Getting Personal
by Hal Brown
I’m a 77 year old man who was widowed about 10 years ago after a 40 year marriage. Like Andrew Cuomo I am lonely. I’d like to find a girlfriend who, if things worked out, could become life companion for however many years I have left.
Cuomo is alleged to have said he was open to having a relationship with a woman in her twenties. (Watch video of Charlotte Bennett, his second accuser talking to Nora O’Donnell). According to Bennett:
She said about Cuomo "He also explained that he was fine with anyone over 22." Cuomo mentioned he wanted a girlfriend and was lonely. Reference
At 63 say the woman was 23, Cuomo would be 40 years older than her.
I can’t imagine any woman who is 40 years, even 20 or 30 years younger than me wanting to have a relationship with me unless I was paying them either in wheel barrows of cash or granting them big time favors. that
While I’m no Robert Redford, Harrison Ford, or Martin Sheen in the looks department, I don’t think that I’m all that bad looking for my age and I have two adorable Westies and I am in good health. However, I’m not a multimillionaire and I have no corner office high status jobs to offer anyone.
I’d be delusional to think a much young woman would find me a male hunk-a-hunk of burning love.
I know men die younger than women. If I find a new partner I want to be the first to go so if she’d have me I’d want to end up with a partner who is at least my age or a little younger.
I live in a senior community where the minimum age to reside here is 55. While I am not actively looking for a girlfriend I could meet an unmarried woman, but I wouldn't even want a girlfriend who was 20 years younger than me. If my girlfriend was in her fifties almost assuredly she’d outlive me. Even if by some miracle of chemistry we were mutually attracted to each other and ended up together, I wouldn’t want her to dump me if I managed to live into my eighties or even nineties because she just didn't love me enough to take care of a really old man 20 years her senior with who knows what infirmities I'd have.
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Addendum:
By granting the interview with Nora O’Donnell Ms. Barrett has assured that this story will get major coverage (news links).