Is there anything better than when you walk into a store, try to buy a bottle of wine or beer and get asked for some ID? No, this isn’t great if you’re 18 — you’re kind of out of luck — but when you’re slightly over 40 and have two kids, it’s a true blessing. It always kind of takes me by surprise. I mean, I was born in the 60s. I remember seeing Neil Armstrong walk on the moon. I remember the Watergate hearings. There’s no way I look under 21.
I don’t think men care as much about this kind of stuff as women do. I actually think a 40-something man might be offended if he was asked for his ID at a Safeway. Not that men are more accepting of aging than women, but let’s be honest, it only gets better for the less fair sex. It’s like high school. Freshman boys have the roughest time, but by the time they are seniors, they have their pick of basically any girl from 9th through 12th grade to date. On the flip side, there’s no way a girl in her senior year would date a freshman boy. Men’s options grow while ours diminish. Yes, it’s terribly unfair.
But, I’ll take what I can get as long as it lasts. You want me to show ID? Sure — I’m happy to oblige.
