There is a long amiable letter to the young Lafayette in 1779, in which Washington, in a giddy mood, drifts into a reverie about competing for Lafayette's young wife with Lafayette himself--a funny bit of teasing, followed abruptly by a rueful reassurance, worthy of Stendhal himself, that amidst all the wonders recorded in holy writ no instance can be produced where a Woman from real inclination has preferred an old man.
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Washington wrote a letter to Lafayette revealing his affections for Lafayette's wife, but ended the letter in jest.
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Washington never cared much for Lafayette's wife and would often write letters that exposed his disdain for the woman.