I’ve been a fan of Fonda’s for a long time, but I’ll admit — her words made me sad. I’ll be 67 this year and with luck, I’ll be 85 years old one day, or something close to it, and I sure hope I’ll be getting naked with someone and getting it on. Would I like it to be with a partner of some longevity (obviously not 50 years)? Sure. But would I want to be naked with a new lover? Yes.
I’m sure many people might say that I won’t really know how I’ll feel about that until I actually hit that age and my body has nicks, scars, and all kinds of things of its own. But unless I’m somehow with a much younger man — 60s? 70s? — my new lover is likely to also have nicks, scars, and all kinds of things of his own.