The Maggie May Syndrome

But then, guess what? He has other things to do besides just being there for old Maggie. He is at a different stage of life, and her past accomplishments, no matter how impressive they once seemed, probably become a lot  less important to him than his future goals.  And besides, as the Stewart lyrics note, “The morning sun when it's in your eyes really shows your age.”  Uh huh. “But that don't worry me none, in my eyes you're everything.” Except the sun comes out every morning, and maybe the older woman, who was once such a prize, has started neglecting to use Dermablend before their morning coffee. So he goes back and forth about how terrific she is but how he knows he has got to get away and starts blaming her for just being her. “Oh, Maggie I wish I never seen your face.” That’s when those guys, suddenly full of hostility, start acting out no doubt, cheating the way Ashton did or making life “complicated” the way Perlin, Katie’s boy toy, allegedly did. Demi, of course, filed for divorce. And Katie now says her relationship broke up because of their 17-year-age difference. I guess she finally noticed because he really noticed. Yes, it was the Maggie May syndrome again--a great song and a downer of an experience for a mature woman. Myrna Blyth is editor-in-chief of ThirdAge.