ANDY ROONEY

I like the sound of Andy Rooney, 60 Minutes Correspondent. He wrote an article about how he values women over 40 more than women of any other age. Here are some of his reasons:-(I have added a few of my own comments in brackets).

1. A woman over 40 will never wake you in the middle of the night and ask, “what are you thinking?” She doesn’t care what you think. (personally, I suspect that is because us older women know that men are either thinking about sports or sex or both or nothing at all).
2. If she doesn’t want to watch the game, she doesn’t sit around whining about it. She does something she wants to do, and it’s usually more interesting (it’s definitely more interesting).
3. Women over 40 are dignified. They seldom have a screaming match with you at the opera in the middle of an expensive restaurant.(or at a gig or a non-expensive restaurant).
4. They are generous with praise, often undeserved. They know what it’s like to be unappreciated.
5. You never have to confess your sins to a woman over 40 (we don’t ask because then we’d have to confess ours).
6. Once you get past a wrinkle or two, a woman over 40 is far sexier than her younger counterpart.
7. Older women are forthright and honest. They’ll tell you right off that you are a jerk, if you are acting like one. You don’t ever have to wonder where you stand with her.

He goes on to say:

“For every stunning, smart, well-coiffed, hot woman over 40, there is a bald, paunchy relic in yellow pants making a fool of himself with some 22 year old waitress. Ladies, I apologise. For all those men who say ‘why buy the cow when you can get the milk for free?’, here’s an update for you. Nowadays 80% of women are against marriage. Why? Because women realise it’s not worth buying an entire pig just to get a little sausage”. (Harsh).