Like many blasts from the past these days, this one came about through Facebook. Now married and living in Helsinki, Alain reached out and I was excited to hear from him. Fifteen years my senior, he was my first experience of May-December romance back in the day.
It had been well over a decade since we’d last seen each other, so we had lots to talk about over dinner at Accademia di Vino.
Accademia di Vino: Alain and I talked about life, love and tennis over dinner at this UES hotspotWe talked about timing and the role it plays in finding happily ever after. Alain said it was when he decided he was going to take a break from the New York dating scene that the tide turned. Alain started hearing from several old girlfriends, but it was on the tennis court where he met his match.
Months later, when his Finnish-born sweetheart proposed by declaring they were getting married in her hometown, he was more than happy to say yes. As he shared this, I couldn’t help thinking that, when you find your life’s partner, the semantics of how you wind up together don’t seem to matter so much.
As he did many so years ago, Alain demonstrated that he’s one of the good guys.
“I couldn’t leave this earth,” he told me, “without telling you how sweet you are.”
Wow.
Coming up…a new author’s delectable approach to dating and a look at how to break up without being mean.
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