shoot first, think later

that is what i am always doing.
i should learn to process my thoughts first before i shoot my mouth off.

and so now i have two young boys under the same roof as me.
why do people find younger boys appealing?
i guess cause they are still a little naive and innocent in that way, inexperienced,
and very sweet too.
not damaged yet, but soon to be.
grown men are not sweet.
no fret people, in case you are wondering, i am not cooking up any ideas on how to reel them in.
i see them play the relationship game, trying to work out the strategies, what to do, what not to do and i feel old. been there, done that.
it feels strange taking that position, from the outside looking in, from a third person's perspective.

and so my young boy was telling me about his relationship with his girlfriend or rather i was being nosy as usual and starting interrogating him, asking him all sorts of questions. (and i am seeing him for the first time and we have only spent like 3 hours together)
and i said " boy let me tell you, long distance relationships don't last at all. out of 10, 10 don't last, or maybe only 1 would last."
after that came out of my mouth, i felt bad.
i should not have been a wet blanket and ruined it for him.
well too late. i burst his little love bubble.

damn. me and my mouth.