The dating scene really is everywhere.

I'm not talking about myself, here (not this time)-- but for the last hour or so I've been eavesdropping on what has to be a first date between a man and woman who both must be more than twice my age.  It is *so* interesting.  Eavesdropping may be a slightly inaccurate term, seeing as there is no possible way that I could avoid overhearing them... but I guess I just hope I am never in their shoes.  That's not to say that you can't find a lasting relationship after a certain age, and of course people get married at all different ages now... but I just really do not want to be going on first dates when I'm in my 60's or 70's. 

The guy, for his part, seems like a decent enough guy-- fairly softspoken, but in a gentle, "I don't need to impress anyone" way, not a meek-and-mild way.  The woman, on the other hand... my gosh.  I know this is a horrible thing to say, but she kind of looks like how I would imagine Cruella De Ville would look if she had been a real person and had died and risen from her grave as a zombie.  It's rare that I'm actually horrified when I look at someone, but there is just something about her that is severely unnerving. 

Anyway, for the last little bit I have heard her many opinions about everything under the sun (the first thing I heard out of her mouth was an "unladylike" comment about some other guy, I'll spare you the details), and I just wonder how this guy is putting up with her.  At one point, it was almost funny... one of them would talk for a while, and then the other would talk, and they just kept totally missing each other-- neither of them was actually listening or responding at all, they just took turns talking AT each other. 

Sometimes... life just amazes me.