Get Closer

Temperatures are still quite chilly, but I'm starting to feel my usual springtime pull in the direction of the opposite sex. I don't have any particular hot prospects on my radar, but I do have a couple of grocery store flirtations that keep it interesting.

One of them is definitely younger than I am, though I'm not sure exactly how young. My friend told me there's an official formula for how young a man you can date: You divide your age by two and add seven. I'm not-quite-but-nearly 44, so that means 29-year olds are fair game. Yikes!

With the young dude I'm mostly just very curious why I'm drawn to him -- he works at a deli, he has an earring -- not my typical pick for sure. Maybe it's his delicious (looking -- I haven't had the pleasure of feeling it) stubble, or how genuinely pleased he is to see me, or how he greets me by name. I dunno, but there's something about him that does it for me.

The other one, also a grocer, is probably a little bit older than I am, and also not my type. But it makes me happy to see him, he's friendly and warm, and I happen to know that he's a widower with a child my age.

Who knows whether anything will happen with either one. What I know for sure is that when I heard this song (love this vintage video!) in the car today, I knew without hesitation that I do indeed want to get closer to someone:

Darling if you want me to be closer to you
Get closer to me
Darling if you want me to be closer to you
Get closer to me
Darling if you want me to love, love only you
Then love only me
Darling if you want me to see, see only you
Then see only me

There's a line that I can't cross over
It's no good for me and it's no good for you
And there's a feeling deep down inside me
I can't explain it and you're wondering why

You say we been like strangers
But I'm not the others you can hang by your fingers

Darling if you want me to be closer to you
Get closer to me
Darling if you want me to be closer to you
Get closer to me
Darling if you want me to love, love only you
Then love only me
Darling if you want me to see, see only you
Then see only me

There was a time when you would come running
You dropped everything for the touch of your hand in mine
I was blind and know I regret it
I can't forget it, it's locked in my mind

And I can't go on living
Wondering if you'll be here tomorrow
People change and you're changing
And I've given you my all
There's no one can borrow

Darling if you want me to be closer to you
Get closer to me
Darling if you want me to be closer to you
Get closer to me
Darling if you want me to be closer to you
Get closer, closer, closer, closer

Yes. Please. Get closer.