Disclaimer: This post is solely a reply to the topic at hand. There is not a "sensitive" retort to a "sensitive" issue. Okay, so I'm being a little facetious here, but it amazed me that bringing up a topic for conversation would be misconstrued as "sensitivity."

Let's bust an assumption: I am not sensitive about my age. Most women I know are not sensitive about their age. That has never been an issue for me. It's nothing to be sensitive about. My gawd. The "Too Old to Hang" title was making fun of the assumption that women could not hang out with their male counterparts of the same age in a marketing event, not a sensitive response from me.

The built-in assumption that I was referring to was that younger women want to date older men or the assumption that men only want to hang with younger women at a single's function. (Thanks, Al, for the compliment, btw.) That hasn't been my experience at all. Men ASSUME that younger women want to date them. These days, age--often--isn't a factor at all.

I also wondered why a marketing event had a gender-based age discrepancy. It doesn't make sense at any level. I brought up this thread as a topic of conversation, and I was surprised when some of the men in the forum (and this is purely an observation, nothing else) felt that to talk about it meant we were being "sensitive." Talking about a false assumption does not imply sensitivity at all. LOL. It's bringing an issue to light.

Just to add my two cents here--women/ageism is very real, and I wanted to bring this to the forum's attention so that no one would make this assumption again. It will turn off a certain segment of your target audience.

And...to be told to "get over it" by someone. LOL. That remark made me think one thought and only one thought: "You have a lot to learn about women." I can certainly talk about an issue that affects my gender/age group without whining about it. There's a distinct difference.

Rick, I wasn't angry that you didn't respond. I am curious now, however, why you would take the time to write such a well-thought out post and then say you won't be returning to respond to it again.

Congratulations on the new baby, by the way. I have three children. I understand the time constraints. While the baby is napping, however, I wouldn't mind if you could come online and respond--on a more personal level--about this issue rather taking the "post and run" approach. I'm sure that Suzanne has a lot to say about that!!!