bogey21
TUG Member
After my second divorce at age 65 (I was married 10 years with Number One and 20 with Number Two) I made the conscious decision to avoid future relationships. This decision has served me well...
George
George
I feel you love. It is amazing the relief I have now, and the minimal stress except for mom.I want to add that going through a lot of life changes close together is extremely stressful no matter how strong you are. You moved last year and then the marriage issues. You have your mom back in NY and everything that entails. Now you have moved again. Give yourself breathing room. I know you are 60 but take a while to let things settle before you try to rush into another relationship or even to date.
The quiet is meditation that will eventually lead to more revelations.
In person meetups are the best. Nothing to go to because of the pandemic.I would bet you will meet someone great quite accidentally. There have to be eligible men right in the neighborhood. Are there single meet-ups in your neighborhood?
Our son tried one of those speed dating deals, where you pay an organization and they get a restaurant for an afternoon, you go from table to table, it's timed, and he said it was obvious to him that this could work, but it didn't for him.
He was guarded in what he would divulge, and I told him that was not the intention of the timed meetings. He should be as open as he can be. He thought the women were way too forthcoming. Some would blurt out things that made him count the minutes before the timer went off. The point was to find an attraction first, not hear their entire life stories.
Finally, our son was driving his car up the Pacific Coast Highway and stopped to pick up his friends, one of which broke up with this young woman that Josh always stayed friends with. She and our son hit it off, married 4.5 years ago, and now we have a granddaughter that is 3 1/2, he has a thriving business, and they moved into a nice home in Parker, unfortunately that granddaughter is nearly an hour's drive from us. Life is good for the three of them.
The point of the story is that all of the contrived meetings, all of the friends who were trying to "fix him up" with someone "great," and then right under his nose, there is the person he was meant to be with all along.
Yep I sold my house in Ohio in Sep in 2 days for 25k over asking priceThe housing market right now is insane.... I have made 7 offers on properties and have offered full price or over asking price and have lost out on all properties
Yep I sold my house in Ohio in Sep in 2 days for 25k over asking price