Old Man Friend

So it’s been a while since we’ve been on here, but this summer will be filled with blogs, blogs, and blogs. You will be reading so much you’ll be throwing up Murphy’s. Also one thing we’ll be adding is video blogs so you can witness the zoo first hand.

My first question is, is it wrong to want to ask a 60 something year old man to hang out and be your old man friend? I see him at the gym everyday and I’m not sure of his name, but I call him Roman, since he sits and rides the bike and reads huge books on art history and roman architecture. But there are a bunch of reasons why Roman is an awesome old man. First he has a sweet ass North Star gym bag that the strap is so long that he wraps it around him like 5 times and he goes the whole work out with out going to the bathroom once. Which I think at that age can be hard to do. Then when he’s lifting the weights he’s always having conversations with people about his favorite coffee flavors, snow blowers, elastic pants, onions salads, annoying kids, and the list goes on and on. But how does one approach a man of this age to become friends with out looking as if I’m looking for a free meal or wanting him to pay for my college tuition? It’s a tricky situation but I’m determined this summer to add Roman to my friends list. So I’m looking for suggestions on how to do this…any thoughts???