Opus 2016-112: Reunion Flattery or Insult?

I went to a reunion thingy recently.  I am not big on reunions.  I have never gone back to a high school gathering.  I went to one from college and that was enough to convince me it was not my cup of tea.  This one involved a group I was in during high school and college.  It was a great time and I was one of the leaders.  I have been to a few of their activities when someone would track me down and make the invite personal.  It happened again this time.  The leaders of the group are getting old and so are we.  The implication was this might be the last time to see them.

So I thought about going.  I figured I would wait and see if there was anything else happening that day.  When my wife found out about it she went ballistic.  She could not understand how I would even consider going.  Since she felt so strongly and I was tepid so I decided it would not be a good way to spend a day of my marriage.  Case closed.

Except it wasn’t.  A few days later she said something about where the gathering would be.  I asked what did it matter since we weren’t going.  Suddenly it seemed be were.  I knew she did not want to go so I told her I could go by myself which bring us to the point of my post.

She would not let me go by myself because she was afraid that the ladies would be hitting on me.  I guess she was worried that after 40 years I would run off with someone else.  I am not sure if I should be flattered or insulted. 

Should I be flattered to think that she views me as someone that would be pursued by another woman?  I find that hard to believe.  Later on she slipped and let me know it was because I had money in the bank, not that I was so good looking.

Should I be insulted to think that after all these years she thinks I would suddenly decide to throw away everything I have ever believed in for a chance to live in an illusion?

Besides all that, what makes her think I would be tempted to run off with someone almost as old as I am?

I am not big on reunions.

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