MHe calls a friend of the heart and he pressed: “I have to tell you an important thing that will make you think (implied:” To you who write in the weekly “)”. Now, you understand that, in the late July, the only thing I would like to reflect are the sun’s rays on my tanned skin. But I understand that it is not the time to escape, so I move under my umbrella and actively listening: «First tell me -he begins -: don’t I take them very well my 60 (and pass) years? Are they not a beautiful gentleman, thin, elegant, fit? ».
Ahia, do I think, that it is in middle -aged crisis, having overcome it for a while? So I hurry to reassure him with my most convincing tone. “So why, if I try -he asks heartfelt -, nun me if no one rings anymore?”. And here I have to make an effort not to be too abrupt: «Dear, but do you know at what age we women become invisible? Other than 60 … » Silence on the other side. “You are here?”. And he: «That’s what I wanted to tell you: Here is a case of symmetry between men and women».
Symmetry??? We lack little that I put him down and goodbye. “Are you kidding me? Do you really think it’s the same thing? ” I ask him, gaining the shoreline like a fury. “Listen – Attack – There is no symmetry, because you men choose mainly based on our physical appearance. And the one at a certain point, as far as we prod, leaves us. On the other hand, we also attribute a value to power, to money and, I add, for those that suffer it, to the ability of affabulation. Do you understand how much more can you play when you age, if the body no longer assist you? ».
Antonella Baccaro (photo by Carlo Vangeri Gilbert).
He thinks about it and then slowly asks: “And what would me be missing?” Damn me, I think. And now, what do I tell him? The money has it. Deny him to be a successful and brilliant man I can’t really.
I have to find a nice way to tell him that “No, Santa Claus does not exist”. A ball hits my back: “I’m sorry lady” apologizes for a twelve -year -old pimp. I have it! “There is a quarter factor that can push us to choose an age man -I scando triumphant -: the possibility of making us mothers. Would you do a child now? ». “But what, are you crazy ???”. Point. Game. Match.
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