I was thinking about you, and here you are with exactly the type of response I expected. Yup, some old guys are ludicrous, ignorant, and best avoided. The sweet, silly old guys at my grocery store love to flirt. I always exit the store laughing or with a smile on my face.

We sound alike in many ways. Is it the battles we fought and the conditions we endured growing up and through our younger working years?

I once lost a teaching position to a man because “he had a family to support.” I had to support myself, but I guess it was expected I would find a man to assume that burden.