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Originally Posted by old guy
I feel sorry for you guys. IMHO the only true love out there are people who find each other early in life, there is so much less baggage and you grow and experience all the things in life together.
I know the younger generations are different and people are getting married older if at all,
that said, I personally wouldn't want to date or marry someone ( male or female )who has been dating or on the bar scene for 10 / 20 years! Just too much baggage!
Sex has become impersonal, just something you do, without intamicy which is ok to a point,
but after 10 / 20 yrs...... well you get the point. Once again this is my opinion, and everyone knows what that is worth!
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I got married later in life (31), mostly because of being a care-giver for Mom/Dad and then just Dad after Mom passed away. I wasn't really looking and then this cutie started at work. We worked in the same department and were just friends.
One day, a coworker asked if we wanted to go to a VFW for an event where you bet on horses and then watched a video where you saw them race. It sounded like fun, so we said we'd go. We were supposed to meet for dinner first, but the coworker asked if I would drive. Turns out, the one coworker said she would meet us later, so I was asked to pick up the cutie.
We ate dinner then went to the VFW and had a blast. We had so much in common that it was as if we knew each other forever. We dated for 9 months and then got married. It's been over 31-years and we are still best friends and were coworkers until she retired last June.
We found out later that we were set-up just as a joke, because no one thought the date would go as-well-as it did.
The cutie told me that she had been married before, but it didn't bother me at all. I only knew that she was the one for me...it's funny how things turn out in life...and to me, this is the ultimate "things happen for a reason" lesson.