18:
“I like the color blue.”
“That’s a good color. I like pizza.”
“Pizza is good. Sometimes I eat pizza for breakfast.”
“That is interesting and good.”
“I like to think about the future. Like, what am I going to be doing next week?”
“That is very interesting as well.”
“And I think about things.”
“Like what?”
“Well, I think the Beastie Boys were right. It is necessary to fight...”
“...for your right to party. I think about that too.”
“We both think about things deeply.”
38:
“Delineate your precise your timeline for procreation, preferably in increments of months rather than years.”
“It depends whether I’d be able to fund their private school education from current liquidity or if I’d require a reverse mortgage.”
“If we were hypothetically married, would you foresee joint checking accounts or individual ones?”
“I think we’d pool basic necessities such as groceries and Netflix but maintain individual lifestyle accounts. Split the difference on couples therapy.”
“Would this be an opportune time to review the details of our pre-nuptial contracts?”
“Fine, but the copy in my purse is laminated. You’ll be able to sign it after our third date--that’s when I’ll be comfortable enough to introduce you to my lawyer.”
I think I should be dating more 18 year olds, as I, too, sometimes eat pizza for breakfast.
I’d say the lawyer is more of a second date. On the third date they get to meet my therapist so we can actualize our way through childhood insecurities and openly communicate our personal growth plans.
And there’s no turning back?!
Wait, is cold pizza for breakfast not ok anymore? What would you say that cut-off age is, since I’m between 18 and 38.
How would your determine how to split the couples therapy? Would the person more at fault pay more?
pro-creativity is the new procreation, you should know that.
hey, how far is where you are from los angeles? are you interested in a summer fling?
I’m 43 and the 38 conversation had me flipping my lip with my finger. I do, however, not eat pizza for breakfast anymore. If there is anything left in the fridge from the night before, that becomes breakfast.