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#Dating #AfterForty

February 18, 2020 9 Comments

#Dating #AfterForty
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That first night in his bed, I lay atop the sheets, grinning. Aaron rolled toward me as the sweat cooled on my skin. “If we see each other again, I need to start wearing my mouthguard,” he said. Inside my purse, mine lay stashed alongside my just-in-case condoms. “Thank, God,” I said, showing it to him. We laughed about geriatric dating, kissed again, popped in our devices, and set their colorful cases on his nightstands. I ran my tongue against the smooth acrylic which hugged my teeth as tightly as Aaron’s arms entwined my waist. Our imperfections made us perfect together.

By Andrea Goyan

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  1. Constanée Malik Hemedi says

    February 18, 2020 at 8:49 am

    Nice story and I like the analogy between the hugging mouth guard and strong arms around her waist. But grinders and clenchers are in no way restricted to the over 40’s and nowadays almost normal. For me the testing time in any new mature relationship is when you have to take the mini or maxi dentures out!

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    • Andrea says

      February 18, 2020 at 8:29 pm

      Excellent observation about mouth guards, Constanée. I’m sure my daughter (a dentist) will have a few things to say about it too! Thanks for taking the time to read and respond.

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  2. Claudette Sutherland says

    February 18, 2020 at 10:04 am

    A fine and funny and great look at romance and its layers!

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  3. John Adams says

    February 18, 2020 at 1:01 pm

    Excellent work! Great attention to detail for such a short piece!

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  4. derekmcmillan1951 says

    February 19, 2020 at 12:17 am

    I thought this was a funny and sensitive story.

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  5. mynachang says

    February 19, 2020 at 8:16 am

    Lovely perspective! It’s nice to see mature characters. 🙂

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  6. Mary E Falkner says

    February 20, 2020 at 12:24 am

    Delightful

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    • Lori says

      February 21, 2020 at 5:46 pm

      Great analogy “hugging”.
      Great little story Andrea!
      Thanks for sharing!

      Reply
  7. Charla Barnathan says

    February 20, 2020 at 12:24 pm

    Hilarious! Love it!

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