"Dave's coming in, it's our cue to start," The Yogi said. The 13 women and I were sitting on our mats waiting, knowing the Saturday morning ritual of Dave traveling 30 miles to join us. The Yogi is my wife, Mel, and Dave said "Hi" to me and set his things out allowing us to start right on time.
He was just in his usual shorts and t-shirt and of course none of us wore socks. My light outfit of hoodie and sweat combo was regular as well. I couldn't pull off his attire, my fitness once that had to hide behind longer sleeves and leg covering.
Generally, a gentle flow, Mel cranked it up and by the end we were all sweating, breathing hard, and when Mel said, "I thought I'd get your blood flowing a little more this morning," I added a "Tell me about it" garnering laughter from the group.
There were three younger, nice-looking ladies, five more in their 40s-50s, and five others more than 60.
I went to most flows with my wife when she was training and tried to make it to most that she held. It was good for my body and the truth was I enjoyed watching the women in various poses around me.
"Donnie, have you got to go out golfing yet?" Dave said, it was early Spring and the temperature for the day was turning. We had talked golf over the year and a half I'd seen him at the studio on Saturday mornings when my wife was teaching.
"Not yet, but was thinking about it today," I said truthfully. We had bantered about golf, college sports and high school sports often after yoga. "But my son cancelled on me, I'll go and probably just eat his green fee."
"Ask for a rain check, I'm sure they'll do that." Dave said. "What course you going to?"
"Indian Hills...I mean Racerback," I said, citing its new, politically correct, name.
"I'll join you if you don't mind, I need to get out."
"Sounds like you two have a date," Mel said coming over, hearing our conversation.
She always did that, often commenting on how well we hit things off afterwards chatting Iowa basketball or talking about his kids.
He was divorced with two sons in middle school, so I put him in his late 40s or early 50s. He was an ophthalmologist, in good shape, though not much more flexible that I was having just turned 60. His body was toned, a little balding though he kept his hair shaved close to his head.
"You boys go have your game. Lisa (the owner of the studio) just texted and we're meeting there early this afternoon and I've got to cover for Kathy tonight," Mel said, leaving us both with a smile.
"Great, meet you there I'll swing by home and change," he said, and was off.
I did the same, having time to walk the dog and shower, and approaching the clubhouse, I saw Dave putting having gotten there ahead of me.
For a beautiful Spring Day, I was surprised they didn't put another twosome with us. Soon we were warmed up and on the first tee box.
We both had golf-wear on, polo and shorts. His athleticism showed, thick calves and thighs, which I'd seen at yoga; he just looked different in dressier clothes.
"Looking good, Donnie!" He said in my direction, wearing a classic visor with a ball marker.
I could see Mel flirting with him if we were on a golf date. I knew he was divorced and wondered who he was dating.
He had to be attached already, he had said previously it was two years since they separated.
I went in, paid my green fees and got a six pack of Mic Ultra, figuring he was in shape and the beer would not have a detrimental effect for those of us who worked out.
"Oh, no thanks," Dave said when I offered him a beer. "We're heading out later."
"Date?"
"Yeah."
I knew it!
We were roughly evenly matched. Having spoken with him previously I thought I might be a little better, but his age gave him more distance on everything.
We put $1 a hole on the match.
"Where did your wife and you meet?"
I told him of the night I was bartending; she came in with the girl I was interested in, but was relentless in giving me shit!
"I asked her out and the rest is history.
"What happened to the girl you wanted to go out with?
"Married one of the guys doing their concrete work."
"Any regrets?"
We both teed off and it gave me time to consider his question. I stroked a drive down the middle, already one-up after five holes.
"Thinking about it, 30+ years later, I can admit yes I do." I looked at him while driving the cart to his golf ball. "I don't regret the two kids, being retirement age, our families."
"What do you regret?"
"Not asking the other one out, I had my chances and stayed friends instead."
We finished out the hole and talked sports, his kids, and then I asked him about his divorce and his ex.
"We were not sexually compatible," Dave said, stroking a fairway shot into the green.
Interesting...
We were tied heading to the green on the twelfth hole.
His phone buzzed and he read a text and looked disgusted.
"You okay?"
"I'll take a beer now," he said in reply. I handed him one which he cracked and downed. "I need to catch up"
"You don't, but..."
He put his hand out, imploring a second beer, handing it to him reluctantly.
"How's your sex life at 60?" Dave said, opening and pulling hard on his second beer.
I pitched close to the hole
"Your short game rules," Dave said, then asked the question in another form. "I mean how's your libido?"
"Libido's fine, we're just...well...busy."
"Ah..."
"Not 'Ahh'..." I protested, knowing that meant we were falling off and I didn't want to admit it. "We need to make it a priority."
He grinned knowingly at me, shrugged and downed a 25 ft birdie.
"Yessss!!! You thought you were getting a stroke on me."
I stepped up to my birdie putt and pulled it left.
"Ha!!!"
"Fuck!!!"
I was pissed that I had missed the putt and a little miffed I'd shared something about myself with Dave, so driving to the next tee box, so I asked...
"Did your date cancel?"
"Yeah," he said abruptly, giving me a side eye and downing beer number two. He reached back for a third. "We're out, but there is a beer girl waiting in the tee box. "I'm buying"
Dave hopped out before I had stopped. The young woman was clearly chosen for her obvious features, a big, but nice, arse, breasts to match, long blonde hair and a perky attitude with a deep, raspy voice.
"You tip her," Dave said, getting another six pack.
I pulled out a 20 and got a smile and turn from "Becky" that I had hoped for. She turned back catching me leering at her arse and smiled again.
"You'd bust that, wouldn't you?" The beats catching up with Dave.
"I'm so old she'd...."
"If given the opportunity, behind those trees over there, you'd fuck the beer chick."
"In a heartbeat," my quick affirmation explaining a lot of things to Dave without saying them out loud.
Oddly I had never had the opportunity to cheat - the desire was there, but never the opportunity. I believed I would have if I could have gotten away with it, and it happened in the flow of life.
"It's a shame if your wife isn't, um, interested. I mean she's a looker."
I nodded, and he teed off.
I followed, then watched him down another beer, wondering if his comment about my wife meant anything, or was it just how the comment landed?