Thursday, January 03, 2013

The Elephant in the room

I was having dinner just now and I noticed a very strange phenomenon: that it is perfectly alright for old man to have young girlfriends. That to me is perfectly fine by me since I am really getting old myself. The thing is that there almost seem to be no form of embarrassment or "shame" on the side of the old man.

The look on most girls I noticed is fairly constant: that is, oh well, he is old but what can I do about it. It's like a form of reticent and acquiesced resignation.

But the old man, it seems to bask in the light of being adored by a young girl- but the look on the girl almost gives everything away. I am not sure why the old man seems to lack the irony to detect it and really made himself more embarrassing than it should be. No matter how young one tries to be or pretends to be- everyone knows- everyone just ignores the big white elephant in the room that's all.
The funny thing is that the more one tries to save him this embarrassment, the more he tries to make the elephant in the room even bigger than it already is.

I am not one to judge but really, everyone knows what in your head, so save us the social niceties and really eat your meal, and move along with it. Let's not make the social situation more awkward than it already should be. And do save the poor girl some face as well.

Everyone wants to be young forever- but some age more gracefully than others. There are some who apparently want to retrieve their lost youth and really hit on young defenceless people just because they have earn some money along the way. It is perfectly natural to be richer than them- you have already worked at least a good 30 years, they probably just started out, so I would hesitate to gloat about this if I were you.

Let me just say that I am getting old, my hairline is receding at a rate of a tsunami retreating and it never comes back regardless of the gravitational pull of the moon and so don't give me the crap that I won't understand- trust me, I really do.

Some things are so rude in the broad daylight that some people do not have the decency to restrain themselves in full view of people watching. Their intention so plain that it is like a giant elephant-s in a tiny room- regardless of how big the public place is.

I am not sure what got into their head in blatantly showing this behaviour- but there is a particular trade which is really the oldest in the world.

There are places for this and there are times for this- and it is profession for a reason- do what you have to do and don't treat the world as your own private bedroom.

Oh by the way, with globalization, the world is getting smaller and there is that much space to contain that many elephants. If I was someone associated with you, trust me, I would give that much a berth I would towards an elephant. Act your age, there are kids watching for crying out loud.












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