The Old Gold Diggers

By Lucius Gantt

There is a new generation of Black seniors in the world who seem to be looking for love in the wrong places.

You never know when or where you will find love but if you're searching at the trap house, the sack house or the neighborhood juke joint at late night hours, you might be approached by a wolf in cheap clothing.

Now, if you enjoy having a drink after work on Fridays after a long and difficult work week, I understand that. However, rich men and women usually go to place and events that other rich people patronize. Smart people are likely to interact and socialize with equally smart people.

Internet posts by young people have suggested to seniors that money is more important that love. When a mature men and women, who have heard all the lies and seen all the games, meets someone who prefers "pimp talk" over honest conversation, mature men and women are careful and deliberate when relating to people they only known for a short time.

The idea that "love is transactional" doesn't apply when longevity is considered. If money matters more than love, perhaps that is why some men, and women, leave a few dollars on the dresser before going home to their spouses or side pieces.

If a man has a decent car but wears run down shoes and cheap Walmart clothes, he is not rich, even if he can buy a $12 glass of juke joint champagne.

Smart people know, rich people stay rich because they buy like poorer people and poor people over spend and go penny less trying to look rich.

Men and women can tell a St. Johns knit from an outfit bought on Temu, they can tell a tailor- made suit from an improper-sized donated jacket from Goodwill and men can tell a Birken bag from a "pleather" purse bought on Facebook market place.

A synthetic wig or weave is not the same as a Beyonce weave. Beyonce's hair styles cost thousands of dollars, not hundreds.

When seniors look for love, they need to know what love is. Men and women in love care about each other, put each other first, support each other, help each other, protect each other, motivate each other and defend each other.

The idea that "love depends on what money I can get from you" should be discredited and abandoned.

Men and women who love each other don't have to beg for sex, money, drinks, rides, or care, good men and women who love each other will offer or volunteer help, or service, or money to loved ones automatically without being asked.

Let me school you on something. If a man or woman tells you to "Be you", it means far more than do things that you enjoy. When someone smart tells you to be you, it means they know what kind

of person you are and they know you love to talk, text and sleep with people that don't love you for dollars and dates and a man, good or bad, can't stop you!

Don't stop looking for senior love. God has sent you your soul mate but you failed to recognize him or her.

Good men and women don't spend money on gold diggers and tricks! Love times love is an equal equation. Good men and women don't share finances with people they want to have sex with or live with, good men and women seek lovers they can't live without!

Every man or woman who won't pay for sex is not "broke", perhaps, good men and women just don't want to spend money on you!

If you want to be a senior gold digger, know the difference between solid gold and gold-plated!