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It ended recently but as you imagine, they stayed together for 41 years so it had to work out for a lot of years.
So the marriage didn't work. Their relationship worked for 41 years until your father got bored. I guess you could call that one a success.
Anyways, lots of opposites attract. My boyfriend is easy going and I'm the one who always takes charge in our personal decisions. He's loud and I'm quiet. He loves sports and I hate them. He loves the TV on at breakfast and I don't. There is really nothing "common" between our personalities. We like a lot of the same things (movies, exercise, food, books, vacations) but our personalities are VERY different. I'd say this is quite common. My father and my stepmother before she passed were two peas in a pod, but different people.
My grandparents were married their whole lives, very different people.
I'd say it's quite common. Until someone gets bored and wants someone younger. Not sure that's a definition of a successful marriage though.
So the marriage didn't work. Their relationship worked for 41 years until your father got bored. I guess you could call that one a success.
I'd say it's quite common. Until someone gets bored and wants someone younger. Not sure that's a definition of a successful marriage though.
Well, people don't have to stay attached forever if they don't want to. He was honest and told her he wanted to change his life. He could have cheated.
I always urge my mother to go out and meet other men as well.
Well, people don't have to stay attached forever if they don't want to. He was honest and told her he wanted to change his life. He could have cheated.
I always urge my mother to go out and meet other men as well.
I didn't say they DID. To me, the definition of a marriage "working" is death do us part. You parents parted before death. Their marriage did not "work". I'm not sure of your religion or personal beliefs in marriage, but a marriage doesn't work whether you divorce 4 years later or 40. My parents are divorced, were married almost 30 years, and I would not say their marriage "worked". It failed. They were a couple for 30 years.
It's good they were both honest. That's commendable. It sounds like they had a lot of happy years together.
I didn't say they DID. To me, the definition of a marriage "working" is death do us part. You parents parted before death. Their marriage did not "work". I'm not sure of your religion or personal beliefs in marriage, but a marriage doesn't work whether you divorce 4 years later or 40. My parents are divorced, were married almost 30 years, and I would not say their marriage "worked". It failed. They were a couple for 30 years.
It's good they were both honest. That's commendable. It sounds like they had a lot of happy years together.
A separation doesn't necessarily mean the marriage was a failure. By that line of thinking almost every marriage is a failure these days. What dictates if it's a success or a failure is what happened throughout the years, whether it was 10 or 40 years.
I'm sure they had very good togethers, I hardly remember them fighting.
Men can do this, pretty much they think women are spare parts and interchangeable. As long as the next woman cooks, cleans, has sex, your Dad will probably be oblivious to the rest.
Sorry for your Mom, she must feel devastated.
Your Dad could care less. I was married to someone much like that for 20 years, I finally realized he cared about no one but himself. I was the one to leave, much to his dismay. He replaced me, but he keeps losing his Barbies....as will your Dad.
Men can do this, pretty much they think women are spare parts and interchangeable. As long as the next woman cooks, cleans, has sex, your Dad will probably be oblivious to the rest.
Huh? My father was never that style. Besides, we always had two housekeepers.
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Your Dad could care less. I was married to someone much like that for 20 years, I finally realized he cared about no one but himself. I was the one to leave, much to his dismay. He replaced me, but he keeps losing his Barbies....as will your Dad.
It's not that he could care less but why should have he stayed being unhappy? He was sincere and talked to her.
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