Are you acquainted with any dirty ol' ladies?

The women I’ve known talk about young guys, yeah but they go about it differently.

I have been, yes. I think members of both sexes continue to appreciate youth and beauty even though we may vary in our expression of it. Look at the woman-to-woman birthday cards in the drugstore if you want to see some varieties of appreciation.

Here’s a verse that’s been one of my favorites ever since I was on the statutory side of youthful beauty.

The Little Old Lady in Lavender Silk

I was seventy-seven, come August,
I shall shortly be losing my bloom;
I’ve experienced zephyr and raw gust
And (symbolical) flood and simoom.

When you come to this time of abatement,
To this passing from Summer to Fall,
It is manners to issue a statement
As to what you got out of it all.

So I’ll say, though reflection unnerves me
And pronouncements I dodge as I can,
That I think (if my memory serves me)
There was nothing more fun than a man!

In my youth, when the crescent was too wan
To embarrass with beams from above,
By the aid of some local Don Juan
I fell into the habit of love.

And I learned how to kiss and be merry- an
Education left better unsung.
My neglect of the waters Pierian*
Was a scandal, when Grandma was young.

Though the shabby unbalanced the splendid,
And the bitter outmeasured the sweet,
I should certainly do as I then did,
Were I given the chance to repeat.

For contrition is hollow and wraithful,
And regret is no part of my plan,
And I think (if my memory’s faithful)
There was nothing more fun than a man!

—Dorothy Parker

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*The Pierian Spring was said to be a fountain of knowledge.

I don’t know any dirty ol’ ladies that necessarily ogle young men or anything, but I know a few that can smoke and drink, tell dirty jokes and cuss with the best of them. Those women hold a special place in my heart. I hope I’m cool like that when I get old.

@knitfroggy My next door neighbor was like that. Her husband was the non drinker and town gossip, she was the one who drank, golfed and cussed. She was really cool. I hope I’m cool like that too. :)

I banged a 48 year old awhile ago, then she talked to her friends about it and of course she was reprimanded because I was/am too young lol. That was awesome.

If 48 is dirty ole lady, I guess I’m in when the fibro isnt acting up. @blackberry CALL ME :):)

Blackberry = player

Milo here: I live with one.

She wasn’t dirty by the way lol. She was gorgeous, but 22 and 48 is a big difference lol.

I had an 88 year old lady as a patient in the hospital tell me all the dirty things she wanted to do to her doctor (who was probably about 30).

@Seaofclouds Now that’s what I’m looking for. That made me giggle.

@Seaofclouds Were you able to keep a straight face?

@knitfroggy No, but she was laughing as she was saying it, so I was laughing with her. She came up with some interesting stuff (like saying she’d let him check her temperature with his thermometer anyday that was one of the tamer lines). She was there for about 3 weeks and each day she had something new she wanted to do to him or him to do to her.

@Seaofclouds That lady sounds awesome! I hope she got better and went on to fantasize about many other young men!

@knitfroggy She was a fun patient. She left the hospital and went back home once she was better.

@seaofclouds I say stuff like that…....gotta lurve it!!!!

@Blackberry I’m 47….am I too young for you? call me too

I wouldn’t mind sniffing around Barbara’s Bush…....did I just say that out loud? Oh the shame, the indignation.Okay Laura’s then, better?

There are some lovely cougars out there but darn it I’m too old for them!

@jandelila That is just perfect, maybe Jazmina, you and me can all have a good time : )