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I have a couple of female friends that are having relationship issues. Issues that will keep me on the phone with them for hours!
We are almost 60 years old. I myself do not think you need a member of the opposite sex to be happy, but that is their main goal. But then they have had really bad relationships and just hung in there with them for years. My two marriages lasted not even 4 years altogether.
I just wasn't into the theory about making things work blah, blah, blah
Anyway, I don't want them to give up hope either.
So do y'all have any heart warming stories about finding true love after many years?
Nope, not for me. Happiness is doing what I like doing most and having the health with which to do it. I don't need a partner for that.
PS
If anyone kept me on the phone for hours with relationship issues, I would ask them to either seek professional help or lose my number. Sorry if that sounds cold, but speaking for myself, I personally don't have that kind of time or credentials to spend that amount of time trying to do fix someone else's life.
Hmmm.... there are a lot of things I can't find these days. I've given up on finding the scotch tape. I've given up on finding a bathing suit that will look good on me. I've given up on finding my sun glasses...
but happiness? Nah.
I find it over and over, whenever some little thing goes right. Whenever I see some unexpected glimpse of beauty. When I hear a song that brings back memories, or smell bread baking.
I've never sought happiness in a spouse, which, ironically, may be one reason my relationship with my spouse has mostly been happy. In fact, never sought happiness in a person of any sort, nor in a job. Which may be why I've been able to be happy even during those times when I was alone and unemployed. Even after a rough divorce I found ways to find happiness in a sunset, in kids playing, in a pet. And I honestly believe, as corny as it may sound, that this may be what attracted jobs and people back into my life.
I'm one of those people who thinks happiness is a decision. Sometimes it can be hard to make that decision, but keep making the decision anyway and in time it's back.
Last edited by Piney Creek; 11-20-2018 at 09:20 AM..
I'm not sure " finding happiness" and "finding true love" are the same thing.
As far as I'm concerned they're not. Some people can never be happy unless they are part of another half and are "in love". I'm not one of them. I'm not in a relationship and don't remember being happier than I am now for a very long time. It's very liberating.
Of course HE is quite happy. Did he find a nurse or a purse or both??? LOL
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