She turns 6 next week. I am right now about to go back upstairs for “second hug and kiss” and hopefully HOPEFULLY she will go to sleep. posted by kestrel251 at 4:49 PM on [4 favorites]
I met my husband when I was 43 and he was 45 . we got married a year later and had a baby. First and only e friends and then something more. We never actually dated.
We would have both laughed if you’d told us we’d be married one day. If I’d been sizing him up as a potential partner it would have never happened. He’s not who I would have predicted I’d end up with. I love him back and feel very blessed.
I think I recommend not exactly dating so much as living your life, doing the things that you love, and being open to what the universe on [8 favorites]
Didn’t date for a few years after that. Met a dude on OK Cupid when I was 40, we’ve been together 3 years now.
I feel like getting to know him slowly over time gave me a chance to appreciate his best qualities in a way I might not have if we’d been dating
Ive been a serial monogamist since I was 18, and after each breakup – ages 28, 31, 37-38, Ive been convinced I am too old to ever have a relationship again. It’s never true.
Re: children, Ive never wanted biological kids but I can tell you that half the mothers i know are having first or second kids in their early 40s posted by mrmurbles at 5:18 PM on [1 favorite]
Back in the day, I had moved as a divorced woman to a new city for career reasons. Other than my parents an hour drive away, I knew no one. I was comfortable being an almost forty-year-old single and was managing finances based on the expectation that I would always be single. To meet people – anyone! – I placed an ad in a singles magazine (note: this was in 1996 so the internet wasn’t really a thing yet) and met someone who turned out to be much more than just “anyone”. In fact, we celebrated the nine-month anniversary of our first face-to-face date on our honeymoon. Continue reading “But he gets me, loves me and makes my life better”