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old and young
Tess 2022-04-23 07:05:39
The love between a girl in her twenties and an old man in her sixties. An old man in his 60s, with a strong physique and a black leather jacket, he can take care of himself and is full of wisdom and literary atmosphere. A girl in her twenties is so beautiful. The old man seduced the girl, and the girl fell in love with the old man. When two people stand together, you will feel that this is really love. But the old man was finally afraid. He knew that one day in the future, a young man would take the girl away. It would be better to quit instead of being rejected. When the girl wanted to bring the old man into her life circle, the old man chose to leave, even though he loved her, even though she loved him at that moment. Two years later, the girl found the old man, the girl had breast cancer, and she was going to have an operation the next day. She asked the old man, "If I lost my breasts, would you still love me?" There was also a similar relationship between the old man and a middle-aged woman, Beauvoir and Sartre. The old man loves freedom uninhibitedly all his life, and the girl loves it frankly and sincerely. Maybe at some point each of us scare ourselves, "If I..., would my lover still love me?" This may or may not happen, and this may or may not be the case. In the end, I really believe it, the old man and the girl are really in love, even if the old man may be looking for the feeling of youth, even if the girl may be attracted by the mature and elegant demeanor of the old man, even if they really need to be together, after a few years, the old man has a stroke, When the girl left the old man, at that moment, it was still love, and no one could say that it was not pure. It would be nice if marriage was as simple as love, but marriage has so many other meanings, having children and supporting old age.
Extended Reading
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George O'Hearn: Beautiful women are invisible.
David Kepesh: Invisible? What the hell does that mean? Invisible? They jump out at you. A beautiful woman, she stands out. She stands apart. You can't miss her.
George O'Hearn: But we never actually see the person. We see the beautiful shell. We're blocked by the beauty barrier. Yeah, we're so dazzled by the outside that we never make it inside.
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David Kepesh: I think it was Betty Davis who said old age is not for sissies. But it was Tolstoy who said the biggest surprise in a man's life is old age. Old age sneaks up on you, and the next thing you know you're asking yourself, I'm asking myself, why can't an old man act his real age? How is it possible for me to still be involved in the carnal aspects of the human comedy? Because, in my head, nothing has changed.