I’m a 52-year-old male, divorced.
About six weeks ago, a new female worker started in our office.
We’re really hitting it off and, frankly, I’ve fallen for
her—hard! However, she is 36, never married, and I have not asked
her out yet, but I definitely want to. In fact, I want to marry her.
There are some of my coworkers who think I’m “robbing the cradle.”
Given that we have two possible barriers to overcome, age and work,
what do you advise?
Geezer In Love
I would advise you to stop wasting my time,
GIL. You’ve known this woman for six weeks—six
weeks—and you haven’t so much as been out on a date. It’s
not even appropriate to joke about marriage at this
stage—marriage, GIL, which is so totally holy and sacred
and between one man and one woman and wocka wocka wocka. And it’s
entirely possible that you’ve...