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Phoebe Robinson could see the potential appeal of being with a 72-year-old man. Not really, but kind of.

It was a casual semi-joke she made to a friend months ago when her schedule was chaotic between traveling, moving to a new apartment, writing and more. An older wealthy man could be her ticket to the promised land of ease, away from the deadlines and demands of work. Her friend called her crazy but Robinson, 41, realized she was onto new material to explore for her stand-up stage.

“I think this notion of women becoming these girl bosses and having all this sort of financial independence and autonomy, we were told that this was going to set us free, and this was going to make us

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