Beware of the hope-eating monster

This article is published in number 12 of Vanity Fair on newsstands until March 23, 2021

ASK ME A QUESTION
He is 23 years older and I am in love lost: will I get hurt?

I understand perfectly, I’ve been there, I know how banal peers can be, and I’ll tell you, I also enjoyed that he knew exactly where he was on the day of my birth, complete with photos, memories and a wealth of details. Life with someone so much older is feasible if you meet halfway, if inside you are a little older and he is a little younger, if the daily commitments smooth out the differences and if mutual friends there. they find nice and adaptable.

But then there is a hope-eating monster waiting for you at the gate: it’s called physical resistance. It, threatening and bloodthirsty, manifests itself when you want to go out to dinner and then dance and he will have had 23 more years of restaurants and clubs under his belt and will rightly prefer to stay on the sofa watching virologists who take swear words. . And I’m kind and don’t name potential children. Let’s do this: while it lasts, does it make good broth?

To subscribe to Vanity Fair, click here.

You may also like