SAN CLEMENTE, CA --- The man who inspired the #1 hit, 'The Pina Colada Song' said he he hasn't had been as successful in having affairs since personal ads faded.
Now 60-years-old, Bob Brennan "got tired of his lady" in 1979 and placed a personal ad in a local newspaper seeking an affair. Hilarity ensued when he got a favorable response, only to realize when the two met that his wife was interested in cheating on him as well.
"We did everything I had put in the ad --- drank champagne, talked about brainy things, got caught in the rain," Brennan says. "At first it was fun, but pretty soon you realize getting caught in the rain just soaks you down to your underwear, and that's a real buzzkill."
Once their briefly re-ignited love faded again, Brennan returned to looking for another woman. "But by then, personal ads were done and it was all social media," he said. "Anything that shows my current physical condition is not good for me. Tinder was a real disaster - everybody kept swiping right. Or was it left? I can't remember which one is the bad one. Plus it's easier for my wife to see that I'm trying to cheat again.
"A few open-minded younger women replied to some other postings I had made. But when I tried to tell them my funny story about the personal ad, they gave me a completely blank look like I was stuck in the Stone Age."
For now, Brennan is planning to be alone. "All the younger women I like just don't get me," he said. "They're all into yoga and health food, and I am not about that at all."
