Monday, June 7, 2010

starting nothin'

I offered to drop him home.

We had been walking - my favourite local wander along the Thames and past the lock, the tunnel of greenery for relief from sun (or wind) and a fence or two to test agility - and it was only as we approached the car park that he told me he didn't drive.

It is not that i shy away from younger men. Two of my recent lovers have been even younger than he is, and they had never made me feel anything but soft warm putty in their hands but somehow this time i feel as if i am giving a lift to my babysitter.

I stopped on the double yellow line on the high street of my local market town, as he indicated. It is noon, with townsfolk on the move, seeking lunch.

"Can i kiss you?" he asked.

I offered him my cheek but he ducked under my nose and skimmed his lips across mine. The memory of the moisture still prickles on my skin.

"I really like you" he said, "can i kiss you again?"

I tried not to rear back too hard.

"I must go" I said, resisting the urge to scrub my mouth with the back of my sleeve, at least until i pulled away from the kerb.

21 comments:

Osbasso said...

Is it ok that I might have snickered a little here...?

Carnalis said...

i think it is ok to snigger at my date-life, Os .. better than weeping :)

Shep said...

I can't drive either...

Hubman said...

So young that he doesn't drive? Cradle-robber! ;-p

Lady Pants said...

Kind of like the hapless female cat in the Pepé Le Pew --> http://www.gifmania.us/Looney-Tunes/Pepe-le-pew/_XXLmisc1.gif
Oh gosh, been there!

Ceeej said...

Awkward...

Clumsy... (on his part)

Funny...

Sorry, I sniggered too..

Shane said...

Oh lord. I didn't snigger, snicker, or indeed mars bar. I just turned myself inside out with one almighty cringe.

Anonymous said...

It reads to me that the poor lad had been groomed by someone much older in order to try and get on the gravy train, better to find out sooner than later. The older man is a has been and has been punching above his intellectual weight for far too long.

OSC said...

I would like to think that it would be a good if we met, at the start of AG? and then decide where to stroll?

Charlene said...

A proper kiss from a young man? Why not! Of course you might have to get another babysitter.

Carnalis said...

Shep - i really didn't mind about the driving.

Hubman - only 4 years younger, although i think he lied .. i suspect he was younger than he claimed.

Lady Pants - the unwanted kiss? yeh.

Ceeej - it was broad daylight .. on the high street .. outside my solicitor's office.

Shane - i'm still doing the same

June 8, 2010 9:27 AM
Anon / Ad / OSC (i can't keep up) - i rather enjoy the older man, now and then.

AG?

Charlene - there is nothing wrong with a proper kiss, oh indeedy.

OSC said...

I ain't sayin' nuffin as long you're gettin' good muffin'.

Sent an email to your gmail.

Carnalis said...

OSC - i was always told to never talk to strangers .. i don't believe we know each other, or am i wrong?

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OSC said...

Um.. . our paths may have crossed altho' not at the same time or pace. Have you ever heckled someone whilst singing on a stage?

Carnalis said...

No, i haven't. I think perhaps you are thinking of someone else.

OSC said...

OSC is quite sufficiet, BTW.

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Caramella said...

There is chronological youth, and straight-up immaturity. One is much easier to overlook, the other is my last date, encapsulated.

Adrian said...
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Osbasso said...

Oooh...you're getting all sorts of weirdos on here now, aren't you? Or are they one in the same?