The Man Diet

[technomom]

Originally published at Enemy of Entropy. You can comment here or there.

First, a ran­dom thought:
“If only we’d stop try­ing to be happy we could have a pretty good time.” Edith Whar­ton
And now, the actual content:
I have referred to The Man Diet sev­eral times in var­i­ous places as some­thing I have done and rec­om­mend. After explain­ing it sev­

Comments

[technomom]

I'm glad you found it worth reading.

I figure that anybody who would only love me with my looks "intact" isn't worth my time anyway. Yes, there are certainly more men who would have been interested in me had they met me when I was young, beautiful, slender, etc. than if they met me now, but now I'm a much wiser woman with more to offer in so many other areas, and if they don't have the sense to see how much more value there is here now, they're foolish. Or (in my case - not sure about yours) maybe they're only interested in a woman who is of childbearing age - who knows? But if they weed us out based solely on looks, then I seriously doubt that they're serious contenders for Man of the Year anyway.

I really haven't met many women who "lose" their looks as they age, except through really hard living - smoking and drinking heavily/using hard drugs. So you probably don't need to worry about only having a few years left, anyway. Just take good care of yourself and you'll be fine.

You're absolutely right - we grow or we die, whether we're with a partner or not. Sometimes we get rootbound and have to break out of the familiar to get to the new situation we need in order to add something or someone else that we want or need.