In 1999, while writing Older Women/Younger Men, one of my interviewees stated, "We've had to find forgiving friends." Though that statement may sound extreme today, it was the reality many of us experienced only a decade ago. Hooking-up with a young guy was acceptable... but loving, committed partnerships were chastised. It wasn't just the women suffered social reproach. The men, too, were diminished. Seen as opportunistic boy toys, they were saddled with “what's wrong with them,” for loving an older woman. Gratefully, society has come [...]