There has been lots of talk lately, amongst the fellas, about "the window"...defined as "being open, during the period of time when you just might get lucky with your significant other." Of course, "the window" can shut without discussion or expectation. Most weekend nights in the neighborhood, "the window" is a focal point of amusement.
As one gets older, it's easy to imagine "the window" starting out lower and lower...and then, one day, that poor window might find a few coats of paint keeping it sealed shut. A world with a sealed window seems a fate worse than death!
I'll provide commentary on this recent article and share this beautiful, wonderful chart: 
One in three men ages 75 to 95 remain sexually active, defined as having had sex at least once in the past year, according a long-running study of 2,783 Australian men published in today's Annals of Internal Medicine. (sorry boys, I WILL be that ONE!)
Among sexually active men, 57% were satisfied with their sex life, and 43% wanted to have sex more often (I hear that!), according to the study, which followed men from 1996 to 2009. Among those not having sex, 40% said they simply weren't interested. (I had to re-read that part a few times, WTF!)
Nearly half of all men viewed sex as at least a "somewhat (OR, CRITICAL TO SURVIVAL) important" part of their lives, the study says.
"It's defying all the stereotypes out there about old people," says Sharon Brangman, president of the American Geriatrics Society, who wasn't involved in the study. "People's sex lives do not stop just because they get old. (Praise Jesus and Alleluia!)
Here's to growing old with an "open window!"
mj