I've been "Over 35" for three whole years and, yet, when Older Dudes smile at me, I get a little uncomfortable. And by "Older Dudes" I mean men who are ten years older than myself (by most accounts, I've been an Older Woman for at least five years) I can't help but think...he could have been my father twenty years ago?! I know Demi and Ashton and Michael and Catherine, and Older Successful Man, and Young Cute Thing make it work all the time...or do they? I'll never know...I'm holding out for someone who understands what it meant to wake up at 6:00 am on Saturday morning in 1978 (Superheroes).

Bottom Line: I'm in a new age bracket for dating.

If men over 45 ever hit on me when I was in my twenties, I never noticed. I thought they were being fatherly...my mistake.

Just for today, I'm becoming "mature." (Saying "getting old" is too much reality).