OLDer Men And I - Part 5

He is 73, very frail looking old man that can pass as my grandfather any time. He suggested I share his 3 bedroom apartment because the place is too big for him living alone. Due to work, his family did not stay with him. Errr... just because he's old he thinks we can stay under one roof? I can still be charged for 'khalwat' you know. I declined politely.

He invited me to go back to his hometown, an all expense paid trip. He said his wife would be thrilled to see me. He has told her all about me. I said there is no way I can get a long leave from work for that purpose. He is going back to his hometown for a holiday soon. He held both my shoulder and said I must come and see him before he leave for KLIA. I stand still, answered politely and he let me go. That happened in public. I hope people will really think he is my grandfather.

He also called me whenever he has problem with his new notebook. Sometimes it's hard to answer especially when his Sony Vaio has a very different interface than my ThinkPad. Alamak Sir, ask someone from your office lah. I'm sure there will be someone who knew something about computer. I really regret the day he asked me to accompany him to buy the notebook. Maybe I should ask him to buy me another notebook of the same model so I can answer all his questions heh :)

Apart from the computer problem, he called me quite often asking if we can go out for a meal or something. He really makes me feel smothered. I didn't even see my best friend that often. We're tired from work, one weekend could be spent relaxing, cleaning house, go to the bank, grocery shopping, visiting family, the next weekend could be use to see friend A and B, and the following weekend is for meeting friend C, etc. That is how I plan my weekends. I do not want to spend weekend after weekend, and sometimes weekdays too, meeting him.

My friend said, he IS old but with men, you'll never know. I told her I do feel uncomfortable but because he expected something more than I can give. I was nice to him because there is no reason not to be. But meeting him once and being nice did not count as going to come and see him often and accompany him when he's lonely. It is his personal choice to pursue his passion with work, totally aware that he would be lonely at times because his family is thousand miles away. I just wish he didn't expect me to be at his beck and call whenever he feels like he needs a companion.

So this is the end of my OLDer Men and me series. As I've mentioned in Part 1, we wanted to respect OLDer men (and women) because of the age differences, but sometimes I just wonder with men, whether they are as they appear to be. Probably after this I should start another series called 'La Dudas' hehehe… 'La' is Spanish. 'Dudas' is not. But then again, maybe not. I might offend some friends.