Tracy, my wife, was rapidly approaching 40. The closer her birthday got the more depressed she got. She started crying for no reason at all. To hear her tell it she was almost ready for the old folk's home. Nothing I did seemed to help. In the end all I could do is hold her and whisper loving words to her.
In truth she is anything but ready for the old folks home. Girls half her age are jealous of her. Even after having three kids she has managed to keep her 35B, 24, 35 figure. When she goes bra-less there is no sagging. And you can see her intelligence in her face.
Anyway, I know she will get over this senseless worry about age sooner or later. Sooner I hope. But I have another problem to deal with. What am I going to get her for her birthday?
I have a reputation for picking out just the right present. It never mattered what it was, a dress or piece of jewelry or something else, I always made the right choice for that particular occasion. But here I was, stumped.
What do you get someone who feels OLD, but isn't? If I didn't come up with something pretty soon it was going to add to her depression.
It was about three weeks till her birthday party and I was beginning to have trouble functioning. I couldn't get it out of my mind. What am I going to get her?
One day, since my work was suffering, I ate lunch at my desk and continued working. I had my intern Rob join me and we kicked around some ideas for the files we were working on.
Rob is one bright college kid. He's going to go far. He is a very handsome twenty year old black. He's over six feet tall and well muscled. He has an engaging smile and a deep mellow voice. Rob has been my intern for the last two summers. Since he graduated from high school. Believe me, he wouldn't have been invited back if he weren't good.
Rob and I have developed a good working relationship and have even become friends, in spite of me being twice as old as him. We maintain contact during the school year and he comes in on breaks to keep up on business. I've had him to my house several times for parties. We both look forward to working together once he graduates and starts working here full time.
"Hey." I looked at Rob and realized he had been talking but I hadn't heard a word. "You haven't been here all morning. For as much work as we're accomplishing we might as well be in the pool with a cold beer."
I smiled at him because I knew he was right. He went on, "You haven't been yourself for a couple of weeks now. Care to share the load with a friend?"
"Yeah, Rob. I would like to share my problem with someone. But I don't think someone of your youth would understand."
It was his turn to laugh. "Well, OLD man, I just might surprise you with my insight into OLD people's concerns." We were both laughing by then.
I told him that Tracy's birthday was coming up, which he knew because he had been invited to the party. I told him I hoped none of the guests brought gag gifts that would make her feel old. Then I told him of my problem in finding the right gift. Rob was well aware of my uncanny ability to make the right gift selection, so he knew I was seriously bothered.
"What are you thinking of, clothes, jewelry, vacation?"
"That's just it. I don't even have an idea of where to start. Tracy will be forty and she is afraid it means she is over the hill. I need to get her something that will make her feel as young as she looks."
We discussed several things, but they were all the usual stuff and just didn't have the right feel. Then Rob suggested a convertible and proceeded to get wild, all the way up to a yacht.
We were both having a good relaxing time, laughing at his outrageous suggestions. Then he said, "How about a young stud?"
"Well that would certainly be a surprise. But how would that make her feel younger?"
"What you need to do is find a twenty year-old black guy with a big cock that would fuck her brains out."
"You wouldn't happen to know of any such man would you?"
"Gee, I could check with my friends and see if any of them would like to bed a beautiful older white woman. One that leaves you breathless when she wears one of those lightweight tops and no bra."
"You know, Rob, you might just have something there. The only problem is, if I brought home such a present it wouldn't make her feel younger. For that to work whoever the guy would have to want to do it just because he's attracted to her, not because I wanted him to."
Rob really cracked-up then. He's always liked my sarcasm. After spending almost an hour talking and laughing I felt refreshed and suggested we see if we couldn't get some work done. We completed more work that afternoon than I had been able to do in the last week. We didn't solve my problem, but at least I got my mind off of it long enough to do some real work.
That mood lasted into the next week. But then the worry returned. Now I had only twelve days till the party and still not an inkling of what to get Tracy.
I was half listening to the radio on my way to work when Rob's outlandish suggestion popped into my head. I was surprised when it occurred to me. My experience has been that when a thought pops up like that it has some merit. I told myself that it was silly and I'd better get to thinking for real.
After that first time, the idea of some young stud fucking Tracy kept jumping into my mind. Let me tell you, I immediately rejected it each and every time. I mean, it's not like I would really even consider such an idea.
With just three days till the party Rob and I were having another working lunch. He knew I was still troubled and unable to think clearly. It seemed that I couldn't do anything right. I made one mistake after another.
When I knocked over my coffee cup Rob sat back and said, "OK, that's enough. We're not really accomplishing anything. We're just spinning our wheels."