Het schuim der natie

Daar was ze weer; de happy single. Iemand was over haar begonnen op Twitter, over dat ze niet bestond, en direct dartelde de ipottende 29jarige accountmanager met highlights door mijn Timeline. [...]

We can do this differently.

Every time I heard “You are too eager,” I shook my mane, as if I was chasing flies away; “Stop searching, and you will find it,” and I raised my eyes to heaven; “Why do you attract such men?” and I wondered if I could hit an artery with my fork [...]

Het kan ook anders.

Iedere keer als ik “Je wilt het te graag,” hoorde, schudde ik met mijn kop alsof ik vliegen kwijt moest; “Je moet stoppen met zoeken,” en ik sloeg mijn ogen ten hemel. “Waarom trek je zulke mannen aan?” en ik vroeg me af of ik met een vork een slagader zou kunnen raken; [...]

Face it - a cougar's confession

It’s not going to happen. Me and the over 40 guys, it’s just not. I fooled myself for a very long time: “I like Rutger Hauer! and he’s like 65 or something!” “I would SO do Eric Roberts!” “Brad Pitt is still hot.” Sure babe. [...]

The Offer to Rutger Hauer still stands

It’s Sunday morning, after class. My fellow yoga teacher and I have finished our cappuccinos. I steal the biscuit from his saucer and start to nibble. “My offer to you still stands you know,” the 50+ colleague confides in me. “You can still become my yogic mistress.” “I’m fine in my own backyard,” I smile weakly. A backyard where no one has set foot in for 6 months, and that is gearing up for a long cold winter. [...]

Name

The eyes are still black. Charcoal-like streaks cover his lower and upper eyelids. Mascara thickens the eye lashes that are no doubt already long and thick by themselves. “Remind me. Why did I agree to keep this make-up on?” The first words of the young man. He must be somewhere in his early twenties. “I’m small, coloured, and now I look gay.” [...]

Cougar Town

Last year. It’s my first time in New York City. A taxi brings me from JFK to my hotel. Traffic already dense in the morning mist. Sightseeing buses making early stops at every corner of the street, with vehicle-long advertisements on the side: C o u g a r T o w n. T h e S e x y N e w C o m e d y O n A B C. [...]