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In reply to the discussion: Well I just got dumped. [View all]alarimer
(16,245 posts)101. That is good advice.
And it's true. I pictured a certain kind of life with him, but I don't think it's the one he wanted to live.
I said elsewhere that he has family obligations that I do not have: his aging mother (I have parents too, but they're not even retired yet), many children and grandchildren. I don't have kids. There are many reasons for that, but mostly because I didn't want those obligations. So the family thing wasn't something I was comfortable with and I never got close to them.
So I know now that whoever it is should be someone in a similar place as I am.
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My grandfather also got remarried in his late 60s after my grandmother died.
mythology
Oct 2012
#110
44? You have got to be kidding me! Trust me, your life is far from over. You will get smarter too
OffWithTheirHeads
Oct 2012
#21
That is all you are 44 and you think your old. No your still young, I'm 54 and single I
ArnoldLayne
Oct 2012
#54
He has dented your ability to trust people, your own sense of knowing you are correct in your
benld74
Oct 2012
#67
THis makes me think of 2 suggestions that really help me get through rough times:
raccoon
Oct 2012
#47
I've known the feeling rather well. Try to view it as an opportunity rather than a tragedy.
HopeHoops
Oct 2012
#51
It is something that comes from age, but there are some decisions that will occur in your life,
Baitball Blogger
Oct 2012
#78
I know. I was baffled too, as to why my boyfriend dumped me. He didn't dump me
TwilightGardener
Oct 2012
#66
Be strong and don't try to get him back. You'll just injure your pride more
Populist_Prole
Oct 2012
#69