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OLD LOVE - What if one is deeply in love with a young woman - which was my case - and with age her beauty fades. Will her attraction fatally diminish? Might it be displaced by a sort of repulsion? For instance, when her skin withers and wrinkles, will I still want to kiss the crook of her arms, those arms that I so admire, and, if gallantry pushes me to do so, will I have to avert my eyes?
My friend knew of my fastidiousness and passion for feminine beauty. His usual mode of expression involved elaborate metaphors that snaked around whatever subject was under discussion. This time, however, he got right to the point: "Both you and she," he said, "will change. You will change in tandem. You won't see her with the eyes of a young man, but instead with those of someone who is 75 or 80. The eyes of an old man. Your only worry should be that she may throw you out first!"