Orgasm or heart attack? The dilemmas of dating an older man

PICKED up your very own George Clooney? You’re about to discover the reality suffers a great deal more back pain – and is vocal about it – than the fantasy: 

Sex

The risk of Viagra interfering with his heart medication is right there on the box. So when he’s out of breath, sweating, light-headed and making grunting noises, he’s either loving it or you should Google the location of the nearest defibrillator. Your expert fellatio needs to be matched by your expertise in CPR. If his heart’s skipping a beat, that could be arrhythmia.

Kink

The decades-deep age difference might put some categories of kink out of bounds. Calling him ‘Daddy’ and asking him to spank you may just bring to mind the adult daughter he’s not told about you yet. While moaning aloud his name, if it’s Nigel, Keith or Malcolm it will make you dryer than his skin.

Sleep

His daily disco nap gives him the energy for a bout of enthusiastic late rutting, if late means during News at Ten. He will have you up all night, but that’s with bi-hourly toilet visits. Still, he’s up for a shag after his 3am slash. What a blessing.

Money

The cliché of a silver-haired sugar daddy treating a cute young hottie to a five-star meal is real, but be prepared to discuss his pensions. Cash in the lump sum? Invest? He needs to retire because he can’t handle these bloody computers, but no need to worry because you’ve got decades of work in you yet? Not exactly a private jet, is it?

Telling people

How to describe your relationship? Gold-digger and victim? Age-gap sex monster and young innocent? The raised eyebrows of the other diners, the waiters and both sets of friends tell you nobody’s reserving judgement. When the nearby patrons whisper that it’s absolutely disgusting at his age, it at least reassures you that he’s definitely punching.

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Dubai chocolate, and other products to queue for at 6am if your life is a bleak and miserable void

SHOPPERS are fighting outside supermarkets for the chance to buy Dubai chocolate, the twats. Were these items ever worth queuing for or mere compensation for empty lives? 

Dubai chocolate

Dubai is the only country in the world designed for wankers, but perhaps queuing at dawn to own some of their pistachio and tahini chocolate will make you fleetingly happy? However you can also buy genuine Dubai chocolate – or a near-identical copy – online with ease, so you’re not only boring, you’re thick.

iPhones

Queueing for three days for an iPhone was a rite of twattage in the late 00s. They set you apart from the herd with their grubby Samsungs and Nokias and you’d get your photo in the newspaper holding a box. Was it worth it when everyone else had theirs a fortnight later? Still, at least you weren’t the knobhead out overnight for an Apple Watch.

Star Wars movies

Those who camped out for The Phantom Menace at least had their innocence. Since then the fandom has been ruthlessly violated with horrendously expensive merchandising and an endless cycle of terrible television. Disney has actually succeeded at filling the void where your personality should be. Filling it with shit like Force dyads and Baby Yoda.

Lidl middle aisle oddities

Fighting other bottom-feeders for random middle aisle products such as an inflatable gazebo or cast-iron canoe has become a British institution. Will your hot pink cement mixer ever get any use? Will other middle-aged suburban couples be impressed? Will it make you less monotonous as a person or get you laid? No, no, no, and no.

Trainers

Limited edition trainers are loved by the credulous, though how a mass-produced and ubiquitous product bolsters your individuality is a mystery. Yes, those Air Force 1s really make you stand out from the other 9,999,999 people who bought a pair this year. Though Kanye West’s Yeezys will single you out as a proud anti-Semite.

Fast food products

You. F**king. Loser. A dog has more self-respect than to hang around miserably for hours waiting for the chance to buy a limited edition McCrispy BBQ Smokehouse. How little is going on in your life if this is a worthwhile event? If you take a greasy wrapper home as a trophy, do your friends crown you King of the Underachievers?