Lena's secret

February 5, 2015

I am aging, no doubt about it.  My secret to attracting men?  

I'm not b----y.  I can be mean, but it doesn't last and I'm always sorry for it.  I don't tend to make unreasonable demands.  I do not insist that a man think of me or act as if he thinks of me as being perfect and therefore unlike other women.

I do not try to belittle people on a regular basis.  I try, even when I am angry, to treat people like people.

I don't try to make people jealous and I don't enjoy it when they are.  I try not to gossip.

I tried to be all of the above before I started aging, and it's fortunate for me that I started practicing those things when I did.  Not being vicious myself, I don't walk around expecting vicious behavior from people, unless they have consistently shown that sort of behavior to me.  Even then, I often hope that I'll be able to think better of them, that they'll get nicer.  There are things that a decent person doesn't do to other people, no matter what; I try to remember that.

Copyright L. Kochman, February 5, 2015 @ 6:35 a.m.