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From The New York Times and WBUR Boston, this is Modern Love.

The New York Times

Stories of Love, Laws, and Redemption

I'm your host, Megna Chakrabardi.

Here's the scene, an older man and a younger woman at a bar.

And she's paying more attention to him than he expected.

So what does he do?

Andy Christie tells us his story in, she handed me a cup from the fountain of youth.

It's read by Mel Rodriguez, who stars in the new film Overboard, and the Fox show, The Last Man on Earth.

When I turned 50, my girlfriend took me to a dinner at one of those places where all the vegetables are baby, if not prenatal.

And the waiters aren't much older.

My son, my brother, joined us, making it an intimate gathering of all the people I love.

I was miserable.

This was it.

Where were the balloons, the band, that this is your life-surprise guests?

What does one have to do for a little extra attention?

I mean, I had successfully navigated five decades.

If I were a 50-year-old bridge or a decommissioned aircraft carrier, there'd be fireworks.

I wasn't proud of it, but I wanted more.

A week later, I'm in the bar down near Bowrie with Janelle.

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