my old man pt 2

so lately i've gone a handful of dates with 20-somethings.

and while i don't know if they saw me as a haggard old crone (it was just my 45th birthday), i felt a bit empty afterwards.

what i love about younger guys is their enthusiasm, excitement, energy and optimism.

but i walked away wondering what we talked about.

maybe i was intimidating. maybe they were shy. but somehow the conversations lacked depth. they felt like missed trains.

i'm not interested in cynicism, excessive analytics or psychological digs, but isn't there a middle ground?