The Wrong Shampoo

What are the problems of dating some older than yourself? How do you know if the differences are related to age, or something else? In this work of philosophical short story fiction, Brady is dating her former college professor, Jeff. Jeff, unlike Brandy, has been out in the “real world” and worked for a living. Their relationship is just starting and Brandy is given a simple task, “buy shampoo for the weekend trip they, and Jeff’s friends, are going on.” This starts the ball rolling on Brandy’s insecurities about what kind of shampoo to buy? What do people with money buy? When she arrives to meet his friends, things don’t go much better as Brandy feels like an outsider and makes social mistakes because she is not accustomed to living in the out of college world. In the end, Jeff falls asleep on the couch and leaves Brandy to sleep on the floor, due to lack of space. Did he do this on purpose, or is Brandy simply reading too much into the entire experience?