should ring bells

imo

✌🏻

maybe it all just rhymes.

And you’re young at heart.

i was such a goodie two shoes when i was young, mostly. and i had a long, faithful but boring marriage.
i feel like i have a lot of lost time to make up for. he just went through a big break up, and feels the same.
i truly do believe, tho, if you keep learning and doing new things, you never get old.
besides, it's good exercise.

People who live to be 100 are the same in one way: they are optimistic and always look ahead.

My much younger mate has saved my life twice in the last couple of years she is an RN and a Saint.

it's been a while.

ENJOY!!!

I quit looking.

It's wet and I'm thirsty and I'm wadin' in.
Love is love, you can never tell where that river will take you.

might float for a day or a lifetime.

BUT if things get weird....

I had left my first husband for that last time after he went back to drinking (which is what gave him the idea to try and kill me).

ANYWAY....

At some point I felt good about me and the guys were swarming around me, but they were not the real good thing that I needed.

Won't bore you with details, but suffice it to say that if men seem to be crawling out of the wood work looking for a woman, they probably have more in common with roaches than most women can tolerate.

SO I went to therapy and made up this 2 1/2 typewritten page list of what I really wanted/needed in a relationship.

AND my husband of 23 years was EVERYTHING on that list and more.

He's still annoying some days. It's like being married to Roger Rabbit at times.

BUT the core stuff is wonderful.

Sometimes something like that is what you need.

It's the little things that are irritating, but we dated nearly 10 years before getting married, so that is around 33 years.

The core strengths are there and he makes me laugh too.

Occasionally he is a bit TOO puny.

He will clog the toilet and act like he doesn't know that he did, so I have to unclog it.

He will bag up the trash, but not take it out. (Pet peeves)

But he's never hit me.

Doesn't really yell, though he can snark with the best of them.

He tells me he loves me every day.

He's NEVER voted for a Republican.

QUITE the keeper.

our kids are just hysterical.
yeah, this guy makes me laugh, and i him, which might be even more important. if i cant make you laugh, i do.not.have.time.4.u.

for a woman,..... ?

the guys who cant make this shit work are a needy lot. they latch on to any open heart. and suck it dry.

i could be wrong.

Ticking off another birthday in this time of Covid and reviewing the bucket list, the thought crossed
my mind that I should remove love from my list of things yet to do...

and I can't...

We had 23 years together. Her last sentence on her deathbed in hospital, "You're the best think that ever happened to me." After that, I don't need anything more. I would like "more," but the market for 80 year olds isn't too hot these days.

as I've pointed out to the people in my hiking club, "80, is the new 85." and "I'm too old to die."

But I'm glad you found someone.

Best wishes and you go girl!

Enjoy. We all deserve some happiness and peace and love.



When my Husband and I found each other 24 years ago,,, it did ring old bells,,,, and the meaning of fairy tales can change with age.

on edit: I am 4 years older than him.