Let’s visit the age thing again…

So, last year, I wrote a blog about older dating younger and vice versa.  I went out on a girls night last night and was making observations at the bar.  There were some skanky younger girls really hitting on some older guys.  Ewwww, not for the older guys, but the outfits the girls were wearing!

I’m sorry, but if the dress is wider than it is long, umm a rethink is in order.  Not dissing on anyone here, but come on.  These guys were eating up what these girls were dishing out!  Now, I don’t know what the outcome of the evening was, (and I don’t want to know!) but my point is most of us were looking at the fashion, or lack there of, than the age difference.  There must have been 25-30 years diff and it was the men that were older.  Nobody really said anything about that and I don’t think anyone cared!

Now, let’s turn the tables.  There weren’t a lot of younger guys, older girls hanging out together.  Or, maybe the older girls just look so effin good that nobody knew!  HAHAHAHAHAH!  So, why as a society we really make a huge deal out of it.  Why are older women called cougars, and older guys called lucky?  I have a friend in my life who is younger than me and we actually have a lot in common.  For one, he likes to communicate.  It’s so nice to send a text and get one back!!  Or to get a text that is just sent, not in response to one!

Younger guys are more technical savvy and use social media and texting like girls do!  I see how much my son texts and we really are similar.  Why don’t older guys text?  I love to text so it sucks!  Do younger guys text more because they’ve grown up with it? They are comfortable with it, or is it because like my kids, have more of connection through these mediums than real in person conversation?  My kids minutes have gone way down with their ability to text, so I am always concerned they are losing the physical connection that I grew up with.

Now, back to the younger guy thing.  I have to say, I think it may be a good thing.  On an emotional level there are a lot of connections, now I don’t know if it’s because I’m so immature, or it’s just fun to talk to someone who listens to good music, has a fresh outlook on life and can share some feelings.  From a communication stand point, it’s nice to have a connection even if I’m not in the same location.  As for physical connection, I think it could be a great thing!  I’ve always dated 10-15 years older and we all know how that’s worked out!  Not so great!  Who knows what’s going to happen in the future, all I know is I’m going to enjoy my next week!

OMG? Did you see it on Facebook??

Isn’t it amazing how much Facebook, Myspace, Twitter and other social media sites have come to run our world?  I have a fb account and really like it to keep in touch with my kids, my friends and old friends and work stuff. It’s hooked into my crackberry and I do check it a few times a day.  What I think is really interesting though, is the role it plays in relationships.

My daughter has been hanging out with an old boyfriend of hers (who btw, really is a great kid) and I asked if they were dating. She told me that they haven’t made it “official”, but they aren’t seeing anyone else, so she guesses so.  Now, her fb status says single, and a girl she doesn’t really know chats with her to try and set her up with a guy she knows.  My daughter tells her no thanks, she’s seeing someone, and the girl is really surprised because it wasn’t on her status!  Does our status rule our lives??

WTF, does everything we do have to be made public?  Celebrities break up via twitter, people break up via text, and your fb status apparently is the barometer of your relationship status.  I remember when a friend broke up with a guy, I texted her and told her that her status changed from “in a relationship” to “single”.  She quickly deleted it so not to hurt the other person’s feelings.  And have you ever been defriended??  I’ve done it! It’s like a virtual bitch slap.  Take that!  We are even moving away from the gossip mags, to the star’s fb pages to get the latest dirt, or in the case of some stupid, probably stoned celebs, the latest rants.

The Twitter thing really doesn’t work well with me, I don’t feel like updating everyone every 15 minutes that I’m doing something else.  I mean, really, it’s not that interesting.  I don’t have a my space and most people I know do Facebook.  I think Facebook is a great thing, even though I can’t get my sissy to do it, she just goes on mine.  But, I think it can be hurtful also because it’s sooo public.

And WTF is with people you don’t know trying to friend you from your friends??  That’s just creepy.   If you really want to fuck with people, leave a cryptic status, and everyone will try to decipher the meaning!  hahahahaha!  I could just be leaving a message cuz I’m drinking wine, and all of a sudden, everyone is concerned.  My girlfriend left a status about a wedding and we all thought she was engaged!  We all have very active imaginations, and Faceboook can let them run wild!  I bet if I changed my status to married, my phone would blow up! Hmmmmm, maybe an experiment??