The Accidental Older Woman | With Rosie Perez

Modern Love

The New York Times

Nytimes, Redemption, Society & Culture, New York Times, Love, Essay, Storytelling, Loss, Nyt

4.4 • 8.7K Ratings

🗓️ 21 March 2018

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

When does it work to date younger? Rosie Perez, of NBC's "Rise," reads Robin Grearson's essay, about negotiating a relationship with a big age gap.

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0:00.0	Modern Love The Podcast is supported by...
0:05.0	Produced by the Island at WBUR Boston.
0:18.0	From The New York Times and WBUR Boston, this is Modern Love.
0:25.0	The New York Times
0:28.0	Stories of Love, Loss and Redemption
0:32.0	I'm your host, Magna Chakrabardi.
0:40.0	Have you ever dated someone significantly older or younger than you?
0:44.0	Robin Greerson did and realized that age really can matter.
0:49.0	She writes about it in her essay, The Accidental Older Woman.
0:53.0	It's read by Rosie Perez. She stars in the New NBC show Rise.
0:58.0	To celebrate my 40th birthday, I signed up for Motorcycle Rider course.
1:04.0	I had to bring gloves and boots.
1:07.0	And while I suppose I could have borrowed these, I wanted to go shopping instead.
1:14.0	When I walked into the gear store, I realized how far out of my element I was.
1:20.0	I had no idea how to buy motorcycle boots.
1:24.0	What features I needed, how they should fit.
1:27.0	The salesman, Jesse, was explaining how various safety features of specialized clothing could keep me from dying.
1:35.0	And I was thinking, yeah, okay, but do these go over or under my pant legs?
1:42.0	When we turned our attention to helmets, Jesse said,
1:46.0	to fit a helmet properly, you start by measuring the rider's head.
1:51.0	Was he making fun of me?
1:53.0	You mean it's not just small, medium, or large?
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