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Old 03-30-2016, 10:46 PM
 
Location: Middle America
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Well Op's view may be different. I think she mentioned it was common to see women her age married or in long-term relationships.

Like if you're single in a small town, and everyone's getting married or having babies out of HS and you're not, then you start feeling like an old-maid at 26, and single.
I was this person through all my twenties. Single, living and working in a small town (my hometown), everyone had married right out of hs, and all my friends were married and had kids. It wasn't for me and I didn't feel like an old maid. I was glad I wasnt married at that age or parenting. It being common where you are from doesn't mean you have to buy into it. Either your sense of self worth is tied up in such things or it isn't.
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Old 03-31-2016, 09:46 AM
 
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I was this person through all my twenties. Single, living and working in a small town (my hometown), everyone had married right out of hs, and all my friends were married and had kids. It wasn't for me and I didn't feel like an old maid. I was glad I wasnt married at that age or parenting. It being common where you are from doesn't mean you have to buy into it. Either your sense of self worth is tied up in such things or it isn't.
So when did you meet your husband?
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Old 03-31-2016, 02:43 PM
 
Location: Middle America
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So when did you meet your husband?
When I was 35. We got married on my 37th birthday. My son was born 6 months ago. I'm 39.
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Old 03-31-2016, 05:58 PM
 
Location: Middle of the valley
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No one wants to be the reason or responsible for your happiness. Most healthy people run from that type of neediness.
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Old 04-14-2016, 04:03 PM
 
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It sounds like you will marry anyone who wants to marry you. Wanting marriage without seemingly caring who you are married to is.....very odd.
The INS would agree. Sounds like our OP here is desperate for a green card.
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Old 04-14-2016, 04:31 PM
 
Location: SoCal again
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I think she is desperate in being loved by ANYONE, wants to belong to somebody because she doesn't love herself and needs a reason to live for.
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Old 04-14-2016, 07:14 PM
 
Location: Brentwood, Tennessee
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The INS would agree. Sounds like our OP here is desperate for a green card.
Oh, no, don't poke the bear!!
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Old 04-26-2016, 11:35 AM
 
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I didn't read through this whole thread so others may have recounted stories already.

My cousin is married to a "military man." He is Special Ops. In addition to the typical military life of moving around every few years as his orders change, she has mostly raised their 3 children as a single mother. Due to the nature of his work in the military, when he is deployed she usually only knows what country he is being sent to and can go months without hearing from him.

My other cousin is in the Air Force. He's been a communications officer pretty much his entire career so he's a suit rather than a soldier.

My godson is in the Marines. He works on base as a mechanic and looking at his recent FB pics, has already started his beer gut in anticipation of getting out at the end of next month.

Not all in the military just walk around on base looking all hot, sexy and buff.

To answer your question though: my cousin met her husband in school. They were friends for years. He was stationed in NC and she went to visit him one weekend and married him while she was there. My other cousin met both his ex and current wives "at work" as they were/are both AF as well. My godson's wife is the sister of his best friend from high school. They got married ridiculously young so she could live on base with him.
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