Middle Child and I took our annual trip to Yuppieville last week for her yearly opthamologist appointment. She's been seeing this doctor for almost her entire 18 years of life and he's performed two eye surgeries for her. This is a doctor in which you wouldn't dream of showing up in sweats. The man is hot in a very classic, everyone-would-think-so way. Once, I recommended him to a friend for her son and she called me when she got home saying, "Well, thanks a lot for warning me that he was so gorgeous!" I guess I should have mentioned that in our conversation about her son's eye problems! Anyway, as we were sitting in the exam room after her eye drops, I was reading his diplomas and did a little mental math. Damn! I'm sexually attracted to someone pushing 60?? Not that I'm a spring chicken, but I just never thought I'd be thinking that. What's the opposite of a cougar?While trying to kill some time after the appointment and before we had to pick up Son from tennis, Middle Child and I decided to do a little shopping. We wouldn't be in Yuppie Town if there wasn't a Trader Joe's and a Whole Foods Market within walking distance of each other. We decided to do Trader Joe's, even though the store is ridiculously small. The aisles only allow for one shopping cart to pass through at a time, and it's particularly annoying that they have tiny, matching red carts for their youngest snobby customers. I'm making fun of myself as well, since I also enjoy macadamia nut ginger cranberry almond trek mix. After picking up more unusual taste treats, we headed for the white haired man (why are there only male cashiers at Trader Joe's?) in the uniform Hawaiian shirt to check out. He picked up my bottle of $8.99 Prosecco and teasingly asked me if I was 21? I left the store with my fancy paper bags with handles and a smile on my face. That's the sort of service you go there for.
Well I was never considered 'gorgeous', even when I was 21. . .
ReplyDeleteSo yeah, thanks for, you know, rubbing it in. . . ;)
I used to think "pushing 60" was old, but now that my ex is in that range, it doesn't seem like it anymore.
ReplyDeleteSimilar to Craig, I've never been "gorgeous"... so, good for YOU that you had that reaction!
ReplyDeleteCraig - I don't recall anyone calling me 'gorgeous' either, so don't feel bad!
ReplyDeleteAgent - Since I know you are my age, I'd say he was robbing the cradle!
Sailor - I may be middle aged, but I'm not blind!
I'd say about half of my Trader Joe's cashiers are female. But then, our Earth Fare (no whole foods) is a few miles away.
ReplyDeleteOh how I miss Trader Joe's and Whole Foods. That's really all I miss about city life. Mostly I like it out here among the cornfields and cow pastures. However, to be able to shop at TJ's and WF on a regular basis would be heaven for me.
ReplyDeleteOh wait, was the post about more than TJ's and WF?
Trader Joe's announced last month that they'd be opening a store where I live by the end of the year. At first, I thought I'd be happy for a place to find almond butter (why can't I find almond butter at Target?!), but now I think I might be happy to go there on a bad day for a store employee to card me when I toss a bottle of Two Buck Chuck in my cart!
ReplyDeleteNext time you head into Yuppie Town snap a picture of Dr.Yummy with your cell phone(be discreet) and post so we can ALL drool!!
ReplyDeleteRuss - Maybe I just notice because male cashiers seem unusual to me.
ReplyDeleteTruey - You may comment on anything you like!
FADKOG - According to that TJ, 700 cases of Chuck are sold every week!
Jody - My phone takes the worst pictures! It would be hilarious if I could find a photo of him online though.
Hi, Cocotte:
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Seems like it's normal for women to find older men attractive. Clooney, Sean Connery... it doesn't matter if they are 55 or 70, they just get more "sophisticated."
ReplyDeleteI'm going to develop a Scottish accent when I hit 60, just in case it helps.
ok, here's where i say i never understood the cougar thing because i've always preferred men to be a little (or more) older than i am.
ReplyDeleteFTN - The accent is usually a good thing. Even for someone like Boston Rob.
ReplyDeleteLime - No love for Edward Cullen?
Not quite ten years older than me, so not outrageous. I've also gone out with a man 10 years younger, so it works both ways.
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