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At 55, being in love is just as important as when I was 35. I don't feel 55. I loved coming home to a wife and kids at the end of a long hard day and enjoyed waking up with them. After divorce, coming home to an empty house and my good old dog, it just wasn't the same. Waking up to just me and the dog is just not the same. I like being needed and in love. The "need" or whatever hasn't decreased for me. It's just finding someone who is "normal" and wants the same.
yeah, I agree with that. I think love can be different when you are older - maybe more healthy. You love "better" and less desperate because you know better who and what is good for you.
I understand the OP point, the older I get the less important having someone in my life has become.
Ever since I was 16 I have had one woman or another in my life........girl friends and a wife. But I have been divorced for 17 years and broke up with my last GF about 8 years ago, and REALLY am not looking and have no desire to get into another relationship.
I LOVE my freedom now, no one to answer to or to worry about. I get up when I want, go to bed when I want, spend my money on what I want, and all that good stuff.
Don
This is SO true for me. I love my BF, but honestly I cannot fathom ever living with him, or any other man for that matter. I just don't want to give up my own routines and independence. If I want to take off to go somewhere, I do...whether he wants to go or not. If I want to spend 4 hours in a damn mall mindlessly shopping (granted I rarely do that, but occasionally the girl comes out in me!!) I can. I hate the "where are you going what time will you be back" routine. I guess it's just a function of me having lived on my own for so long. But that's me, and it sure ain't changing now.
45 here. I haven't lost my ability to love, I still got it. Then again, I also don't let thing get me down or get me down too much. I still like sex too. Never gets boring as it's different with each person.
I will say I need someone in my life a lot less than I did when younger. But I still want someone in my life. It's the icing on my cake of life, the gravy on the biscuits of life, the cream in my coffee (and yeah, it's getting close to my lunchtime).
I will say that I enjoy my freedom. I have no desire to marry, but I do want someone in my life to share life with... a companion, friend, and lover rolled into one. I currently have that and it's a good thing.
I will say I need someone in my life a lot less than I did when younger. But I still want someone in my life. It's the icing on my cake of life, the gravy on the biscuits of life, the cream in my coffee (and yeah, it's getting close to my lunchtime).
I will say that I enjoy my freedom. I have no desire to marry, but I do want someone in my life to share life with... a companion, friend, and lover rolled into one. I currently have that and it's a good thing.
At 55, being in love is just as important as when I was 35. I don't feel 55. I loved coming home to a wife and kids at the end of a long hard day and enjoyed waking up with them. After divorce, coming home to an empty house and my good old dog, it just wasn't the same. Waking up to just me and the dog is just not the same. I like being needed and in love. The "need" or whatever hasn't decreased for me. It's just finding someone who is "normal" and wants the same.
That's what my husband mentioned when he got divorced. He hated the quiet house.
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That's what my husband mentioned when he got divorced. He hated the quiet house.
And I love my quiet house. We are all so different.
Of course, I also love when my son is home from college and has a bunch of buddies over. But that's my only exception to my love of a calm and quiet house.
And I love my quiet house. We are all so different.
Of course, I also love when my son is home from college and has a bunch of buddies over. But that's my only exception to my love of a calm and quiet house.
That's me. I can entertain myself for hours, and enjoy the silence. I'm home now full time, the TV is never on and I just go about my day doing stuff. It's bliss.
I'm too introverted. Had a slumber party last weekend with two of my best friends, who I love, and a party tomorrow for about 35, meetings and calls in between. I'm over my limit.
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