Meg,

Some years ago I had a younger man (a co-worker, no less) become smitten with me and in hot pursuit. He called me one night at home and while we were talking, he asked me if it was true that older women make great lovers. I told him I didn't really know, as I had never been to bed with one.I had read somewhere (Cosmo Girls' Bedside Astrologer, I think, but I wouldn't swear to it) that a Gemini woman's favorite fantasy was to have a man read to her while he's making love to her, and I have to admit to finding the idea intriguing I decided to take that one step further when he asked what my favorite fantasy was, and I said, "Having a man read 'War and Peace' to me while making love to me." I fully expected the next sound I heard to be 'click' as he hung up on me, but instead, in five words, he almost got me -- he said, "Do you have a copy?"

Yeah, those younger dudes certainly do “try harder”. And, they seem to have a harder time taking “No little boy” for an answer. Maybe they try so long and hard because they have more time. Older men give up a lot sooner. Of course, they could be trying so hard because they think we are just teasing them and their egos can‘t process the word “No”, but if they really understood older women...they’d know that we don’t play games...when we say “Go away”, we mean it.

What I am curious about is why you found the book reading during sex intriguing. I might find it more fun...but as an instead of, not an accompaniment to sex. What an odd fantasy. Usually, aren’t fantasies supposed to be things that you’d like to do...but really don’t? Or have I been doing it wrong all these years?

Oh well, I haven’t had enough experience and for that I blame myself. If I had never married him, or even if I had left him after the first affair, I would have lot more stories to tell. But, instead I stuck around him and endured his...”You do me and I’ll do you and then we’ll both go to sleep within 2 minutes”. Only it takes me a while to fall asleep...Vex could do it within seconds, all he had to do was go horizontal. My mother was like that too. She could fall asleep in seconds, I don’t even think she had to be horizontal.

I don’t mind taking a while to fall asleep, it gives me time to reflect on the past day and contemplate the next day. The problem was that Vex could fall asleep so quickly that his hideous snoring would prevent me from falling asleep. OMG...my next husband can’t snore. Vex’s son was worse than he was, no matter how far away he was and no matter how many doors you closed between you and him...that boy could be heard.

It’s just that kind of thing that makes people take baseball bats to others.

In the course of any day, not much bugs me...but stupid stuff like an annoying snore will do it every time. If the FBI ever wants me to surrender, they wouldn’t need the chants and the Ozzie Osborn, all they would have to do is send some loud snoring noises and I would come out with my hands in the air right away. Had they done that at Waco, I would have surrendered immediately.

I’ve been told that I have a very “lady-like” snore. I don’t know what that means but I sincerely apologize if I ever kept anyone awake with it.

Well, I just woke up and I have a few things to do so I am going to get dressed and drink some coffee, not necessarily in that order.

See ya soon.

Meg