Have you seen the Jane Austin fan fiction site at http://austen.com ? That's a real mother lode of fan fiction.

see http://austen.com/derby/

Yeah, I�ve just taken a look at the pages.... extensive link collections :-)! I didn�t know that there was so much out there about Jane Austen! amazing.... bye:-), Miss Eyre

Could you give us some examples to break the ice?

of course... Well, I think a relationship of their sort would be no problem today as difference in age or social status is not seen as a problem in today�s *modern urban western society* The only problem I see is the attitude of both of them towards oneanother, and towards living together... modern women are much less "convenient" than women of the 19th century, in the sense that they expect their men to help them in the daily tasks such as house-hold and parenting, especially when they�re working, too! Would Rochester have cooked dinner or changed his son`s diapers if Jane had asked him? :-)) She never would have asked in the first place! Nowadays, a man can�t escape such things - if he likes it or not! LOL! I must confess that the men�s hardships caused by women�s emancipation amuse me greatly... my brother, for example, is able to do all these things: he cooks, cleans his room & the windows, does his laundry and irons his shirts. He knows it because we, my mother and I, taught him by refusing to do it for him! LOL! It took several years to educate him, and it was quite a battle at times, but *now* he�s a pro... and the woman who marries him will be thankful for having relieved her of this struggle! ;-))) I�m not sure if a man who is 20 years the woman`s senior is *willing* to adapt to the new situation..... bye:-), Miss Eyre

You really prepped that brother of yours, he will be quite a catch.

True, he`s prepared now to be a good modern man! LOL! A good brother of late, I must say :-). The whole point is to teach men respect, to teach them that women are not primarily their cooks, laundresses and cleaning ladies! It never ceases to amaze me that as soon as there`s a woman in the house, she is *expected* to do all these things on her own! You know what I used to say to silence my Dad or brother? - "You�ve got two hands, five fingers each - you can do it yourself!" LOL! Knockout guaranteed! ;-))) BTW, the above strategy comes into operation only when my brother is healthy... in sickness, we nurse him, of course :-) Anyway. bye:-), Miss Eyre