They are soooo wonderful--at least when you recognize them for what they are.

I am currently deeeeeepppp in crush with someone. Said person is ALL wrong for me.

But it is wonderful to feel so excited about someone again. The flirtation that is going on is fun and exciting and makes me feel alive again.

Why is he all wrong for me? Wellll...ahem...he's 23 and I'm 35. Can I even come close to telling you how flattering this is? No way! This has been a much needed boost to my self-esteem after what I've gone through in the last 2-3 years. Every day he tells me how nice I look, tells me how hot I am, etc, etc.

It's also good that I know i can recognize this for what it is, just a harmless flirtation/crush. Had been kinda worried if I'd learned anything through my last marriage. Was worried that as soon as I was attraced to someone and vice versa, that I would ignore all the wrong things. Not so here.

This is just very nice and sweet and enjoyable.

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Aislinn I am so happy for you. I had a guy tell me if I seperated from my H to call him as he thinks I am beautiful and would love to go out with me. He took a job away from here but told me it was a 1.5 million dollar a year job. Wow what a temptation that was. But I do have his number and when I am single I will call him. It would be fun to date someone with lots of money. However he is not someone I would want to be with on a daily basis. Just for ego boosts. Have a ball.

I suppose. My only advice is to be careful when playing with fire, ladies. The ego boost can quickly turn into feelings of loss and pain if the boy-toy dumps you for a 20 yo hardbody. Be sure you are healed enough on your own, rather than relying on him for your self esteem.

AGG

AGG....ah, I have NO intention of dating this man. None at all :-)

It's all fine and well about the self-esteem. I think I'm a pretty fun, attractive, likable person. But when you've had two husbands cheat on you an ultimately dump you....flattery from a 23 year old can feel pretty great!

Hey, I hear you. When I was about 41, I had a 24 year old head over heels for me. Only thing is, I was smart enough to know he was not well balanced. Totally weird. Found my school email address without having my full name and sent me some emails with no way to trace them back to him. He was not all there.

Hurt his feelings by email - on purpose. And got rid of him.

It was flattering in a way. And scary in more.

Found out later than he had been fired from some job and told never to set foot on the property again because he had been harassing some women there.

Also found out he really was unbalanced.

It was a great thrill in some ways. But creeped me out in others.