Nope sorry can't agree, speaking personally I've loads of other posts and so do most other people, must be your senile dementia kicking in again there - that would explain A LOT I guess of late.

But a good derailing of the thread there Arsenal none the less , hell many a Mod might have moved such a post for less - but only if that suited their own personal agenda of course eh ! :-p

But to get back on track I feel your pain Oliver as my BF is 22 years my junior and is only 5' 3" and something like 60 kgs ( if even) and so I've lost count of the number of "looks" we get when out and about. It really pisses him off as if he was 5'10 etc no one would look twice but because he's small, slim and Asian it looks like I've just ordered him online from PinoyboysRus.com ! ( for the record I didn't !! - it was .ph not .com !!! lol)

(That was a JOKE btw in case anyone thinks I'm casting nasturtiums on his good character !!!

[DaveyJonesLocker]

But a good derailing of the thread there Arsenal none the less , hell many a Mod might have moved such a post for less - but only if that suited their own personal agenda of course eh !

Don't tell me arsenal is still subtracting value!?

[francois]

But to get back on track I feel your pain Oliver as my BF is 22 years my junior and is only 5' 3" and something like 60 kgs ( if even) and so I've lost count of the number of "looks" we get when out and about.

Lucky you NIrishguy, my bf is 40 years my junior and less then 50 kilos and about 5'. But no stares when we are in Thailand.

[mr giggles]

Just remember, there are 4 types of old people:

Regular
Old and annoying
Old and infirm
Just not dead yet

[StevieWonders]

Just remember, there are 4 types of old people:

Regular
Old and annoying
Old and infirm
Just not dead yet

That reminded me of that wonderful episode in the Stephen Fry/John Bird comedy series "Absolute Power" about the PR outfit Prentiss McCabe. They had the staff make up a completely new disease to explain the bad behaviour of one of their clients. It too had four variants. I watched it again only the other evening.

[kittyboy]

Paying for some goods in a local store here in London, I took out my wallet. It contains a photo of my beloved, taken (sorry, Scottish) in Tarntawan not long ago. Somehow, the elderly sales assistant caught a glimpse of it.
" Oh, what a handsome young man," she said. I smiled; how reassuring that she should be so supportive of an interracial and inter-generational gay relationship .And quite a compliment to a guy who's now thirty-five.
"Yes," she continued, " He's very nice. I've got two grandsons of my own, you know."

Thanks for the post and the smile it gave me.

[Jellybean]

Great story, Oliver2. Your face must have been a picture when the sales assistant said:

"Yes, he's very nice. I've got two grandsons of my own, you know."

Was there a sharp intake of breath and a pursing of lips on your part? And for a split second, did it occur to you to correct her impression?

I assume you decided to leave well alone, smile, nod sagely and walk away. That's exactly what I would done had I been in your position.

[Oliver2]

Got it in one, Jellybean. But I did contact P. by LINE and tell him that his good looks are appreciated around the globe. I thought that at least one person should derive some pleasure from the encounter.