It appears Thursdays are Ms. Hampson's days to work out her being single issues and wax pathetically, not poetically on the modern dating scene. To begin with, go read her latest column "The Rules (for Women of a Certain Age)". Go on, I know you want to, it's like a car wreck, you know you shouldn't but you can't look away.
Now, maybe Ms. Hampson is trying to be ironic and poke fun at the original authors of The Rules, but if so well she missed the mark. Given her recent set of articles this all seems quite serious.
Not happy with the "single-single" label she set for single people several weeks ago, Ms. Hampson introduces a new term, the recycled singleton. Maybe this term belongs to those in the 40 and over with a failed marriage club. The fact that you are a recycled singleton indicates that you're not "single-single", but that yes you have taken Ms. Hampson's so-called leap of faith and have a failed marriage behind you. Recycled singleton is like code, sending a signal that you haven't always been single so you're more desirable than the single-single.
So what advice did Ms. Hampson receive that she felt was so important to share with her readers, how about this golden tip "Do not embrace the muu muu." Wow, that's earth shattering, who would have known. You're like a Russell Smith for women, providing valuable fashion advice. Nice to see you're not playing into cliches and stereotypes at all Ms. Hampson.
Ms. Hampson goes on to quote a certain older gentlemen who provides this nugget about dating older women:
To meet an older woman with those attributes is like sitting in a broken-in seat in a car. New leather is slippery. But a broken-in seat, well, there's nothing more comfortable and nothing more personal.
Now, I wonder if Ms. Hampson included this to drive women out of the dating scene, because who isn't going to be turned off dating if there are men like this out there. Maybe Ms. Hampson is looking to get rid of some of her competition by keeping them out of the 'pool' all together.
Other nuggets from Ms. Hampson, lost the bitterness, dating isn't therapy and don't talk too much about your kids. Don't be a drama queen. Also, you may be a powerful, successful business women, but don't be any of those when you're dating. Are we still at this level in our society? If so, then I truly do feel sad, but I find it had to believe that Ms. Hampson's singular view of the world reflects reality.
I think it's only fair that at some point there should be The Rules: For Men of A Certain Age. In my view there's only one, men of a certain age or weight should not wear a speedo, and I think we can all agree on that.
3 comments:
Women as old leather. Now THAT'S class.
This is all very hard to watch, and I say this as a person who usually has a lot of respect for newspaper Style sections. I think a column about life as a divorcee could be interesting and provocative.
I agree, this subject could be quite interesting if she was able to rise above the cliches and stereotypes.
Oh come now, she sounds like she's only just started her therapy. She might get better, once her head is surgically removed from her ass. I hear the waiting list for that in Toronto is quite long. Pity.
Why don't we just have rules for "people" of a certain age? I like the no speedos rule. In return, I propose women of a certain age or weight should refrain from string bikinis. Fair is fair, after all, and it is rarely the person of either gender whom you would like to see in a tiny bathing suit who obliges - it is usually the fat, hairy German in a thong on the beach, blinding us with their pale, pale skin (this stereotype works well with either gender. See? Not so hard to be equal opportunity offensive).
As for the remark about not appearing to be a powerful, successful business woman, I find it hard to be anything other than female. I would think being misleading on this front would result in some unpleasantness as well.
As for being compared to leather, this only works if one is "Corinthian leather" and I am being spoken of by Ricardo Montalban. Otherwise, tacky.
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