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Age Difference a One Night Stand or for Life

As I walked out my door, I thought to myself that I would just make sure that I didn’t stay long enough to get myself into any trouble. Lora and Carl caught me up on all the goings-on at work. It never failed. Something was always happening at work.

I finished my glass of wine, and decided to hit the powder room before saying my good-byes. When I walked back into Will’s living room I noticed that Lora and Carl were missing. They left while I was in the bathroom. Ah man!! I’ve been set up! I hate when that happens.

I told Will that I had to get going and picked up my jacket to leave. He coaxed me into staying for one more glass of wine and I didn’t want to seem rude so I agreed to one more glass.

It wasn’t long before he was asking me to stay overnight and again I refused. I told him all the reasons why it couldn’t work out. We work together, we were friends, I didn’t want to ruin the friendship, he was the same age as my mother, we worked together, and he was the same age as my mother ….

He put his arm around me, looked deep into my eyes and responded, “But Barbra, I don’t want to marry you, I just want to take you to bed.” He looked so sincere, and so endearing, and his eyes were so blue that I could not think of a satisfactory comeback … so I let him lead me into his bedroom.

I was worried about workplace complications so I tried to make him understand that this could only be a one night stand. He smiled, knowingly, and then stated that I would be back. I told him again that this could only be a one night stand but he just smiled again.

It was a wonderful evening and I left Will’s place with a warm glow on my face.

The next couple of days of my course flew by and before I knew it, the weekend had arrived. No call from Will, though. I was so certain that he had enjoyed the evening as much as I, and even though I insisted on a one night stand, I was sure since he had pursued me for months, he would at least call me and tell me that he had had a nice time.

All weekend I waited for the phone to ring. I even checked to see if my phone was working properly, and then I began to fume. I couldn’t believe it. I was so certain that he was not one of those guys who pursued a girl until she was a conquest and then paid her not the slightest bit of attention. OK, granted, I insisted on a one night stand but he asked me out for months!!! Not even a follow up phone call!!

I planned on giving him a piece of my mind when I saw him again, and then I thought, why wait? I looked up his number and decided I would call him. When Will answered the phone he sounded too pleased to see me that I forgot all the harsh words I meant to hurl at him and after a brief chat we made plans to go for a long walk together later that day.

I loved to walk and found out that Will did also. We decided to walk along one of the trails near our apartment buildings and walked at least two or three miles. We talked about everything: music we liked, favorite authors, favorite foods and to my surprise we had a lot of commons interests.

I was surprised when our walk had brought us back in front of Will’s place. He asked me if I wanted to come up and, until that moment, I had no intention of going up to his place. I had a feeling where it would lead and I really did not want to complicate either of our lives. He waited patiently while I turned his invitation over in my mind wondering what had gotten into me. After a couple of minutes, I nodded. We were quiet during the ride in the elevator and I could feel my heart pounding and my hands were sweating.