What a weekend! Aside from the world-cup madness, yours truly had a happy hour date with a man twice her age. No, I don’t have daddy-issues, but I happened to meet a very interesting- VERY good looking man that looks relatively young. A few white strands of hair here and there, and some deep slightly wrinkled ( in a GOOD way) eyes. I don’t think we look odd together- and I made sure to dress the part , an elegant vintage blazer and a pencil skirt.
I’ve never experienced anything like it before. He was calm, elegant, funny yet so polite, he taught me everything there is to know about fine liquor. I taught him everything there is to know about shots 
I can work on his taste in music though.
He wanted to take me somewhere quiet to ” talk”, but I insisted we hit up Barbu in Gemmayzeh and then we went to Oceanus for some sushi. He told me he doesn’t usually date much younger women but that I have this ” mature attitude.” And yes, for those of you who are gonna warn me about him having “other intentions”, fear not, I’m onto him. He does sound too good to be true, so he’s guilty until proven innocent. Bisoux
Some Gin and Tonic- at Barbu with my "mature" date
No this is not a pic of my date, its one of many beard pics on Barbu's wall
Oceanus- as much as I love their sushi- they are clearly overwhelmed and could use some extra waiters. Our appetizers arrived with our sushi- after reminding the waiter three times not to do that. They seemed to care about making their delivery orders more than their in-house customer’s . And yes- I complained.
Everyone likes older men..more mature, confidence, experience, settled..what’s not to like? I say enjoy!
Why is age an issue???
Something must have attracted you to him in the first place to go out with him. And why did you dress the part? Is there a dress code according to age???
The most important thing is did you have a nice time, was it interesting? You say he was “funny.” If a man can make you laugh, isn’t that great???
As to his “other intentions,” is that an age related thing as well? Don’t “young” men have “other intentions” too.
I say enjoy it!!!
We seem to be dating the same guys
http://sleeplessbeirut.blogspot.com/2010/06/ten.html
Oh My God Maybe we are…the man is mine-step aside now
Cute story (in a good way). Good luck and thanks for sharing.
Go for it Ivy! “other intentions”? you don’t seem like a prude to me
I prefer younger men, though…
If it’s the same one I wrote about…watch out, he’s mad! If not, older men are the way to go, and I swear by it.