Jim Anderson of the LA Times reported about Margaret, 71 years old. One day her son came home late one night and burst into the house without knocking. He saw on the couch Margaret with her boyfriend in a compromising position. The son was horrified. “That’s it!” he screamed. That's the end. He slammed the door as he left.
Margaret asked, “Did I do wrong?”
The best things in life, Margaret, go on forever. Every human being requires conversation and friendship. But why do we assume that the needs of older people stop there?
The body may creek a little but there is no atherosclerosis of emotions. While older people literally hunger for caring, affection, and physical touch just like anybody, adult children and other family members children provide anything more then starvation rations: an occasional kiss.
We know that sex is perfectly feasible at any age given good health. But even when this does not seem appropriate for various reasons why you should not be a little latter-day romance? A little love? A little innocent contact? Or stolen kiss? A gentle massage? A caress on the cheek? One handful fondling another? Men and women of your age, Margaret, often feel strange and alarming things in themselves; feelings that may not of surfaced for years. This is the life force coming to your rescue to remind you that you are a male or female-not just an all purpose senior citizen. Rejoice in this Margaret. You have had enough bad news.
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